The US Complicity in War Crimes
December 16, 2023
By Ibrahim Ebeid Al-Farr
As long as the United States is controlled by the Zionist lobby, such as AIPAC, the war and genocide will continue in the Middle East and elsewhere in the World.
The United States, since its foundation, was built on racist principles and the enslavement and annihilation of other races. What happened to the American Indians was genocide, and African people were brought by force to the so-called New World, stripped of their humanity and dignity, and auctioned in public markets as cattle in chains.
This imperial behavior of the United States still persists, and it is exported to the Middle East.
Friday, December 8, the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution backed by almost all other Security Council members and dozens of other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month.
The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1, with the United Kingdom, as usual, abstaining. The United States’ isolated stand reflects a growing fracture between Washington and some of its closest allies over Israel’s increasingly deadly bombardment of Gaza. France and Japan were among those supporting the resolution.
The abhoring stand of the United States toward the Palestinians is always inhumane and hostile. Associated Press reported: In a vain effort to press the Biden administration to drop its opposition to calling for a halt to the fighting, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey were all in Washington on Friday. But their meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken occurred only after the U.N. vote.
Washington’s refusal to call for a cease-fire means they are supporting the continuous war on the Palestinians to force them out of their homeland into permanent exile. Killing civilians with bombs, rockets, and starvation is a war crime that amounts to genocide.
The veto by the US prevented the council from making some of the calls Washington itself has been demanding, including compliance with international humanitarian law, protection of civilians, and the release of all civilians held hostage. By continuing to provide Israel with weapons and diplomatic cover as it commits atrocities, including collectively punishing the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza, the US risks complicity in war crimes, Says Human Rights Watch.
