State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy

Annelle Sheline says I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this administration,' claiming Biden is flouting US law over Israel

• Biden administration's Gaza strategy panned as mess' amid clashing goals

A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.

Annelle Sheline, said she had hoped to have an influence on policy by staying at her post in the Near Eastern section of the bureau of democracy, human rights and labor, taking part in discussions, signing dissent cables and raising her concerns with her supervisor. But she had lost confidence she could do anything that would affect the flow of US arms to Israel.