A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses. But Blinken has failed to act on the proposal in the face of growing international criticism of the Israeli military’s conduct in Gaza, according to current and former State Department officials. Read the full story here: https://propub.li/4aQzQYA **Update, April 21: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is now poised to bar U.S. aid to Israel’s Netzah Yehuda unit, the country’s all-male, ultra-Orthodox battalion at the center of several controversies in the West Bank that go back years. Read our update: https://propub.li/3U6lYCt - ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. + Sign up for our weekly newsletter: http://propub.li/2oyN8DY + Follow us on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/propublica + Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/propublica/ + Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@propublica + Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/propublica + Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@propublica + Follow us on Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica + Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/propublica.bsky.social + Follow us on Post News: https://post.news/@/propublica