{"id":192006,"date":"2023-10-20T07:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192006"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:32:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T11:32:36","slug":"only-one-with-a-conscience-u-s-state-department-official-resigns-over-military-aid-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=192006","title":{"rendered":"ONLY ONE WITH A CONSCIENCE?!? U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>READ HERE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/19\/us-state-department-official-resigns-israel-military-aid\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/19\/us-state-department-official-resigns-israel-military-aid<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A U.S. State Department official who worked on global arms transfers resigned Wednesday due to his opposition to the Biden administration&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/11\/israel-hamas-war-first-us-weapons-shipment-arrives\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"additional military aid\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/11\/israel-hamas-war-first-us-weapons-shipment-arrives\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" rel=\"noopener\">additional military aid<\/a>\u00a0to Israel amid the\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/17\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-explained\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"war with Hamas\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/17\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-explained\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" rel=\"noopener\">war with Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>Josh Paul, who was director of\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureau-of-political-military-affairs-office-of-congressional-and-public-affairs-pm-cpa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"congressional and public affairs\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bureau-of-political-military-affairs-office-of-congressional-and-public-affairs-pm-cpa\/\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">congressional and public affairs<\/a>\u00a0at the department&#8217;s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, announced his resignation on\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/josh-paul-655a25263_explaining-my-resignation-activity-7120512510645952512-APhR?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-vars-link-text=\"LinkedIn\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/josh-paul-655a25263_explaining-my-resignation-activity-7120512510645952512-APhR?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0in a rare act of public dissent against the Biden administration as the president prepares to ask Congress for an\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/18\/israel-hamas-2023-netanyahu-biden-news\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"unprecedented military aid package\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/18\/israel-hamas-2023-netanyahu-biden-news\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented military aid package<\/a>\u00a0for Israel following his\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/18\/israel-hamas-2023-netanyahu-biden-news\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"visit to Tel Aviv\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/10\/18\/israel-hamas-2023-netanyahu-biden-news\" data-vars-content-id=\"3dffdef8-c405-4f9b-9250-95985c0db40c\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. State Department official resigns over military aid to Israel\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" rel=\"noopener\">visit to Tel Aviv<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul, who had been at the State Department for 11 years, called the response of the Biden administration &#8220;an impulsive reaction built on confirmation bias&#8221; and &#8220;intellectual bankruptcy&#8221; and said he couldn&#8217;t work in support of a &#8220;shortsighted, destructive, unjust&#8221; policy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}