Biden’s Staff Signs Open Letter , Demanding Cease-Fire in Middle East.
Over 400 Biden administration employees
are demanding that the president pushes for
"a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war," NBC News reports.
Over 400 Biden administration employees
are demanding that the president pushes for
"a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war," NBC News reports.
We represent a coalition of Biden-Harris
administration political appointees and
civil servants, positioned across the domestic
and foreign policy spheres, working in
federal agencies, departments, independent
agencies and the White House, Via open letter signed by Biden administration staff.
We call on President Biden to urgently
demand a ceasefire; and to call for
de-escalation of the current conflict by
securing the immediate release of the Israeli
hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians;
the restoration of water, fuel, electricity
and other basic services; and the passage
of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip, Via open letter signed by Biden administration staff.
We call on President Biden to urgently
demand a ceasefire; and to call for
de-escalation of the current conflict by
securing the immediate release of the Israeli
hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians;
the restoration of water, fuel, electricity
and other basic services; and the passage
of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip, Via open letter signed by Biden administration staff.
The open letter's signatories stem from
over 30 federal departments and agencies. .
The effort was led by two administration
staff members who requested anonymity
due to fear of retaliation for opposing
the administration's position.
Signatories also reportedly remained anonymous because of the same concerns. .
Every day, you’re going in to work for this
administration, then you’re going to look
at your phone, you’re going to see the
suffering that you kind of feel like you’re
causing … a lot of people are no longer
comfortable being silent, no longer
comfortable being complacent in a way, Biden administration staff members, to NBC News.
NBC News reports that congressional staff has also
asked Congress to demand a cease-fire because of "antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian sentiment on the rise nationwide.".
It’s unfortunate that we’re at this point.
Having hundreds and thousands of people
come together within this administration
and within Congress and say we are calling
for a cease-fire, something that’s so basic
to just end human suffering, Biden administration staff members, to NBC News