A State Department official resigned Wednesday and has since gone on a media tour blasting President Biden's "Horrific policy" toward Israel, accusing the administration of enabling "a genocide in Gaza." Annelle Sheline's resignation from the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor is the most significant public departure from the department since last October, when Josh Paul, a senior official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, announced he was calling it quits.
Annelle Sheline's announced her resignation from the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor 4 Annelle Sheline announced her resignation from the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor over President Biden's "Horrific policy" toward the Israel-Hamas war.
"Unable to serve an administration that enables such atrocities, I have decided to resign from my position at the Department of State." Sheline also spoke to the Washington Post and has done interviews with CNN, CNN International and "Democracy Now!" since stepping down.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters that Sheline left the department after concluding "The first year of a fellowship that could have gone for two years." Biden 4 Sheline accused Biden and the administration of enabling "a genocide in Gaza." AP Palestinians search the rubble of homes destroyed by an overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, March 25, 2024.
"One of the things I would note, even in the first story that I read about this, the individual in question herself noted that she attends meetings where there are people who have the exact opposite view of hers and express them openly, and that's what we encourage people to do, and ultimately they have to make decisions about their future employment status." Michael Freund, a pro-Israel activist and former adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blasted Sheline for not being more critical of Hamas, the terror group that massacred 1,200 people in the Jewish state last October, igniting the conflict.
Annelle Sheline's resignation from the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor is the most significant public departure from the department since last October, when Josh Paul, a senior official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs 4 Sheline's resignation is the most significant public departure from the department since last October, when Josh Paul, a senior official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs stepped down from his position.
"The State Department will be better off without her."
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