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I’ll tell you very bluntly, Blinken is lying,
Rharrit said
They are willfully — and I don’t say that word lightly, willfully — violating and evading US law,
said Rharrit, who resigned from the US State Department in AprilThis will haunt him for the rest of his life,
the former diplomat told Al JazeeraI don’t think as diplomats we are meant to enforce or implement illegal or inhumane policies and also ones that are fundamentally contradictory to US national security interests,
she told Al JazeeraYou are hurting me. You are hurting me!"
Husseini shouted as he clasped the table he was sitting at while he continued shouting at Blinken
I am asking questions after being told by [spokesman] Matt Miller that he will not answer my questions,
he continued as security guards Husseini said
Criminal… Why aren't you in The Hague,"
Sam Husseini, an independent journalist who is considered a longtime critic of Washington's approach to the world, shouted
My final words for Tony Blinken, Secretary of Genocide, and his smirking press secretary, Matt Miller”.
Blumenthal captioned the postWhy did you keep the bombs flowing when we had a deal in May?"
Max Blumenthal, editor of the Grayzone, an outlet that strongly criticizes many aspects of U.S. foreign policy, called out to Blinken, before he was escorted out
I'd also point out that in Israel itself, there are hundreds of cases that are being investigated,
Blinken saidEverybody from Amnesty International to the ICJ say Israel’s doing genocide and extermination, and you’re telling me to respect the process? Criminal,
Husseini responded while being dragged out of the room
You helped destroy our religion, Judaism, by associating it with fascism.”
Blumenthal, who is Jewish and the editor of the publication The Grayzone, addedOn the ceasefire, yes, I am confident, and I fully expect that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday,
he saidI was sitting here quietly and now I'm being manhandled by two, three people,
Husseini said
I'm sorry, but we're going to have to ask you to leave."
A woman approached Blumenthal and saidWhy did you allow my friends to be massacred?"
The other reporter was Max Blumenthal, the editor of The Grayzone News, who asked BlinkenI am justified in what I'm doing,
Husseini said as officers grabbed his arms and pulled him to stand from his chair
You've never heard of the Hannibal directive?"
Husseini interrupted Miller and repeatedly asked ... as Miller moved on to the next questionYour father-in-law was an Israel lobbyist. Your grandfather was an Israel lobbyist,
Blumenthal said