Through direct mass murders and the physical destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure, Israel is complicit in the United States’ involvement in the genocide in the country. Israel performs the dirty work. Through its veto power at the UN, the US government funds it and provides diplomatic support. Through Lavender, Palantir creates the artificial intelligence needed for effective mass murder. The Israeli army receives core tech infrastructure from Microsoft through the Nimbus  initiative, Google and Amazon, and Azure cloud services.
As a public-private partnership between Israel and the US, this commemorates war crimes in the twenty-first century. The UN, Amnesty International, the Red Cross, Save the Children, and many others have all confirmed Israel’s widespread starvation of Gaza’s residents. The Norwegian Refugee Council and 100 other organizations have been calling for the Israeli government to end its use of food aid. For the first time in the Middle East, mass starvation has been confirmed.
The hunger is devastating in scope. More than two million people are routinely denied food by Israel. At least 132, 000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition, and more than half a million Palestinians are suffering from catastrophic hunger. In a recent article titled “Starvation is Everywhere,” Haaretz enthralled readers and covered the scale of the horror. The Israeli army frequently fires at those who have access to food distribution centers.
The intention to starve Israel has always existed, as a former US ambassador to Israel recently pointed out. There is no one who feeds its enemies, according to Israel’s Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu. Whoever doesn’t evacuate, don’t let them, according to minister Bezalel Smotrich, who just recently said. They can either surrender or die without water or electricity. We want this, exactly.
However, US representatives at the UN continue to deny the facts and provide cover for Israel’s war crimes despite these glaring declarations of genocide. In 2024, the US vetoed Palestine’s membership in the UN. Another violation of international law is now denied to Palestinian leaders who want to travel to the UN in September.
The US has used its veto of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians and to thwart even the most basic humanitarian measures with its veto of its own in the UN Security Council (UNSC). Before the Israel-US murder machine, the world is horrified but appears paralyzed. Even in the face of US indolence, the world still has the ability to act. The US will be completely silent about its illegal cooperation with Israel.
Let’s be clear. The Palestinian people’s majority is supported by humanity. 172 nations, representing more than 90% of the world’s population, voted in favor of Palestine’s right to self-determination in December. In terms of opposition, Israel and the US were essentially at odds with one another. Similar sentiments are frequently expressed in opposition to Israel’s actions and in support of Palestine.
Israel’s protracted government now relies solely on US support, but that may not last. Despite Trump’s intransigence and the US government’s attempts to silence pro-Palestinian voices, only 33% of Americans support the UN’s recognition of Palestine. Additionally, 60% of Americans oppose Israel’s actions in Gaza.
What are some start-up actions that the world can take.
First, Turkiye has set the right course by removing all ties to Israel in terms of trade, shipping, and air travel. A State of Palestine is admitted to the UN as the 194th member, with borders on June 4, 1967, and Turkiye is right to treat it as such until Israel’s mass starvation ends. Following Turkiye’s example, other states should follow right away.
Second, all UN member states that have not yet recognized Palestine should do so. 147 nations have so far endorsed Palestine. Even despite the US’s vehement objections, hundreds more should attend the UN summit on Palestine on September 22.
Third, the Arab countries that signed the Abraham Accords, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates, should suspend diplomatic ties with Israel until the State of Palestine is admitted to the UN and the Gaza siege is over.
Fourth, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) should remove Israel from the UNGA until its murderous siege of Gaza, using the precedent of suspending South Africa under its apartheid regime, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting. The UNGA does not grant the US a veto.
Fifth, UN member states should halt exporting all technology services that support the conflict until the UNSC approves Palestine’s membership. Consumers around the world should be angry with companies like Amazon and Microsoft that continue to support the Israeli military in a genocide.
In addition, the UNGA should send a UN Protection Force to occupied West Bank and Gaza. The UNSC typically authorizes a protection force, but in this instance, the US will veto the council’s veto. Another approach is available.
When the UNSC is in a deadlock, the UNGA has the authority to act under the “Uniting for Peace” mechanism. The UNGA would be able to address the issue in its resumpted 10th emergency special session on the Israel-Palestine conflict following a UNSC session and the almost unavoidable US veto. In that case, the UNGA can authorize a protection force in response to a State of Palestine’s urgent request by a two-thirds majority, which is unrestricted by the US veto. The UN Emergency Force (UNEF) was given the UNGA’s permission to enter Egypt in 1956 to protect it from the United Kingdom, France, and Israel’s ongoing invasion.
The protection force would enter Gaza to obtain emergency humanitarian aid for the country’s famined population at Palestine’s invitation. The UN protection force would be authorized to defend itself and the Palestinians in Gaza if Israel launched an attack. It’s unknown whether Israel and the US would dare to join a UNGA-mandated force in a fight to save the ailing Palestinians.
Israel has crossed the clear line between starving people to death and shooting them as they wait in line for food. There is neither time to lose nor a new line to cross. As it hasn’t in decades, the family of nations is being tested and called into action.
Source: Aljazeera
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