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‘Smirker of the genocide’: Outrage after Matthew Miller says Israel committed war crimes (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 3 days ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has sparked outrage after saying he believed “without a doubt" that Israel has committed war crimes.

On Monday's episode of Sky News' Trump 100 podcast, Miller, now speaking as a private citizen, said he does not believe Israel is carrying out a genocide, but that it is failing itself as a democracy by not holding soldiers accountable for their actions in Gaza.

He added that there were "disagreements all along the way" on how to handle Israel's war on Gaza. When asked if he believed Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza, Miller replied: “I don’t believe it’s genocide, but I think it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes.”

The host then pressed on why Miller had publicly denied accusations of war crimes against Israel for more than a year, to which Miller said he was a spokesperson for the US government, not for himself.

“The United States government had not concluded they’ve (Israel) committed war crimes – they still have not concluded that," he said.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, he can’t speak for the State Department. That’s a thing.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No one was forcing him to smile.

Just like no one's forcing you to defend him.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

His smile or smirks at genocide related questions was under his control though. He didn't need to get giddy at the thought of Israel committing a genocide at the podium

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

'just following orders'.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He should have quit, huh.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, obviously. Did you really think this was some kind of gotcha?