'I Was Shocked': Meet the State Dept. Official Who Quit After Report Denies Israel Blocking Gaza Aid

After working at the U.S. State Department for over 20 years, Stacy Gilbert quit the Biden administration this week after a report she contributed to concluded Israel was not obstructing humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Gilbert served as a senior civil military adviser in the State Department's chief humanitarian office, which features heavily in internal policy discussions over Gaza. Despite "abundant evidence showing Israel is responsible for blocking aid," the report concluded the opposite and was used by the Biden administration to justify continuing to send billions of dollars of weapons to Israel. Gilbert says she was "shocked" to find that the report concluded Israel was not not blocking humanitarian assistance: "That is not the view of subject matter experts at the State Department, at USAID, nor among the humanitarian community. And that was known. That was absolutely known to the administration for a very long time." Gilbert says there is a clear pattern by Israel "of arbitrarily limiting, restricting or just outright blocking assistance going in that has caused the very grave situation in Gaza."

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[adinahaun]

Another hero standing for decency! She even got on PBS, a miracle!

[futuredoc]

You have to wonder how many other lies the US admin has made that we never thought about.

[schlafcomandante]

United States of Aipac, the greatest democracy one can buy.

[PhotoDesigner]

I have SO MUCH respect for her God Bless Her, She stands on THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

[foureyes]

The " red line " is non existent
Thank you Stacey Gilbert . 🇨🇦 Applauds you and your steadfast commitment to the truth

[cobalt]

I will vote against anyone who supports Israel.

[Lovewins]

What is most enraging is that we the people see the wrong, the massacre and injustice being done to Palestinians and the USA government constantly denies these atrocities being committed by Israel. Our innate human nature is against this evil. We need to keep fighting for what is right, truth and justice.

[sambaxrock]

It's f*cking SICK. Period. We are so f*cked.

[jamesho]

Stacy Gilbert is a true patriot and decent individual. She points out America's complicity in the starvation and genocide perpetrated by the Israelis.

[claudemagnan]

Thank you Stacy Gilbert for your courage and humanity.
FREE PALESTINE❤️🇵🇸🍉

[uchdume]

Palestinians living refugee life in their land. Evil takes over.

[xyoobvd]

Stacy Gilbert She is Honest She is 100%American She is True Hero. We salute her and her family.❤

[mariannebarnard]

Thank you for your courage and honesty. Respect

[oboyesikky]

I’m Just imagining without Democracy now and Al Jazeera which channel is going to let the world see truth in Gaza 😢

[exercisethemind]

Stop settlements.
Stop apartheid.
Stop forcible transfer.
Stop ethnic-cleansing.
Stop collective punishment.
Stop genocide.
Free Palestine!

[barefoot]

You lost your job, but you've saved your soul.

[kabbas]

Thank you Stacy Gilbert and Democracy now for showing the truth about the suffering taking place in Gaza

[EEE]

Thank you for your humanity and courage.

[alexglanz]

Thank you for allowing Americans who once believed that all humans loved children and moms that our failed regime is evil.