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Former US officials call on 2028 candidates to denounce Biden’s Gaza policy

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Mohamed, E. (2026, October 29). Former US officials call on 2028 candidates to denounce Biden’s Gaza policy. Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/29/former-us-officials-call-on-2028-candidates-to-denounce-bidens-gaza-policy?traffic_source=rss

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Al Jazeera · collected 2026-10-29 · by Edna Mohamed

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Former U.S. officials who resigned from President Biden’s administration due to its Gaza policy have released a joint statement calling on potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates to denounce those policies and pledge not to hire any official responsible for supporting Israel’s actions there. The group of twelve, who quit between late 2023 and early 2024, assert that the Biden administration enabled genocide in Gaza by providing unconditional support to Israel, resulting in over 74,564 Palestinian deaths since October 2023.
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Twelve former US officials who resigned from President Biden's administration between late 2023 and mid-2024 over the Gaza policy issued a joint statement on October 28, urging Democratic candidates for the 2028 presidential race to denounce that policy and its architects. The resigning officials called on candidates to commit to not hiring any administration official directly responsible for enabling Israel's military actions in Gaza. Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former national security adviser Jake Sullivan were among those criticized, as progressive Democrats like US Representative Rashida Tlaib and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have long opposed the US’s support for Israeli attacks on Gaza. The officials stated that basic accountability requires preventing these policy architects from returning to government roles.

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- list 4 of 4No clear winner in Israel election with nearly 90 percent of votes counted “The most basic level of accountability, the most minimal level of consequences, is to ensure that those who have wreaked so much harm from within the highest levels of our Government cannot return to it,” the statement read.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-30
🔮 US Representative Rashida Tlaib and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have opposed the US’s ongoing support for Israel, which has continued since President Donald Trump was re-elected last year.

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United States officials who had resigned from former President Joe Biden’s administration due to his policy on Gaza have called on potential Democratic candidates for the 2028 presidential race to denounce that policy. asserted
who → resign → policy
In a joint statement titled “Gaza Resignees” published on Wednesday, 12 former officials who had quit between late 2023 and 2024 said they had resigned from their service to the US government over its “illegal and unconditional support for Israel’s actions in Gaza”. asserted
they → title → Gaza
Recommended Stories list of 4 items- list 1 of 4Israeli soldier visiting UK faces war crimes complaint - list 2 of 4Balad leader blasts ‘racist’ exclusion of Arab parties in Israel - list 3 of 4What are the implications of Israel’s elections? asserted
implications → visit → elections
- list 4 of 4No clear winner in Israel election with nearly 90 percent of votes counted “The most basic level of accountability, the most minimal level of consequences, is to ensure that those who have wreaked so much harm from within the highest levels of our Government cannot return to it,” the statement read. asserted
statement → count → it
“We call on candidates for the 2028 Presidential Nomination to commit to not hire any administration official directly responsible for enabling Israel’s military actions in Gaza,” it added. asserted
it → call → Gaza
Several rights groups, experts, scholars and United Nations inquiries have assessed that Israel’s devastating war on Gaza amounts to genocide. asserted
war → assess → genocide
Since October 2023, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 74,564 Palestinians and injured at least 175,770, according to Palestinian health authorities. uncertain
war → kill → authorities
The Biden administration, which governed from 2021-2024, has faced pushback and condemnation from progressive lawmakers and activist groups since the war began. asserted
war → govern → lawmakers
US Representative Rashida Tlaib and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have opposed the US’s ongoing support for Israel, which has continued since President Donald Trump was re-elected last year. asserted
Trump → oppose → Israel
In advance of the 2028 election, the former officials said several “architects” of Biden’s Gaza policy were now “whitewashing their own roles in enabling genocide”. asserted
architects → say → genocide
“When faced with the opportunity to stand up in defense of our laws, they not only stayed silent, but worked resolutely in pursuit of illegal and wrongful ends in violation of both US and international law,” they said, adding that many of those same officials were now pursuing a path back into policymaking. asserted
many → face → policymaking
The statement called on Democratic candidates for the 2028 presidential race to pledge to three oaths, including to uphold the Constitution and pursue the national interest of the US, and to acknowledge the US’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza through arms, funding and diplomatic backing. asserted
statement → call → arms
The third oath urged the nominees to pledge to commit to building an administration that reflects US interests and creates “no space” for those who were an “architect, leader, defender, or key enabler, of the US policies of unconditional support to Israel that constitute complicity in a genocide”. asserted
that → urge → genocide
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