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“Drop the Genocide 20”: Progressives Target Biden Admin Officials Who Aided Israel’s Assault on Gaza
A coalition of Palestinian and progressive groups is urging universities, think tanks, elected officials, and others to refuse to hire or collaborate with a group of 20 former Biden officials accused of “promoting, lying about, and covering up the Gaza genocide.” The “Drop the Genocide 20” campaign is targeting several former Biden staffers, including Antony Blinken, who served as secretary of state; Jake Sullivan, former national security advisor; and Lloyd Austin, Biden’s secretary of defense—all of whom were pivotal in backing Israel’s war on Gaza. Others include former White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, former national security advisor John Kirby, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Since his time as secretary of state, Blinken was given a book deal with Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and has often participated in public speaking events, including at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
The campaign is also demanding the Biden staffers be banned from any future political appointments. The coalition includes Just Foreign Policy, Peace Action, the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Democratic Socialists of America, and About Face, a group representing antiwar veterans. In a statement, it said, “The culture of bipartisan elite immunity is what drives U.S. war crimes and support for war crimes. … This dynamic is a key reason Biden officials knew they could arm, defend, and cover up the genocide in Gaza for 15 months, and simply move back into liberal spaces, nonprofits, and future governments.”
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