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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al Baik" data-source="post: 29776372" data-attributes="member: 326965"><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations</a>According to the CNN article, the key points are:- The US State Department has determined that five Israeli security units committed human rights violations prior to the 2022 war with Hamas in Gaza.- Three of the units are part of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), while the other two are civilian authority units.- The human rights abuses occurred in the West Bank.- Four of the units have taken sufficient steps to rectify the violations, but the US is still evaluating whether the remaining unit, the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda battalion, has done the same.- The Netzah Yehuda battalion has been linked to the death of an elderly Palestinian American man in January 2022, but no soldiers faced criminal charges.- The US is still deliberating on whether to restrict military aid to the Netzah Yehuda battalion under the Leahy Law, which prohibits US assistance to foreign security units implicated in human rights abuses[1][5].Citations:[1] US determines 5 Israeli security units committed human rights violations before outbreak of Gaza war <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations" target="_blank">https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations</a>[2] Blinken Has Not Sanctioned Israeli Units Linked to Killings ... - ProPublica <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations</a>[3] US holds off on sanctioning Israeli military units accused of human ... <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sanction-israeli-military-units-accused-human-rights/story?id=109651562" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-sanction-israeli-military-units-accused-human-rights/story?id=109651562</a>[4] U.S. cites a litany of rights violations in Israel, Gaza and West Bank <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/22/us-israel-gaza-human-rights/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/22/us-israel-gaza-human-rights/</a>[5] US determines 5 Israeli security units committed human rights ... - CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/us-israel-security-units-human-rights-violations/index.html</a>[6] US implicates 5 Israeli units in rights violations before Gaza war, no ... <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-found-five-israeli-military-units-committed-gross-human-rights-violations-2024-04-29/" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-found-five-israeli-military-units-committed-gross-human-rights-violations-2024-04-29/</a></blockquote>

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