American Inhumanity in Gaza Condemned by Expert

Rescue workers line up body bags in Tal Al Sultan, in Rafah, in southern Gaza.

Why is a grinning Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, wildly cheered by both Democrats and Republicans whenever he addresses the US Congress, while at the same time, in Gaza, countless innocent civilians are being killed by American bombs and bullets — and now babies are starving?

Shamefully, Israel’s leader, a certified genocidaire, is one of the few global figures to have ever been granted the privilege of frequently addressing Congress. But the world sees and will remember his big lie that “There is no starvation in Gaza.”

The mantle of righteousness that once adorned the American flag after World War II is now shredded, perhaps beyond repair. President Roosevelt’s global vision of the “Four Freedoms” — freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear — is no longer defended or even acknowledged by the US government.

US presidents from Kennedy to Obama have asserted American exceptionalism through the Biblical metaphor of the “City on a Hill.” President Ronald Reagan frequently evoked this image during the Cold War, claiming that the United States was a beacon of purity and moral leadership in the struggle against the “Evil Empire.” That might have been true once — but today, such claims are laughable.

Most of the jet planes and bombs Israel has used in recent months to kill and wound civilians have come from the United States. These weapons have been used to pulverise a large percentage of buildings in Gaza, raining fire and death upon unarmed families seeking food or shelter in tents.

The Israeli army’s dominance over Gaza’s small territory is total, with no legitimate military objectives left — yet the bombing continues, despite global outrage. Many argue that this is not a war, but a genocide against the civilian population. Meanwhile, US citizens have largely ignored the reality that, for nearly two years, both President Biden and former President Trump have continued to support Israel's war machine.

So far, nearly twenty-two months of relentless US-supported bombardment has resulted in the killing and wounding of more than 100,000 people — most of them unarmed, innocent civilians, the majority women and children.

By now, Hamas has little or no ability to resist — if it ever did. The group has repeatedly agreed to release remaining hostages in exchange for a permanent ceasefire. Yet no agreement has been reached. The Likud-led Israeli government appears focused on land expansion for settlements, leaving Gaza’s civilians with three grim options: be bombed to death, starved under siege, or forcibly displaced.

But forcible transfer is, by definition, a form of genocide. Another option — to enslave — had already been implemented on a smaller scale before the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, when many Gazans were allowed to work in Israel under humiliating, exploitative conditions. That, too, has now ceased.

The US government — and its people — can no longer ignore the plain truth of what is happening daily and nightly in Gaza. Americans must choose the high road of moral civilisation, or risk being remembered alongside history’s most rapacious and brutal regimes.