State Dept flip-flops whether Israel and Hamas have ‘same standard’ for conduct

The U.S. State Department appears to have contradicted itself on whether Israel is held to a different moral standard than Hamas.Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that there was no “double standard” of expectations for either side of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.”Do we have a double standard? The answer is ‘no,’” Blinken said Monday while discussing the department’s report on human rights violations in the region.BIDEN ADMIN NOTES ‘URGENT’ CONCERN OVER ISRAEL IN GAZA HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, speaks at a press…