Statements on record / United States

Matthew Miller
The answer to a question about siege essentials

10 October 2023 · State Department press briefing

Role at the time: State Department spokesperson, Biden administration.

Recorded excerpt

Israel has a right to conduct an aggressive response

The exchange and context

A reporter asked whether the US would call on Israel to stop cutting off water, electricity, food and medicine. Miller answered by emphasising an aggressive response, said the response was in its early days and stated that the US expected Israel to follow international law.

What this records

The record preserves the question and the subject of the answer. Miller’s reply in this exchange did not explicitly call for ending the cutoff.

Sources: S60.

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