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A former State Dept. official explains why he resigned over U.S. arms sent to Israel

Josh Paul resigned from the State Department on Wednesday, citing his objection to continued U.S. arms transfers to Israel. (Luis M. Alvarez/AP)

A State Department official has resigned from the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations, citing his objection to continued U.S. military assistance to Israel as its retaliatory bombardment and blockade of Gaza exacerbate a humanitarian crisis there.

Josh Paul was the director of congressional and public affairs at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. In a two-page letter posted on LinkedIn, he said he had made a promise to himself when he joined over a decade ago that he would stay "as long as I felt the harm I might do could be outweighed by the good I could do."

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