Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits US, Amnesty International Reminds President Joe Biden

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States. (Twitter/@netanyahu)

Amnesty International warned that the United States was aware of the unauthorized use of weapons by the Israeli government, including in war crimes, and would be involved in further violations committed with these weapons.

This was said when President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the US Congress welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.

"That's enough," said Amnesty International USA Executive Director Paul O'Brien, quoted from WAFA July 24.

"The US government has provided a lot of evidence from experts around the world that US-made weapons have been used in war crimes and extrajudicial killings by the Israeli government. Continuous arms transfers will see the US engage in international law violations committed with these weapons," he explained.

"Research by Amnesty International alone has shown on several occasions that the Israeli government uses weapons supplied by the US in serious violations of international human rights and human rights laws and US policies," O'Brien said.

"The International Court (ICJ) found the risk of genocide in Gaza to be reasonable and even in its own judgment, the US decided it was reasonable to think Israel's security forces had used US weapons to violate international humanitarian law," he continued.

In its legal fatwa last week, the ICJ assessed that Israel's occupation of the occupied Palestinian Territory was unlawful and must end immediately, Amnesty International said in a statement.

"Given these findings, as a first step, President Biden must end US involvement with a gross violation of international law by the Israeli government and immediately suspend arms transfer to the Israeli government," he said.

It said companies that produce and export weapons also have a responsibility to respect human rights and international humanitarian law throughout their entire value chains.

This responsibility does not depend on the human rights obligations of a country and is above compliance with national laws and regulations. Companies that provide material assistance in committing war crimes can be legally responsible for these crimes.

"With thousands of civilian lives at stake every day, the US Government and US companies are leaving themselves vulnerable to responsibility and mistakes because of their involvement," O'Brien knots.

"Now is the time to immediately suspend all arms transfers to the Israeli government and push for a permanent ceasefire," he concluded.

It is known, citing VOA, PM Netanyahu arrived in Uncle Sam's country on Monday evening. A US official said President Biden and PM Netanyahu were expected to meet at the White House on Thursday.