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It took this particular strike on six foreign nationals and one Palestinian to hear any kind of collective outrage from the world and especially the US government.

But I think that should make a skeptical that if operations continue to kill Palestinians,

whether that's going to actually, you know,

bring about any change, actually bring about any change

from policy. And what we talk about change in policy

for the Biden administration it's really about conditioning assistance right

conditioning military assistance which which again, the president and his spokespersons continue to say is not their policy.

I'm Tyler McBryan, managing editor of Law Fair, and this is the Law Fair Podcast, April 11, 2024.

Last week, 40 Democratic members of the House of Representatives were to letter to President Biden, expressing concern and

outrage over an Israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers from the World Central

Kitchen.

The lawmakers urge the President to reconsider his recent authorization of an arms transfer package to Israel

and withhold any future offensive arms transfers if the strike was found to have

violated US or international law.

They also urge Biden to withhold arms transfers if the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate.

I sat down with Sarah Harrison, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group's U.S. program,

and former Associate General Counsel

at the Defense Department's Office of General Counsel International Affairs.

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