PNN – Six US senators sent a letter to the US Government Accountability Office calling for a legal review of the country’s restrictions on sending foreign aid.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Reuters, six US senators have written a letter to the Inspector General of the US Government Audit Office (GAO) calling for an investigation into how the US government enforces laws related to the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The letter asked the office to investigate whether restrictions imposed by the Israeli regime and some other foreign governments on the delivery of humanitarian aid violate United States law, specifically Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act and the Leahy Laws.
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The letter was signed by Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch. All of these senators are Democrats except Bernie Sanders, who is running as an independent but is aligned with the Democrats.
The letter states, “In countries such as Ethiopia, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Syria, Karabakh, and Gaza, the delivery of vital humanitarian aid such as food, medical equipment, and water purification systems has been restricted or blocked, directly or indirectly, by state and non-state actors.”
The Leahy Act prohibits the United States from providing any assistance to foreign security forces that have engaged in gross human rights abuses, including torture or extrajudicial killings.
The situation in Gaza is of greater concern. The United Nations and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice consider the Zionist regime to be violating international law by preventing aid from reaching the region.