EVP
@mattduss
discusses the war in Gaza with
@chrislhayes
:
“Biden has essentially outsourced decision-making for an extremely consequential war to […] to one of the most dangerous, right-wing authoritarian leaders in the world—and I do use that term advisedly.”
📺 Part 1 of 3
NEW CIP statement: U.S. Should Acknowledge Legitimacy of ICJ Ruling and Provisional Measures
"This is more than a legal technicality; it’s about safeguarding human rights on a global scale” - President & CEO
@NancyGEO
Read here:
NEW: The Center for International Policy sets out five recommendations for how
@POTUS
Biden can help end the current war in Israel-Palestine and best ensure the security, rights and well-being of Israelis and Palestinians in the longer term. Read more:
We are thrilled to announce
@MattDuss
as our new Executive Vice President. Matt brings tremendous experience as a leading progressive foreign policy thinker with the vision to drive a much-needed shift in U.S. foreign policy. Join us in welcoming Matt!
We are thrilled to announce that
@rulajebreal
is joining CIP’s Board of Directors. Rula brings invaluable lived experience and expertise to our work for greater accountability in U.S. foreign policy.
Join us in welcoming her to the team 💫
"The outrage at President Biden’s handling of this war and his continuing unconditional support for this massacre that we’ve been seeing over the past three months is really off the charts."
~
@mattduss
on
@allinwithchris
📺 Part 2 of 3
NEW statement from CIP President & CEO
@NancyGEO
on President Biden's authorization of airstrikes in Yemen: "The escalation we are now seeing across the region was both foreseeable and avoidable"
Full statement:
CIP condemns Hamas’s recent attacks and mourns the loss of lives in Israel and Palestine, reaffirming that all people, regardless of their identity, have a right to security and dignity. Our full statement:
“No one is asking President Biden to completely take a different side right now.
There is a way to support Israel’s legitimate defense, its right to defend its people, that is not obliterating Gaza."
~
@mattduss
on
@allinwithchris
📺 Part 3 of 3
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@MotherJones
that it’s hard to square all the reporting about Biden supposedly taking a harder line on Israel with actual US policy:
"You’re still delivering the weapons. You’re still enabling this massacre. That is what matters.”
THIS MORNING: Our Arms & Security Project released a report on US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia: The Corporate Connection, just in time for today's Senate vote to override
@realDonaldTrump
's Saudi arms deal
Full report:
Most Americans do not want our government to write a blank check for Netanyahu’s war in Gaza.
We support achieving a ceasefire that allows hostages to be freed, humanitarian aid to be delivered, and peace talks to begin.
My statement with others who voted NO on HR 8034:
We are delighted to welcome
@KateKizer
as CIP's newest senior non-resident fellow. Kate brings valuable expertise on US foreign policy in the Middle East, national security, arms exports, and much more.
Read her bio here: "
Our
@InfluenceWatch
tracked at least $1 billion in U.S. government and defense contractor funding to America's top 50 think tanks. See where the five defense contractors making the largest contributions send their money:
.
@theintercept
: "Buried in the Pentagon’s sprawling budget request is an ask for at least $36 million to respond to Havana syndrome, the mysterious symptoms alleged by U.S. spies and diplomats." -
@kenklippenstein
Corruption corrodes democracy and undermines security. The facts revealed in Senator Menendez's indictment make it clear that he is no longer fit to serve. He should resign immediately.
Full press statement here:
We welcome the Biden administration’s abstention on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, release of hostages and surge in aid in Gaza. We regret that the Administration did not actively support this resolution or one like it many months ago....
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Israel is using US weapons to kill civilians, violate international law & restrict humanitarian aid in Gaza.
US law & policy are clear: the US must stop arming Israel.
Read our letter to
@POTUS
& check out the scoop from
@HuffPost
@AkbarSAhmed
:
“The issue of Israel-Palestine is not just a foreign policy issue. It is an issue of social and racial justice,” says EVP
@mattduss
“This is going to be fixed, if it can be fixed at all, by changing policy and ending support for this massacre.”
We demand that
@POTUS
urgently comply with US law, end US support for catastrophic human suffering in Gaza, and use your leverage to protect civilians and ensure the impartial provision of humanitarian assistance.
Read the full letter:
Ari Tolany on new reports of
@POTUS
authorizing the transfer of bombs & other weapons to Israel:
Any promises about pressing the Netanyahu government to comply with international humanitarian law will ring hollow until the US exercises its main source of leverage: arms sales.
SCOOP: The Biden admin quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs & warplanes to Israel in recent days despite concerns about the offensive in Rafah. The arms include 2k pound MK84 bombs linked to previous mass casualty events 🧵
"Very good news coming just hours after Biden finally signaled a willingness to withhold aid," said CIP's
@MattDuss
. "Imagine how many lives could have been saved if this leverage had been used earlier, as so many urged."
We're proud to join this effort to demand enforcement of US law prohibiting the supply of arms to foreign countries that restrict delivery of humanitarian aid.
@POTUS
must uphold the law and suspend transfers to Israel of the arms it is using in Gaza.
EXCLU: 25 humanitarian + rights groups say Biden is in "apparent violation of US law" by continuing military support for Israel as it bars Gaza aid
-They cite Section 620i, the provision 8 senators say Israel is breaching
-Applying law won't hurt Iron Dome
Thrilled to have
@QandeelRasha
join CIP! Her background as a journalist, TV host, & strategic communicator, along with expertise in critical war studies, will contribute to our mission of promoting a peaceful, just, & sustainable world. Welcome aboard!
#CIPteam
📢Exciting news!
@IranPodcast
, a renowned podcast on Iranian politics, society, and culture, has joined CIP. Get ready for more insightful analysis from host
@NegarMortazavi
+ engaging guests, showcasing diverse perspectives on US foreign policy
Subscribe:
US law requires we suspend military aid when a recipient is preventing delivery of US humanitarian aid.
CIP's
@MattDuss
& Ari Tolany talk to
@ForeignPolicy
about the policy options & politics of conditioning aid to Israel.
Read more↘️
NEW STATEMENT: CIP welcomes the Gaza hostage release and identifies three key steps for extending and making the most of the pause in fighting.
Read our full statement here ⬇️
Thrilled that international affairs expert
@dylanotes
is coming in as
@CIPolicy
's 1st Vice President of Government Affairs, joining CIP’s President & CEO
@NancyGEO
, Exec. Vice President
@mattduss
& our growing powerhouse to advance progressive foreign policy in the US & globally!
CIP is thrilled to announce that Ari Tolany has joined as Director of Security Assistance Monitor (
@SAMonitorOrg
).
Ari is an expert with Forum on the Arms Trade and previously was US Program Manager at CIVIC and a Scoville Peace Fellow at Stimson Center:
Accused credibly of war crimes & with his government continuing its brutal military campaigns in Gaza & moving toward annexation in the West Bank, it is profoundly inappropriate to have invited Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress today.
Today's call was a step in the right direction. The urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza, however, requires more than stern words. We have outlined five steps the Admin could take today to ease suffering & align US policy with our interests, values & laws. We urge
@POTUS
to do so.
We are excited to announce
@Chamberlin_MW
as our newest non-resident senior fellow. Chamberlin is an expert in human rights and will bring crucial regional knowledge of Latin America to CIP. Bio below👇
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@guardian
that unconditional arms position the US like Israel’s junior partner, even as it risks broader war:
After bucking US ceasefire proposal, the Haniyeh assassination “is another case of Netanyahu putting up two fingers to Biden”
Reports that
@POTUS
may capitulate to rightwing demands for severe anti-migrant measures in order to pass emergency Ukraine and humanitarian aid are troubling. Protecting human security abroad must not come at the cost of sacrificing it at our own border.
We are thrilled to announce the addition of four new Senior Non-Resident Fellows:
Nadine Farid Johnson
Terrell Jermaine Starr (
@terrelljstarr
)
María José Espinosa Carrillo
Dr. Van Jackson (
@WonkVJ
)
Get to know these and our other amazing scholars: 📷
CIP is proud to announce the establishment of the Leahy Fellowship on Human Rights & Security, named after Senator Patrick Leahy
The fellowship is dedicated to supporting the research + development of foreign policy professionals working to enhance global security & human rights
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@thehill
Kamala Harris has an opening on Israel:
“She really lifted up the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in a much more aggressive way, much more critical of the Israeli government’s approach there. I think that was noticed by everyone."
We are thrilled to announce that international affairs expert
@SaraLDuBois
is joining CIP as Vice President of Communications. A very warm welcome to the team, Sara!
We are proud to support the decision by
@SenatorCardin
&
@RepGregoryMeeks
to 🛑 military aid to
#Egypt
— to advance the shared interests of Egyptian + American people in protecting human rights & to promote our national principles in U.S. foreign policy
NEW
@RollingStone
: "An open-source study by the Center for International Policy identified 33 U.S.-trained foreign military officers who committed human rights abuses." -
@nickturse
NEW: 50 National Progressive Organizations and Leaders Support
@Ilhan
Against Bad Faith Attacks
"Fearless leadership for human rights everywhere should be commended, not condemned.”
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@nytimes
Biden's failed to treat campus protests with nuance he rightfully applied after George Floyd:
“Unfortunately it’s consistent with an overall policy approach that shows little regard for Palestinian perspectives or[...] lives.”
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@HuffPost
that
@POTUS
deserves credit for his Rafah ultimatum but the conversation doesn't end there:
“The president needs to pay attention to his left flank after decades of only paying attention to his right flank.”
CIP's Ari Tolany reacts in
@Guardian
to more than 100 US arms sales to Israel since the start of the Gaza War:
"It’s an extremely troubling way to avoid transparency and accountability." The Biden admin is "very much borrowing from the Trump playbook."
VP
@dylanotes
talks US response to ICC warrant requests with
@YasmeenSerhan
:
The US is not "not disputing the fundamental underlying facts. [...] This is as if they’re critiquing a political communication strategy.”
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STATEMENT: CIP condemns violations of international law in the Israel-Hamas war & reiterates call for humanitarian ceasefire.
@POTUS
should also increase aid & ensure US arms are not used to displace/ permanently occupy Palestinian Territories
NEW: The Center for International Policy releases an assessment of
@POTUS
Biden's Supplemental Emergency Aid request to Congress. See our analysis below:
President & CEO
@NancyGEO
quoted in
@voxdotcom
on U.S. leverage over Israel: “If such leverage exists, yet isn’t employed to halt civilian bombings, it signals complicity"
Read more⬇️
Meet SNRF Dr. Van Jackson (
@WonkVJ
): a political scientist, podcast host and internationally-recognized scholar. He specializes in Asian security and the politics of U.S. foreign policy and is the author of four books on international relations.
Today,
@SAMonitorOrg
releases its latest Report: THE EXPANDING SCOPE OF US SECURITY ASSISTANCE SINCE 9/11, an analysis of changes in US security cooperation during the “Global War on Terror.” Below are the report’s major conclusions:
THREAD 1/9
The Biden admin's "new policy should include a review of all U.S. sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates" writes our
@WilliamHartung
. Read his full arguments as to why in
@RStatecraft
"The President has the ability, he has the tools and the authorities—in fact, is legally obligated by the existing US law—to condition US aid on Israel, or any recipient of that aid, observing international humanitarian law."
~ EVP
@MattDuss
on
@UpfrontKPFA
I spoke to
@UpfrontKPFA
about the work being done to influence DC politics toward ending the war in Gaza and change the US approach to Israel-Palestine.
Our President and CEO
@NancyGEO
quoted in
@washingtonpost
today: Israel’s evacuation order of Gaza is not only impossible, but “a license to kill. Because those who remain behind, it would be sort of a warranty to kill those who stay.”
Rather than doubling down on an alliance with repressive regimes like the UAE and Saudi Arabia that could draw the US into a future conflict with Iran or elsewhere,
@POTUS
should focus on rescuing the Iran nuclear deal
@WilliamHartung
@Forbes
President/CEO
@NancyGEO
responds to the UN General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution enhancing Palestine’s status in the United Nations and encouraging the Security Council to admit Palestine as a full UN Member State ↘️
VP
@dylanotes
tells
@MotherJones
that Israel aid must adhere to Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, which blocks
@POTUS
from providing military aid if a country restricts US humanitarian aid:
Biden “is not complying with the law at this point.”
“The air-drop reveals the stark absurdity of American policy,” EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@TheEconomist
:
“We’re air-dropping food to a population whose starvation we’re supporting with our arms, with our weapons.”
EVP
@MattDuss
on US Middle East strategy
@ForeignPolicy
:
➡️ negotiate a new Iran deal
➡️ push for a legitimate two-state solution
➡️ condition US military aid to Israel
“Ultimately, you need to get to some kind of modus vivendi of which Iran is a part."
Will foreign lobbying change under a Biden administration?
@cjcmichel
says yes, citing proposals that "present a substantial blow to the means with which crooked officials and kleptocratic governments are able to tilt American policy."
#FARA
‘If [Biden] wants to show that he is genuinely interested in strengthening the principles of international law that have undergirded his admirable support for the defense of Ukraine, then Palestine would be a good place to finally start.”
- EVP
@mattduss
in
@newrepublic
"Congress is in recess this month, but children in Gaza have faced 10 months of constant bombardment by Israel with US weapons.
Gaza’s children, just like American & Israeli children, deserve safety.
Past time to halt deliveries of offensive arms to Israel.
#NoRecessForGaza
"
President/CEO
@NancyGEO
on policymakers vowing retaliation on the
#ICC
for warrants for senior Hamas & Israeli officials:
“One need not agree with the prosecutor’s allegations to respect & defend the legitimacy of the court, its processes & the law."
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@playbookdc
that a heartfelt reaction to the killing of seven
@WCKitchen
staff in Gaza is not enough:
“Biden seems to have made his decision. And that decision is to back Israel to the hilt regardless.”
THREAD: Today, our Security Assistance Monitor
@SAMonitorOrg
releases its most recent report — Ever Shifting Goal Posts: Lessons from 20 Years of Security Assistance in Afghanistan. (1/7)
In just one year, more than $300 million earmarked for small businesses ended up going to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, L3Harris, and other top defense contractors, according to the Project on Government Oversight.
By
@TevahG
@connor_echols
@RStatecraft
EVP
@MattDuss
tells
@IndigoOlivier
Raytheon & others are "companies that have one client & that’s the US government."
"The enormous amount of money they’re extracting from taxpayers" showcases "the dominance of our political system by wealthy interests.”
We stand in solidarity with the countless protestors who have taken to the streets to demand justice for all of those who suffer from the structural and institutionalized racism of this country.
Our full statement is below.
#BlackLivesMatter
Today is May Day, or International Workers Day.
Why is solidarity with workers critical?
Workers and frontline communities are at the forefront of global struggles for the right to live in peace and dignity - and against exploitation, violence and environmental destruction.
🧵
🚨TODAY @ 5pm EST🚨
Organized crime groups control nearly 35% of Mexican territory. Join today's panel to learn how US policy has deeply affected the security situation in
#Mexico
.
#OC24
@GI_TOC
🔗