Former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has sparked outrage after saying he believed “without a doubt" that Israel has committed war crimes.
On Monday’s episode of Sky News’ Trump 100 podcast, Miller, now speaking as a private citizen, said he does not believe Israel is carrying out a genocide, but that it is failing itself as a democracy by not holding soldiers accountable for their actions in Gaza.
He added that there were “disagreements all along the way” on how to handle Israel’s war on Gaza. When asked if he believed Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza, Miller replied: “I don’t believe it’s genocide, but I think it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes.”
The host then pressed on why Miller had publicly denied accusations of war crimes against Israel for more than a year, to which Miller said he was a spokesperson for the US government, not for himself.
“The United States government had not concluded they’ve (Israel) committed war crimes – they still have not concluded that," he said.
I watched almost every press briefing he gave and it was very clear he knew. Hence the ‘smirk’. The jackanape treated it like a game coming up with cover stories.