A unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is expected to be sanctioned by the Biden administration this week after a ProPublica investigation claimed that the State Department sat for months on evidence of serious human rights abuses.
Reports of the expected move have enraged the Israeli government headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and comes as US-Israel relations continue to degrade under the stress of Israel's military onslaught in the Gaza Strip.
The investigation published by the non-profit investigative outlet ProPublica on Wednesday revealed that an internal State Department investigation had, months ago, identified several Israeli police and military units facing credible accusations of violating human rights - some even faced allegations of torture. It's an investigation required by law, with the panel having been set up as part of the so-called "Leahy law", which prohibits US funding from going to military or security units found to have committed atrocities.
According to ProPublica, the State Department board leading this investigation made recommendations to halt US assistance to these units months ago; secretary of state Antony Blinken has not acted upon or published the findings, until now.
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