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Why Is US Congress Silent on the Manmade Nightmare It Is Enabling in Gaza? | Common Dreams
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All of this is a damn shame.
Genocide is a crime against humanity according to the United Nations.
Protesting genocide is a hate crime according to the USA (and a sadly growing number of other complicit states).
The US has a lot of citizens in Israel, and a lot of Israeli citizens with families in the US, so it's hard to turn from the historic unconditional support to conditional support or even lack of support. No matter who is in office, the reality of this is strong.
Just the same as the NATO countries are finding it complicated decoupling from the MAGA US. It's not so simple to unwind national relationships. It would be nice if it was easy, but it just isn't, especially in a democracy where there's a significant fraction of voters who are unmoved by the Gaza disaster. It's sad but true.
Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists
The vast majority of people want a weapons embargo and an end to the genocide, even a majority of Republican voters.
The reality is that the US is funding genocide. That by the requirement of both international law and domestic law, they have an obligation to cease all weapon transfers to Israel. That's on top of the popular position and morally correct position of opposing genocide.
Anyone making excuses for why the US needs to continue funding Israel is supporting this genocide.
Because they're complicit
AIPAC
Or, put another way: money
Racism
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