Mr. George Salhab is a Palestinian-American currently attending law school. He's trying his hand at writing articles and couldn't overlook the events unfolding in his homeland.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the number of residents of the Gaza Strip who have died since October 7 in Israeli strikes exceeds 20,400 people, and more than 54,000 were injured. Thousands more may be buried under the rubble. According to the UN, one child dies every 6 minutes in Gaza. The world is watching closely as events in the region unfold, and more and more people are calling for an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people.
However, there are those who continue to contribute to crimes against humanity—the United States. Once again, the “champions of democracy” declare that they are in favor of resolving the conflict, but in fact, they only incite hatred and sponsor the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) attacks against civilians in Gaza. Since the beginning of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the US has allocated financial, diplomatic, and military resources to support Israel, ignoring the fact that this is causing increasing public anger.
The indignation of the international community also did not prevent the United States from repeatedly speaking out in the UN Security Council against the full-fledged ceasefire in Gaza and vetoing the relevant resolutions, limiting itself instead only to calls for humanitarian corridors. Washington’s behavior unties Israel’s hands, effectively allowing further indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructure in the region.
All this is the result of the active work of the pro-Israeli lobby, which has so much money and power that it can dictate the rules of the game to the American establishment and does not even conceal it. What could be said when the first thing newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson did after taking office was to start pushing for another aid package for the Jewish state? Notably, Johnson’s top donor during his last campaign was the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which supported the politician from 2021 to 2022.
Moreover, according to the non-profit organization Open Secrets, during the 2020 election race, current US President Joe Biden received about $4 million from AIPAC. The lobbyists did not ignore his main rival either but presented him with a much smaller amount; Donald Trump’s loyalty was bought for $894,000. The influence of the pro-Israel lobby in the United States is so great that it already sets the direction of the country’s policy, while the Anti-Defamation League immediately brands all dissenters as antisemites and silences them.
Such was the case with Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American in Congress, who was censured by the House of Representatives for calling for support for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. And with Liz Magill, who had to resign as president of the University of Pennsylvania for supporting pro-Palestinian students. At the same time, there was no reaction to Rep. Brian Mast’s arrival at the US Capitol in Israeli military uniform, which he received while serving in the IDF and wore to show support for Israel. Prior to that, the same American politician, speaking in the lower house of the US Congress, said that there are “no innocent Palestinians” in Gaza and allowed himself an unacceptable comparison of them with Nazis.
Of course, what can Washington say when the pro-Israel lobby holds it so tightly by the throat? Under the full control of international Zionism, Washington continues to justify the genocide of the Palestinian people and to supply the IDF with weapons that kill civilians in Gaza. At the same time, the United States does not notice that it is losing its authority in the international arena, being only a pawn in the Jewish grandmaster’s game.
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