Why does the U.S. continue to support Israel
—the occupying power—while turning its back on the millions of Palestinians whose land was seized by force, beginning in 1948 with weapons supplied by Britain and the U.S.? If America was founded on resisting colonial rule, why are we now arming and funding a nation that brutally opposes Palestinian independence?
President Trump’s meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu come amid reports of a possible 60-day ceasefire deal—yet Israeli forces continue slaughtering civilians, and U.S.-backed contractors have killed over 770 people at so-called aid sites in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation just shut down its central aid center, leaving starving Palestinians to flee south in search of food. Israel’s airstrikes killed 100 people in a single day, including children playing at a roundabout and a disabled man sheltering in a tent.Hospitals are shutting down from fuel shortages. Medicine is blocked. Children are dying from preventable diseases like meningitis.
Meanwhile, Israel violates the Lebanon ceasefire with deadly airstrikes, expanding the war with impunity.
What exactly are we waiting for? Why does the U.S. stand by the oppressors and not the oppressed? The world sees our hypocrisy. When will we see it ourselves?
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