More than 800 Western officials pen scathing criticism of Gaza policy

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CNN — More than 800 officials from the United States and Europe have signed a scathing criticism of Western policy towards Israel and Gaza, accusing their governments of possible complicity in war crimes. In a statement obtained by CNN, the officials say there is a “plausible risk that our governments’ policies are contributing to grave violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes and even ethnic cleansing or genocide.” They accuse their governments of failing to hold Israel to the same standards they apply to other countries and weakening their own “moral standing” in the world. Among them are around 80...