AdvertisementBiden’s narrative of championing human rights globally crumbled in striking ways throughout his presidency. AdvertisementThe internal effect of Biden’s hardline views on Israel-Palestine was clear to Josh Paul, a veteran State Department official who resigned over the Gaza policy in a development first reported by HuffPost. Yet the president’s specific influence over foreign policy makes the Biden administration’s rights record even more disturbing for many observers. Yet it soon became clear the old-school president would not truly break with the old U.S. foreign policy habit of treating human rights as a secondary concern. No, but it’s hard to think these things are entirely disconnected.”A sliver of faith in Biden persists among human rights advocates going into 2024, but it could quickly dissipate.

Source: Huffington Post December 26, 2023 15:06 UTC