State Department contradicts claim of 'same standard' for Israeli, Hamas conduct

The U.S. State Department appears to person contradicted itself connected whether Israel is held to a antithetic motivation modular than Hamas.

Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that determination was nary "double standard" of expectations for either broadside of the ongoing struggle successful the Middle East.

"Do we person a treble standard? The reply is ‘no,’" Blinken said Monday portion discussing the department's study connected quality rights violations successful the region.

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Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, speaks astatine a property league astatine the G7 overseas ministers' meeting.  (Britta Pedersen/picture confederation via Getty Images)

He continued, "As this study makes clear, successful general, arsenic we're looking astatine quality rights and the information of quality rights astir the world, we use the aforesaid modular to everyone."

Ambassador David Satterfield, the State Department's peculiar envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues, however, seemed to straight contradict this assertion connected Tuesday, saying that determination is so a antithetic modular of behaviour expected from Israel successful the conflict.

"Now with respect to Israel, we necessitate from Israel — due to the fact that it is the close and motivation happening to bash — a precise antithetic modular of conduct," Satterfield told reporters during a property conference.

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Amb. David Satterfield, the State Department's peculiar envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues, speaks astatine a Senate Foreign Relations hearing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

He continued, "And arsenic I noted successful my remarks, the president made wide connected his sojourn to Israel soon aft Oct. 7, it's not conscionable strategically important for you to bash this. It's the morally close happening to do. It is the reflection of what Israel is — a ideology with values."

The State Department's yearly Country Reports connected Human Rights Practices highlighted Israel prominently, featuring concerns implicit the country's precautions to minimize the civilian toll of Palestinians connected the archetypal page, which is usually reserved for the astir egregious of quality rights abusers. 

In the report's preface, Blinken addressed quality rights concerns astir the warfare betwixt Israel and terrorist radical Hamas anterior to either Iran oregon the Taliban successful Afghanistan. 

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Israeli service conflict tanks determination into an country on the borderline with the Gaza Strip and confederate Israel amid the ongoing struggle successful the Palestinian territory betwixt Israel and the militant radical Hamas. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

The caput of authorities explained that the U.S. has "made clear" that Israel needs to travel planetary instrumentality "and instrumentality each feasible precaution to support civilians." Blinken emphasized that the section is inactive "urgently" raising concerns astir civilian deaths successful Gaza during the war.

The U.S. besides "repeatedly" brought up concerns astir humanitarian assistance entree successful Gaza, civilian displacement and "unprecedented" writer deaths, the study noted. 

Israel was mentioned earlier the Biden administration's State Department addressed "ongoing and brutal quality rights abuses successful Iran" oregon "the Taliban’s systemic mistreatment of and favoritism against Afghanistan’s women and girls." 

Fox News Digital's Julia Johnson contributed to this report.