The US is the single driving force behind the genocide
of Palestinian civilians right now.
They're paying for it they're arming it.
So the notion that nobody's done more
to safeguard the suffering of Palestinian civilians
is part of the fiction.
Everything the US says about the universality of Human Rights
is nothing but a mirage.
It's all rooted in double standards and hypocrisy
human rights are not for everyone.
The US has always sought to protect and shield Israel from accountability
for its crimes very much in opposition to the world.
The US has consistently undermined Palestinian rights
and consistently supported the aggressor.
So genocide Joe's actions I see as an extension
of US foreign policy towards Palestine
and not as an exception or an aberration.
No American president will let Israel go down the tube
Democrat or Republican it's not an issue.
When we look at Israel and we try to understand
this bizarre relationship between the US Israel
and the words which are always used to describe this relationship.
So I fought for Israel like no president ever before.
It's always an unbreakable bond.
Israel has built unbreakable bonds of friendship.
The bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable
Our unbreakable alliance with Israel.
Shared values.
We're united in our shared values the connection between the Israeli
people and the American people is bone deep.
Support for Israel has always been bipartisan.
So for many of us it's in our DNA.
That's very strange language to use
I mean it's a completely separate country that has nothing to do
with the United States in theory but in fact in practice Israel is an
extension of the American Imperial project in the Middle East.
I think it's about time we stop, those of us who support as most of us do,
Israel in this body for apologising for our support for Israel.
There's no apology to be made none
it is the best $3 billion investment we make.
Were there not an Israel the United States of America
would have to invent an Israel to protect her interest in the region.
If this Capital crumbled to the ground the one thing that would remain
Is our commitment to our Aid and I don't even call it Aid,
our cooperation with Israel.
Any American right now watching this unfold should be deeply troubled
because without US financial support for Israel's apartheid regime without the US's financial
support for this ongoing genocide it simply could not take place and so as an American to know that
every year you pay taxes and that those taxes do not go to building a better educational system in
the United States they don't go to improving our health care infrastructure or providing
more Americans with access to Affordable Health Care they don't go to ending student debt they
don't go go to curing the problem of homelessness they don't go to making sure that all of America's
children are fed they don't go to dealing with any of the domestic issues that we are facing as
a people in the United States instead that money is being sent to Israel to make sure that Israelis
have subsidized Healthcare that Israelis have access to affordable housing in illegal
settlements on Stolen Palestinian land that money is being sent to Israel to prop up its
military which is responsible for carrying out a 56 year long military occupation that money
is being sent to ensure that Israel can carry out these crimes and that should be deeply troubling
to every single American even Americans who let's say look I don't care about politics so so
far away it doesn't affect me I understand not everyone has to be interested in international
politics and there's so many conflicts happening all around the world how could you possibly keep
up with all of them but if you were to keep up with just one of them you should probably
pay attention to this one because your money is being sent to finance this particular conflict
that's money that not only do you need but also could be used in many more beneficial ways so we
should all have a problem with the way that US taxpayer money is being used to continue to deny
millions of Palestinians their human rights and do everything in our power to stop this it's so
essential in this moment to Center Palestinian voice is we are credible narrators of our own
lived experience and unfortunately the corporate media does not allow us to present our lived
experiences to the world and to contextualize our realities that's why it's so important to support
alternative media that does give Palestinians a platform amplifies their voice and allows
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