Trumps State Department Would Support Literally Any Israeli Atrocity by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2025-04-06 at 22:56:47 )

Trumps State Department Would Support Literally Any Israeli Atrocity by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

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Netanyahu could live stream himself kicking a baby Palestinian off a cliff and telling the camera he did it because he wants to commit genocide, and the next day Tammy Bruce would respond to all questions about the incident by yelling the word "Hamas!" with her fingers in her ears.

It is clear that President Trumps State Department spokeswoman has been instructed to respond to any and all questions about Israeli atrocities in Gaza by blaming everything on Hamas, without even pretending to care whether the allegations are true.

For some background, Israel has just been caught perpetrating an atrocity so monstrous and so abundantly well-evidenced that even the mainstream western press have felt obligated to report on it. Outlets like the Guardian and the BBC are covering the story of how 15 medical workers for the Red Crescent, Civil Defense, and the United Nations were apparently handcuffed and executed one by one by Israeli forces in Rafah before being buried in a mass grave. According to Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal, they were each shot more than 20 times.

(As an aside, the fact that Israeli forces have been known to bury the victims of their atrocities in order to hide the evidence is one of the many reasons why the official death toll from the Israeli onslaught in Gaza is definitely a massive undercount.)

Asked by the BBCs Tom Bateman about these reports during a Monday press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce responded by babbling about how evil Hamas is and how they are to blame for everything bad that happens in Gaza.

tombateman: United Nations says 15 medics and workers were killed "one by one" by the IDF, they have dug bodies up..given potential use of American weapons is there any assessment of compliance with international law?

StateSpox: Hamas abuses civilian infrastructure

Tom: It is a question.. "please see here:" - Assal Rad (AssalRad) March 31, 2025

Here is a transcript of the exchange:

Bateman: On Gaza, the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Office has said that 15 paramedics, Civil Defense, and a UN worker were killed - in their words, one by one - by the IDF. They have dug bodies up, they said, in a shallow grave that have been gathered up, and also vehicles in the sand. Have you got any assessment of what might have happened? And given the potential use of American weapons, is there any assessment of whether or not this complied with international law?

Bruce: Well, I can tell you that for too long Hamas has abused civilian infrastructure, cynically using it to shield themselves. Hamas actions have caused humanitarians to be caught in the crossfire. The use of civilians or civilian objects to shield or impede military operations is itself a violation of international humanitarian law, and of course we expect all parties on the ground to comply with international humanitarian law.

Bateman: But there is specifically a question on any - it is a question about accounting and accountability given there may have been the use of United States weapons, so it is a question about the State Department rather than Hamas. Is there any actions - 

Bruce: Well, every single thing that is happening in Gaza is happening because of Hamas - every single dynamic. I will say again - I have said it, I think, in every briefing - all of this could stop in a moment if Hamas returned all the hostages and the hostage bodies they are still holding and put down its weapons. There is one - one entity that could stop it for everyone in a moment, and that is Hamas. This is - all loss of life is regrettable - it is key, obviously - whoever it is, wherever they live. And this has been the nature of what fuels Secretary Rubio and President Trump in their willingness to expend this kind of capital early on in this term to make a difference and to change the situation. So I think that is - that is the one thing that remains clear in all of this.

At no time does Bruce attempt to deny that the atrocity happened or cast doubt on the veracity of the claims, only justifying Israels actions by blaming Hamas. Again, this is a story about medical workers being handcuffed and then executed by gunfire.

Please watch StateSpox respond to a simple question from SMArikat about getting aid into Gaza, especially water.

First she falsely blames Hamas for the ceasefire when Israel refused to go to phase two and broke it by slaughtering Palestinians, then it is 2 minutes of nonsense to.. "please see here:" - Assal Rad (AssalRad) March 24, 2025

Tammy Bruce does this constantly; she did it in response to two separate questions at a press conference last week. When asked about Israels assassination of Palestinian journalists Hossam Shabat and Mohammad Mansour, Bruce responded by babbling about October 7 and saying "every single thing that is happening is a result of Hamas and its choices to drag that region down into a level of suffering that has been excruciating and has caused innumerable deaths."

When asked about the fact that people in Gaza have been unable to access clean drinking water under the Israeli siege, Bruce said, "Hamas did not perform to make sure that the ceasefire could continue, that they did not do what they said they would do. So we know, of course, when it comes to the ground water, of course, this is - it is a crisis. It is exacerbated by the fact that you have a terrorist group that just does not care."

She did it again at a press conference the week before when asked by journalist Said Arikat if the State Department considers Israels use of siege warfare on a civilian population a war crime, saying "For the horrible suffering of the Gazan people, we know where that sits: it sits with Hamas,” adding that the people of Gaza "have been suffering because of the choices that Hamas has made throughout the years."

Arikat, by the way, has just tweeted that on Monday he was not called on to ask a question for the first time in nearly 25 years of attending State Department press briefings. He is one of the very few reporters at the State Department who regularly asks challenging questions about United States foreign policy.

I suppose it was bound to happen. For the first time in close to a quarter of a century of attending the StateDept briefings, I was not given a question. - Said Arikat (SMArikat) March 31, 2025

So it is plain as day that there is absolutely no crime Israel could possibly commit that Trumps State Department would not defend.

Netanyahu could live stream himself kicking a baby Palestinian off a cliff and telling the camera he did it because he wants to commit genocide, and the next day Tammy Bruce would respond to all questions about the incident by yelling the word "Hamas!" with her fingers in her ears!

Bruce has a much easier job than her predecessor Matthew Miller, who under Biden was obligated to facilitate the Democratic Partys role as the nice guy face of the United States empire. When the press would ask Miller about Israeli atrocities, he would have to put on a whole show about how the Biden administration is in conversation with Israel and waiting for more information about these very serious allegations, all while fighting to keep his notorious smirk off his face.

To be clear, these two positions are not meaningfully different from one another.

Pretending to care about very serious atrocity allegations while continuing to sponsor those atrocities is exactly the same as not pretending to care about very serious atrocity allegations while continuing to sponsor those atrocities.

One is a pile of dead children with a smiley face sticker on it, the other is a pile of dead children with a frowny face sticker on it. The children are just as dead either way.

And you really could not ask for a better illustration of the difference between Democrats and Republicans than this.

The Democrats are just the polite, photogenic face of the bloodthirsty United States empire, while the Republicans are the empire unmasked.

The Democrats commit genocide and ethnic cleansing while denying they are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing, while Republicans commit genocide and ethnic cleansing without bothering to disguise what they are doing as something else.

One is prettier, one is uglier. That is the only difference!!

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