We didn't think it was appropriate to send a letter and just say this has to happen overnight."
We have made clear that we are opposed to the campaign the way we've seen it conducted over the past weeks
Israel must urgently do more to facilitate the flow of aid to those in need,
You have to look no further to understand that than the really horrific results over the weekend,
Failure to demonstrate a sustained commitment to implementing and maintaining these measures may have implications for US policy ... and relevant US law,
It appears to us that they (the Israelis) are taking this seriously,
Because let’s be clear, that’s what this is really all about – whether Hamas survives by controlling humanitarian aid and its distribution,
I’m not sure which is worse to consider, that threatening an ally is a necessary pre-election political theater to pacify radical pro-Hamas leftists or that it’s actually U.S. policy to cut off arms to Israel if Israel doesn’t agree to feed, fuel and fund Hamas,
What we have seen over the past few months is that the level of humanitarian assistance has not been sustained, ... Ultimately, we did not see our concerns sufficiently addressed, which is why the two secretaries sent the letter they did,
Since the start of the war, Israel has allowed the international community to bring 54,270 aid trucks into Gaza, carrying 1,064,820 tons of humanitarian aid through various crossings, including 38,746 trucks carrying approximately 824,078 tons of food."
Such remediation could include actions from refreshing the assurances to suspending any further transfers of defense articles or, as appropriate, defense services,
We are particularly concerned that recent actions by the Israeli government … are contributing to an accelerated deterioration in the conditions in Gaza,
There are implications under US law that I’m not going to speak to, largely because we hope that Israel makes the changes that the secretary outlined in the letter,
This letter is a clear sign that the Biden Administration is feeling the pressure from the vast majority of Americans — including a majority of American Jews — who support leveraging US military funding for the Israeli military to push for a ceasefire,
We have been having a number of ongoing conversations with them about the very serious decrease in the level of humanitarian assistance,
We are particularly concerned that recent actions by the Israeli government, including halting commercial imports, denying or impeding 90 percent of humanitarian movements" and other restrictions have kept aid from flowing
It means that they'll get those parts, and they'll get those weapons from other places. They'll hit the things with their strategies that they need to hit to roll back the threat,
We very much want to see changes not wait for 30 days but happen immediately,
I used to work with Israel as part of my portfolio,
We are committed to facilitating humanitarian aid, especially in the medical field to the civilian population in Gaza,