When Mike Casey arrived in Jerusalem in 2020, he wasn’t looking for a fight.
An army veteran with a stint in Iraq who joined the state department for over a decade of postings across Asia, he came with the measured optimism of a career diplomat – two years of Arabic training ahead, a potential change in administration, and a chance to make a difference. He’d eventually work his way up the ranks to become the state department’s deputy political counselor on Gaza.
What he didn’t anticipate was becoming a key witness to what he describes as a systematic failure of US foreign policy.
“The more informed you become on this issue, you can’t avoid realizing how bad it is,” Casey told the Guardian.
Here is a recap of today’s major developments:
At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and 30...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had held a new discussion with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier...
