Palestine people’s conference spotlights US role in Israel’s war on Gaza
Grassroots activists have succeeded in breaking through the barriers preventing any discussion of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 60 percent of American voters are now in favour of an end to US military aid to Israel … so a theme of Saturday’s proceedings was the forces in the US still enabling the genocide, despite that overwhelming public opposition to Israel.
There’s a particular focus on the nominally progressive wing of US party politics, for example, internationally renowned figures, like Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who have held out against the total arms embargo on Israel.
The discussion here is about harnessing overwhelming public opinion to end Washington’s support for Israel. And the key part of that is understanding who is standing in the way of stopping the killing.
Netanyahu and Trump ‘deserve the Genocide Prize’
Israeli columnist Gideon Levy says “no other non-Israeli bears as much responsibility for the bloodbath in Gaza as Donald Trump”.
In a column for Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Levy wrote that Trump could end the war with one phone call. However, “he has not made it”. “Not only has Trump not phoned, he continues to fund, arm and support the Israeli war machine as if nothing is happening.
“If Netanyahu and Trump deserve an award, it is one that, fortunately, has not yet been established: the Genocide Prize,” Levy said.
