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Sky News
6 hours ago
- General
- Sky News
Hamas and Israel respond to former Biden official who said Israel 'without a doubt' committed war crimes in Gaza
Hamas and the Israeli government have responded to an interview on Sky News in which a former official in the Biden White House said Israel had "without a doubt" committed war crimes in Gaza. A statement from Hamas said comments by Matt Miller, who as State Department Spokesman articulated the views of the US government, amounted to a "significant admission that condemns the occupation and exposes its crimes". On the Trump 100 podcast, Mr Miller was asked if he agreed with the view that Israel's actions in Gaza amounted to genocide. "I don't think it's a genocide, but I think, I think it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes," Mr Miller said. 1:37 In a written statement, Hamas said Mr Miller's words reveal that he was, quote, "not allowed to speak the truth while in office and was forced to adhere to the US government's official narrative regarding the occupation's practices". "This exposes the deep political complicity of US administrations with the occupation and their criminal cover-up of its brutal violations," it added. And the proscribed terror group said his words "reveal attempts by successive US administrations to obscure the truth about this brutal war against innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip". A Hamas spokesperson said: "This admission does not only condemn the occupation but also holds Washington directly responsible as an active partner in the war crimes and genocide committed against our Palestinian people in Gaza, through funding, arming, providing political and diplomatic protection, along with spreading misleading media coverage." 3:42 Sky News challenged Mr Miller on why he didn't speak up while in government, to which he said: "When you're at the podium, you're not expressing your personal opinion. "You're expressing the conclusions of the United States government. The United States government had not concluded that they committed war crimes, still have not concluded [that]." 1:22 Pressed further on why he didn't offer such views while serving as State Department spokesman, Mr Miller told Trump100: "The State Department did release a report in the spring of last year where, look, there was a bunch of bureaucratic legalese language as the government always [uses] where they did say it's reasonable to assess that Israel has at times acted in violation of the laws of war, or something similar." He continued: "So the State department itself had concluded - they didn't phrase it in these terms - but I think I did it at the podium, a few times, conclude that it was likely that Israel had committed war crimes, but I do think it's almost certain that they have." 3:05 Mr Miller offered a qualifying distinction between state-sanctioned war crimes and individual illegal acts by soldiers. "There are two ways to think about the commission of war crimes: One is if the state has pursued a policy to deliberately commit war crimes or is acting reckless in a way that aids and abets war crimes. "Is the [Israeli] state committing war crimes? That, I think, is an open question. I think what is almost certainly not an open question is that there have been individual incidents that have been war crimes where Israeli soldiers, members of the Israeli military, have committed war crimes." Sky News put Mr Miller's accusations to Israeli government spokesman David Mencer. "Of course, when there are claims like that, they need to be fairly investigated, but I can tell you that Israel upholds the highest levels of international law that is key in the strategy of releasing our hostages and destroying this terrorist organisation," he said. But to that, Mr Miller, out of office, now echoes a point repeatedly put to him by journalists while he was in office, at the podium: that Israeli investigations so often go nowhere. At the podium, he repeated phrases like "...we are asking the Israelis to investigate...", "...we are concerned by what we have seen...", "...we are waiting for the results of the Israeli investigation...". Now, Mr Miller says: "We do know that Israel has opened investigations, but look, we are many months into those investigations and we're not seeing Israeli soldiers held accountable. "We have not yet seen them hold sufficient numbers of the military accountable and I think it's an open question whether they are going to."
Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Tariffs Still Causing Uncertainty In Markets: Oden
HSBC Head of Wealth and Personal Banking Racquel Oden speaks with Matt Miller and Sonali Basak on "Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Mostly sunny and very warm weather for Monday ahead of numerous storm chances
hat We're Tracking Hot again for Monday Several storm chances Midweek cool off Overnight lows will only fall into the lower 60s with a gradual increase in humidity throughout the night. The sky will be a bit hazy at times with Canadian wildfire smoke drifting overhead. Monday should be hot and a touch humid with highs in the upper 80s. South breezes will increase to 10-20mph. Look for storms that develop to our west to move our way overnight into early Tuesday. Showers and storms are more likely on Tuesday with a low chance for severe storms during that time. Cooler air moves in by midweek, with highs dropping into the 70s on Wednesday. A few lingering showers are possible through the second half of the week. KSNT Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Matt Miller Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Drying out Tuesday before another round of rain in the middle of the week
hat We're Tracking Low rain chance Tuesday More rain Wednesday night/Thursday Warmer by the weekend Showers will gradually move to the northeast leaving much of the area cloudy, but starting to dry out a bit into Tuesday. Morning lows in the lower to middle 50s with highs in the lower to middle 60s for much of the region. Nice weather for part of Wednesday as temperatures climb into the upper 60s with a partly cloudy sky before the next round of rainfall moves in Wednesday night into early Thursday. After the Thursday rain chance, we dry out and warm up a bit heading into the weekend. Highs should climb back into the lower 80s by Saturday & Sunday. KSNT Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Matt Miller Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Cool and showery weather expected for much of Memorial Day
hat We're Tracking Cool Memorial Day Widespread rain on Monday Drying out Tuesday Additional rounds of rain and storms are expected heading into Memorial Day itself. Again, rumbles of thunder and lightning are possible as severe weather chances are still not likely. Widespread showers and storms will linger through the daytime Monday before exiting our area into the early evening. Temperatures for tomorrow will be the coolest we've seen as we struggle back into the lower 60s. We start to see a warming trend throughout the rest of the upcoming week. By Wednesday we should start to see 70s return. The only downside is we may also see rain chances increase yet again by Thursday night. After the Thursday rain chance, we dry out and warm up a bit heading into the weekend. Highs should climb back into the lower 80s by Saturday & Sunday. KSNT Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Matt Miller Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
