America’s Unconditional Support for Israel: A Flawed Policy
Such were the words of the controversial, and at times provocative, German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who warned that in fighting evil one risks becoming the very evil he is fighting. This is something the United States of America stands accused of for its unconditional support for the State of Israel, including the latter’s past human rights abuses and the casualties in the Gaza Strip caused by the latter that have reached a genocidal level. As evident, the modern State of Israel’s political prowess, based on the illusion “that the return of Jews to their ancestral homeland is part of a messianic fulfilment,” has gone beyond the observance of the rule of law as established by the international community.
This summer, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel was in breach of international law with its occupation of the Palestinian Territories in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. The ICJ ordered the Israelis to both bring this to an end and make reparations for damage they created. In like manner, the U.N. General Assembly, in September, overwhelmingly voted—124 nations in favor, 14 against, and 43 abstentions—that Israel should withdraw from its illegal occupation. The U.S., as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, vetoed the measure, thus rendering it null.
Indeed, even fellow Israelis have called out Israel’s crimes. For example, according to B’tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, under Itamar Ben-Gvir, the incumbent Israeli Minister of National Security, Palestinian detainees have been subjected to “systematic, institutional policy of unrelenting physical and psychological violence,” which is on par with the escalation in Christian persec
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