Stacy Gilbert is a former senior civil-military advisor in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. After more than 20 years working in humanitarian crises, she resigned in May 2024 in protest of a State Department report that said Israel was not blocking humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

What Biden must do to help Gaza now

On 13 October, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin sent an extraordinary letter to their Israeli counterparts…