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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Julian Borger in Washington

US accused of failing to act on reports of abuse by Israeli forces

People mourn the death of a loved one
The funeral of Omar Assad, a Palestinian American, who was found dead after being detained and handcuffed during an Israeli raid in the West Bank in January 2022. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images

The US state department has failed to act on internal reports of human rights abuses by Israeli army and police units, according to a new report, raising new questions over whether Washington’s continued supply of arms to Israel is breaking US law.

The ProPublica investigative journalism site quoted officials as saying that a special panel set up by the Biden administration had recommended that multiple Israeli military and police units be denied US funding because of serious human rights abuses. But the state department has yet to act on the recommendations.

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