The American CNN network said that more than 130 employees of the Department of Homeland Security urged President Joe Biden’s administration to call for an immediate ceasefire and a cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, in a letter addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last month.
The network explained that the employees, whose names were not mentioned in the letter dated November 22, 2023, expressed their joining with their colleagues and peers “on Capitol Hill, the US Agency for International Development, the State Department, and across the executive branch, who expressed similar concerns and urged the Biden administration to call for a halt.” “Instant fire.”
Employees who work in several federal agencies within the department, which includes more than 260,000 employees, said they signed the letter without revealing their identities “for fear of personal safety and the risk of professional repercussions.”
Staff: DHS has been a silent witness to the hunger affecting Palestinians, as vital food supplies reach dangerously low levels
The letter criticizes the Department of Homeland Security for “turning a blind eye” to the bombing in Gaza, stating that “the Department of Homeland Security has been a silent witness to the hunger affecting Palestinians, as vital food supplies have reached dangerously low levels.”
This was not the first time that employees working in the Biden administration expressed growing frustrations about how the president dealt with Israel’s war on Gaza, as dozens of political appointees and Biden administration employees earlier this week organized a protest in front of the White House to demand that the president… Supporting the ceasefire in Gaza.
In November, more than 700 employees and politicians signed a letter calling on Biden to support the ceasefire, by employees working in more than 30 departments and agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the FBI and NASA.