Former Biden official urges withholding US weapons from Israel if ceasefire deal is rejected

Andrew Miller, the Biden administration’s former expert on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has called on the US to withhold certain weapons from Israel if it refuses a ceasefire deal in Gaza.

In an article for Foreign Affairs, Miller suggested that President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken should threaten to withhold weapons linked to civilian casualties, such as white phosphorus shells, if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire. 

He argued that the US must balance Israeli security needs with a stance against the ongoing war's rising civilian toll, which, according to him, yields limited security benefits.