Campaign seeks to bar Biden officials from power over complicity in US-backed Israeli genocide

Progressive organisations in the US are campaigning to prevent former officials within the administration of President Joe Biden, accused of complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, from returning to government.   The initiatives target senior figures including former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, his deputy Jon Finer and former Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, according to a report published by Haaretz. One campaign, #DroptheGenocide20, launched last month, calls for the exclusion of 20 former Biden appointees from future administrations. Separately, the American Committee for Middle East Rights plans to launch ONRECORD, a database assessing the records of former US officials responsible for Middle East policy, after the midterm elections. “Being complicit in genocide should be […]