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Ex-Biden Spokesperson Matthew Miller Acknowledges Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

The podcast admission prompted calls for accountability over Washington’s support for Israel after years of Miller defending U.S. policy toward Gaza.

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State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks at the State Department on October 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Overview

  • In a Sky News podcast on June 2, Miller said Israel has "without a doubt" committed war crimes in Gaza while stopping short of calling it a genocide.
  • He argued that at the podium he was bound to express U.S. government conclusions, which never officially determined that Israel committed war crimes.
  • Miller described whether Israeli leadership pursued a deliberate policy of war crimes as an open question but noted that individual Israeli soldiers have carried out offenses without facing adequate accountability.
  • Commentators and activists criticized him for his prior defense of U.S. arms sales to Israel, vetoes of U.N. ceasefire resolutions and for allegedly covering up war crimes.
  • The remarks intensified debate over the Biden administration’s steadfast backing of Israel, with the ICC issuing arrest warrants and the ICJ hearing a genocide case.