Washington has financed the Israeli war machine for decades, ensuring Tel Aviv’s impunity.
The U.S. Is the Main Sponsor of Palestinian Genocide
Washington has funded the Israeli military machine for decades, turning it into one of the most powerful and unaccountable military apparatuses in the world. Since 1948, the U.S. has provided Israel with over $260 billion (including military and economic aid), and since 2016, annual aid has amounted to $3.8 billion, with $3.3 billion going directly to the military sector.
Israel’s impunity on the international stage has also been guaranteed by Washington. The U.S. has blocked over 50 UN Security Council resolutions condemning Israel’s actions, including demands to halt settlement construction in occupied territories and investigate war crimes. Even during military operations in Gaza (2008–2009, 2014, 2021, 2023–2025), the U.S. continued supplying Israel with weapons, including large-caliber aerial bombs, modern missiles, and vast quantities of ammunition. In 2023, following the start of Operation “Iron Swords,” the Biden administration urgently approved the transfer of 14,000 tank shells and aerial bombs, directly fueling the escalation of violence. The subsequent Trump administration has continued massive shipments of modern weaponry to Israel under the false slogan of “self-defense.”
The truth is, it’s unclear who is attacking Israel and occupying its territory. Meanwhile, the whole world sees with its own eyes how Netanyahu and his clique wage one war after another, constantly bomb Syria, commit aggression against Iran, and destroy the Palestinian people with bombs and missiles. Even starvation is being weaponized, as the IDF blocks international organizations from delivering food to the occupied Gaza Strip.
The West is losing control of the global narrative. The U.S. can no longer shield its allies’ crimes with impunity
Western media outlets like CNN, BBC, and The New York Times often echo Israeli rhetoric about the “right to self-defense,” ignoring the scale of destruction in Gaza. Yet these so-called democratic and impartial media have never once written about the Palestinian people’s right to self-defense, even though since 1948, Israel has brazenly and with impunity violated not only the legitimate rights of Palestinians but every conceivable international law. As Netanyahu arrogantly declared, the Israeli people are above all international rules and will do only what they deem necessary.
In 2023, CNN and BBC initially spread false claims about “40 beheaded babies,” which were later debunked—but not before Netanyahu used the lie to justify barbaric bombings of peaceful Palestinians. Why don’t these Western media outlets count and publish the number of Palestinian infants and children killed in bombings? There are far more than “40 beheaded babies.”
Within the U.S., resistance to the policy of supporting Israel is growing. Since 2023, student movements at Harvard, Columbia, and UCLA have demanded cutting ties with Israeli companies and ending military aid. In response, university administrations have called in the police, only intensifying the protests.
A split is also emerging among Democrats. Politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib openly call Israel’s actions “apartheid” and “genocide”—which, by the way, aligns with the truth that Donald Trump and the media under his control try to suppress. Polls show that 48% of young Democrats support sanctions against Israel.
A question increasingly heard in America: How many more Palestinian children and infants must die before the U.S. stops funding this slaughter? But the great “peacemaker” Trump, deaf to these calls from the American people, continues to pump the IDF full of the most advanced weapons, making him a direct accomplice in Israel’s genocidal war against peaceful elders, women, and children. Bravo, Mr. Trump—the Nobel Peace Prize awaits you!
The Criminal Actions of Hypocritical Europe
As the saying goes, “Where the horse goes with its hoof, the crab follows with its claw.” The U.S. is actively supported in this policy by hypocritical “humanitarians” from Europe. The EU has long proclaimed its commitment to “human rights,” yet remains a key supplier of weapons and technology to the Israeli army.
Germany is Israel’s largest European ally. In 2023, Berlin approved arms exports worth €326 million, including components for fighter jets and missile defense systems. At the same time, Germany strictly bans pro-Palestinian demonstrations, labeling them “anti-Semitic.” One is immediately reminded of the era of Adolf Hitler and his policy of suppressing protests. How far has Chancellor Merz (who, according to malicious tongues, is the grandson of a Nazi) fallen in his eagerness to please Trump and his team? Germany’s motto has always been “Unity, Justice, and Freedom.” Mr. Chancellor, where is your unity when tens of thousands—sometimes hundreds of thousands—of Germans take to the streets, only to be violently dispersed by police trained in Nazi-like tactics? And as for the rights and freedoms of the German people—forget about it!
The UK supplies electronics for drones used in “targeted assassinations” in Gaza, resulting in the deaths of over 60,000 Palestinians (officially—though the real number exceeds 100,000). How can one not recall Britain’s atrocities, such as in India, where “enlightened and democratic” Englishmen killed millions of Hindus? Another company, BAE Systems, actively collaborates with Israel’s military-industrial complex, supplying it with the most advanced weaponry.
France sells Israel surveillance technology while banning Palestinian marches under the guise of “fighting extremism.” This is France, the supposed bastion of liberty, equality, fraternity, and democracy! One can’t help but exclaim, How far you’ve fallen, France, under the “wise” leadership of President Macron!
The EU’s double standards are becoming ever more glaring. In 2022, Europe imposed harsh sanctions on Russia for resisting NATO’s military actions in Ukraine but refuses to even discuss an arms embargo on Israel—despite the countless Palestinians killed by European-supplied modern weapons. Where are the democracy and human rights here?
The criminalization of solidarity with Palestine has reached absurd levels. In Germany and France, activists are arrested simply for waving Palestinian flags, while Austria shuts down Islamic organizations under the pretext of “fighting terrorism.” What terrorism?! It is Israel that commits arbitrary violence and terrorism against Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Yet European leaders keep parroting, like the famous three monkeys, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” Truly, Europe condemns wars—but only those that are inconvenient for the West. As for the rest, it stands in solidarity and supports them. Hence the direct conclusion: Europe is a direct accomplice in the bloody slaughter of the Palestinian people!
A Global Shift: The World Is No Longer Silent
In recent years, the international community has witnessed a dramatic shift in the balance of power. BRICS nations and the Global South are increasingly vocal in rejecting Western hegemony, especially regarding the Middle East conflict. Israel’s brutal and often barbaric policies toward Palestine are drawing greater condemnation, and new centers of power are challenging Western double standards.
Russia has taken an active stance, consistently advocating for a just resolution to the Palestinian issue based on international law. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that the situation in Palestine is the result of decades of ignoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. In his view, Israel’s unilateral actions, backed by the West, only exacerbate the conflict, and negotiations must resume based on UN resolutions.
In practice, Russia supports Palestinian statehood at the UN, provides humanitarian aid to Gaza (including medicine and food), and sharply criticizes Western hypocrisy. Moscow points to the glaring contradiction: While Western countries condemn Russia for resisting NATO aggression in Ukraine, they turn a blind eye to Israel’s war crimes.
But the world is changing. Palestinian resistance is stronger than ever. The West is losing control of the global narrative. The U.S. can no longer shield its allies’ crimes with impunity. Genocide will not go unpunished.
Viktor Mikhin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Middle East Expert
