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A US State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest over Washington’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, highlighting further discord within the Biden administration. Annelle Sheline, 38, left her position as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor just a year into her role, with nearly half of that period overshadowed by Israel’s devastating assault on the Palestinian enclave. During an interview with The Washington Post, Sheline shared that her work concentrated on advocating for human rights acros…

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