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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:26:23 JST Laffy

   'I Couldn't Shift Anything': Senior State Department Official Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy

   Josh Paul, who spent a decade in State's bureau overseeing arms sales, exclusively spoke with HuffPost after quitting over the U.S. approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

   https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-resignation-gaza_n_65306079e4b00565b622b1fb?ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&d_id=6531668

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     ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 (anne_twain@theblower.au)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:26:29 JST ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘

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     @GottaLaff Every now and then you come across a person of integrity.

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     Barney (barney@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:26:54 JST Barney

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     @GottaLaff

     I'm getting a little sick of HuffPo's relentless pseudojournalism.

     Josh Paul led one of 9 offices in one of 3 bureaus overseen by one of 6 undersecretaries at State. He was a mid-level communications officer. His job was to write press releases. Is his inability to "shift policy" really worthy of a whole article?

     Biden is pressuring Israel to abide by international law. He got them to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. He's doing his goddamned job.

     https://www.state.gov/bureau-of-political-military-affairs-office-of-congressional-and-public-affairs-pm-cpa/

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     Barney (barney@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 16:27:06 JST Barney

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     @GottaLaff

     Josh Paul worked in the same State Dept. office throughout the international catastrophe of Trump's presidency. He was there for the "peace plan" written by Jared Kushner (a failed mobster from New Jersey with no diplomatic experience), which was such an obscene insult to Palestinians that it may have ruined the US' ability to broker Mideast peace forever.

     Did he resign then? No. He waited to flounce off until he could attack Biden.

     And that's what HuffPo wrote an article about.