WASHINGTON: Andrew Miller, a senior US State Department official and expert on Israeli-Palestinian affairs, has resigned from his post, believed to be due to disagreements over President Biden’s policy on the conflict. Is.
Al Jazeera reported, citing the Washington Post, that Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Andrew Miller cited personal reasons in his resignation and said he wanted to spend more time with his family while All the time is spent in the most recent conflict that started in October.
The report stated that Andrew Miller was opposed to President Joe Biden’s policy with the Israeli government.
Andrew Miller has told colleagues that he would have preferred to serve in his position, despite disagreements with the Biden administration’s policy, if he didn’t have responsibilities.
The resigned US official played a key role in February this year in imposing sanctions on several Israeli settlers who were involved in attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Andrew Miller previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Director of Egyptian and Israeli Military Affairs at the White House’s National Security Council in President Obama’s administration.
An Al Jazeera reporter said that President Biden’s anger in his administration regarding Israel’s support for the Gaza war is growing.
It should be noted that Andrew Miller is the latest resignation from the Biden administration due to the US support during Israel’s brutal operations on Gaza, while several government officials have resigned before.
Important American officials said in their resignation that President Biden distorts the facts in a few cases or just overlooks or participates in the martyrdom of more than 37,000 Palestinians and the ongoing brutality in Gaza.
Last month, former US Army officer Major Harrison Man resigned in protest against the policy of US support for the Gaza war and said he resigned from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in November in protest.
Earlier in February, US official Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire while protesting outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC and died.
Similarly, thousands of Americans protested outside the White House for a Gaza cease-fire, which is expected to continue until the presidential election in November.