A senior official in the US Department of Education submitted his resignation due to the US position on the Gaza Strip war and the devastating Israeli bombing that caused a humanitarian and health catastrophe in the Strip.
Advisor to the US Department of Education, Tariq Habash, said in his resignation letter published by NBC News: “I cannot continue to remain silent while this administration turns a blind eye to the atrocities committed against innocent Palestinians during the genocidal campaign waged by the Israeli government as described.” “Prominent experts in the field of human rights…that is why I must resign.”
Habash added that the United States failed to persuade Israel to stop using “collective punishment methods” against the Palestinians.
Habash’s resignation comes more than two months after the resignation of a senior official in the US State Department, in protest against President Joe Biden’s decision to supply weapons to Israel, in light of the violations committed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
