How to End America’s Hypocrisy on Gaza

A good deal of publicly available information suggests that Israel has violated international humanitarian law in Gaza .

U.S. officials have publicly and privately pushed the Israeli government to minimize civilian harm and allow for the delivery of more humanitarian aid to Gaza .

Israel ’s repeated use of heavy weapons in populated areas has heightened concerns that it might be carrying out unlawfully indiscriminate attacks.

If U.S. officials believed that Israel was abiding by international law, they would say as much.

Peter Bergen says the Biden administration hasn’t been shy about criticizing the conduct of other warring parties in other conflicts.

He says drawing more attention to what is happening in Gaza would almost surely force a policy change that Biden does not want to make.

Bergen: The short-term gains of such an approach are far outweighed by the long-term damage it is doing to American credibility.

There is no publicly available evidence that the GCJ or any other office has been tasked to make determinations about Israel ’s campaign in Gaza .

Peter Bergen : Biden administration's apparent unwillingness to apply a legal lens to available information is compounded by its seeming failure to adhere to policies it has itself put in place as an expression of Biden 's putative commitment to human rights.

Biden administration has said they are assessing Israel 's conduct under the CAT policy but declined to reveal any findings they have made.