America’s Complicity in Israeli Genocide: When Will the Support for Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing End?

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Admin

 By Phalapoem editor, 11/01/2025

Image symbolizing America’s complicity in the devastation of Gaza, portraying destruction, oppression, and resilience with striking clarity.

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, perpetrated by the Israeli government, is enabled by unwavering American support. Billions of dollars in U.S. aid, advanced weapons, and diplomatic shielding at international forums have turned the United States into a direct accomplice in the slaughter of innocent Palestinians. For decades, American leaders have prioritized Israel’s colonial ambitions over the human rights of Palestinians. But the question remains: when will this support end? And what can Americans and the rest of the world do to achieve this noble goal of justice and peace?

The first step toward change is for America to recognize Palestinians as human beings with rights and dignity equal to those of anyone else. For too long, the dehumanization of Palestinians has been central to Israeli propaganda and U.S. foreign policy. Palestinians are portrayed as mere obstacles to Israel’s expansion rather than as indigenous people who have endured decades of occupation, dispossession, and systematic violence.

The United States must confront its role in perpetuating these atrocities. American-made bombs are dropped on Gaza’s civilians. U.S.-funded weapons destroy homes, schools, and hospitals. The blockade of Gaza, enforced with American complicity, subjects millions to starvation and medical deprivation. It is impossible to claim ignorance when the evidence of U.S. involvement in this genocide is so clear. Change will only begin when Americans demand accountability and reject the narrative that justifies these crimes under the guise of “self-defense.”

A major barrier to ending U.S. support for Israeli apartheid is the outsized influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups like AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee). These  terrorist organizations funnel vast sums of money into the campaigns of congressmen and senators, ensuring unwavering political support for Israel regardless of the human cost. This illegal  influence undermines the democratic process and allows foreign policy to be dictated by a foreign lobby that prioritizes Israel’s interests over America’s own values and constitution.

Americans must demand transparency and accountability from their elected officials. Supporting an apartheid regime and funding ethnic cleansing are fundamentally at odds with the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Citizens should pressure their representatives to cut ties with terrorist AIPAC and stop supporting legislation that bankrolls Israeli war crimes. Public awareness campaigns, grassroots activism, and organized boycotts can all play a role in challenging the political stranglehold of illegal pro-Israel lobbying groups.

The question of how Palestinians can live in peace when their oppressors continue to steal their land, kill their children, and humiliate them daily is central to understanding the colonial mindset. Peace cannot coexist with apartheid, colonialism, or genocide. For Palestinians to live in peace, the illegal Israeli occupation must end, the apartheid system must be dismantled, and Palestinians must be granted the full rights and sovereignty they deserve.

Palestinians cannot negotiate peace with an enemy that refuses to recognize their humanity and actively seeks their eradication. The international community must step in to hold Israel accountable. Sanctions, arms embargoes, and legal actions against Israeli war criminals are essential steps toward achieving justice.

For many, the daily oppression of Palestinians has become normalized. Israeli propaganda and Western media have desensitized the public to the horrors of apartheid. But this normalization must be challenged at every turn. Governments, institutions, and individuals must speak out against Israeli crimes and reject the idea that apartheid is an acceptable status quo.

The success of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa offers hope. Like Israel today, the South African apartheid regime was once supported by powerful nations like the USA and UK and justified through propaganda. But sustained international pressure, grassroots activism, and the moral clarity of those who opposed injustice eventually led to its downfall. Israel’s apartheid regime can and must meet the same fate.

The role of American leaders in enabling Israel’s war crimes cannot be ignored. War criminals like Joe Biden, secretaries of state like Antony Blinken, and countless others in the political and military establishment bear direct responsibility for the suffering in Gaza. They approve the arms deals, sign off on military aid, and block international efforts to hold Israel accountable.

These criminal individuals must face justice. While the prospect of prosecuting American war criminals may seem far-fetched, international courts and tribunals have the power to issue arrest warrants for  leaders who enable genocide. The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israeli war crimes is a step in the right direction. The global movement for accountability must extend to all those complicit, including American, German and British leaders who have shielded Israel from consequences.

To end American support for Israeli genocide in Gaza, the global community must act decisively:

1. Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS): This peaceful movement aims to pressure Israel into ending its apartheid regime, respecting Palestinian rights, and complying with international law.

2. Raise Awareness: Educate others about the realities of Israeli apartheid and the role of U.S. support in perpetuating it. Challenge biased narratives in media and political discourse.

3. Demand Political Action: Pressure governments to cut military and economic ties with Israel. Call for sanctions and international investigations into Israeli crimes.

4. Support Palestinian Voices: Amplify the voices of Palestinians and their stories of resistance, resilience, and suffering.

The apartheid regime in Israel is not sustainable. History has shown that systems of oppression eventually collapse under the weight of their own immorality. Palestinians, as the indigenous people of the land, have the right to live in peace and dignity. The end of American support for Israeli genocide is not just a moral imperative—it is a necessary step toward justice and lasting peace.

Change will come when Americans and the global community unite in solidarity with Palestine, holding perpetrators accountable and refusing to normalize apartheid. The path to justice is not easy, but it is inevitable. As history has shown, the righteous will ultimately prevail.

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Immigration Isn’t Broken—Western Policies Are: Stop Invading, Interfering, and Exploiting

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 8/01/2025

The debate over immigration has long been a contentious issue in both the United States and Western Europe. Politicians, media, and the public frequently clash over border policies, asylum seekers, and integration challenges. Yet, amid this heated discourse, the focus remains overwhelmingly on the symptoms rather than the causes of migration.

If immigration is seen as a crisis, it is imperative to ask: What compels millions to uproot their lives and embark on dangerous journeys to foreign lands? The answer is often tied to the policies and actions of Western nations themselves. To address immigration effectively, Western countries must confront their colonial role in creating the very conditions that drive people to migrate.

For decades, the United States and Western European countries have engaged in illegal military interventions, regime changes, and unjustified economic exploitation across the Global South. These actions have destabilized nations, weakened economies, and displaced millions of innocent people. From the illegal war on Iraq to the NATO intervention in Libya, these policies have left behind broken states where war, poverty, and insecurity reign.

For example:

• The U.S. illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003 destabilized the region, leading to the rise of extremist groups and mass displacement.

• The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya toppled Muammar Gaddafi but plunged the country into chaos, creating a hub for human trafficking and migration routes to Europe.

• Western-backed coups, inhuman sanctions, and economic policies in Latin America have contributed to economic hardship and forced migration toward the U.S.

When powerful nations invade or destabilize weaker ones, the resulting chaos often leaves ordinary people with little choice but to flee. Immigration, then, becomes a survival strategy for millions whose homelands were upended by foreign interference.

Beyond war, Western economic policies have played a significant role in perpetuating global inequality. Institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, dominated by Western interests, have imposed austerity measures, debt traps, and structural adjustments that cripple developing economies. Trade agreements often benefit multinational corporations at the expense of local industries, leaving communities impoverished.

Additionally, Western nations have disproportionately contributed to climate change, which exacerbates migration pressures. Rising sea levels, droughts, and extreme weather events disproportionately impact the Global South, forcing millions to flee uninhabitable regions.

Western nations simultaneously criticize immigration while facilitating it in ways that serve their own interests. Many countries rely on immigrant labor to fill low-paying jobs while denying these workers rights and pathways to citizenship. Moreover, Western countries often extend asylum to those fleeing regimes they oppose, using migration as a political tool rather than a humanitarian necessity.

By destabilizing nations and then selectively offering asylum, Western powers create a cycle that perpetuates migration. This cycle is further exploited by far-right movements, which weaponize immigration fears to gain political power.

If Western nations are serious about addressing immigration challenges, they must focus on the root causes:

1. Stop Aggressive Military Interventions: End unnecessary wars, invasions, and regime changes that destabilize countries and force people to flee.

2. Respect Sovereignty: Cease interfering in the internal affairs of other nations, whether through coups, sanctions, or political manipulation.

3. Support Economic Justice: Reform global trade policies and cancel odious debts that keep developing nations in perpetual poverty.

4. Address Climate Change: Commit to reducing emissions and providing resources to the countries most affected by the climate crisis.

5. Invest in Rebuilding: Support infrastructure and economic development in countries that have been harmed by Western actions.

Migration is not a spontaneous phenomenon—it is often the direct result of decades of foreign interference, economic exploitation, and environmental destruction. Western nations have a moral and practical obligation to address the conditions they helped create.

By focusing on these root causes, they can not only reduce migration pressures but also promote global stability and justice. Anything less is merely a band-aid on a wound they themselves inflicted.

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America’s Genocidal Veto 

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Admin

Background 
The U.S. vetoed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza put forward by the United Arab Emirates and backed by more than 110 Member States at a meeting in New York City. Compared to 13 council members’ votes in favour, the U.S. was the sole veto.

Power’s halls, veto decree,
Gaza echoes, plea’s plea.
Palestinian strife, world looks on,
UN’s freeze, justice withdrawn.

US shield, wrong narrative,
Israeli force, tide imperative.
Humanity weeps, justice denied,
Council’s shadow, where hopes subside.

Nations five, interests command,
Veto’s power, system in disdain.
Hope persists, justice to share,
End darkness, embrace the light’s glare.

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Ein al-Zeitun Massacre 

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Admin

In Ein al Zeitun’s shadows, whispers of fate,
800 souls, a village’s tragic state.
1929’s echoes, a vengeful surge,
Palmach’s battalion, on Safed’s verge.

Davidka’s deadly strain, a village in pain,
Ein Zeitun’s tale, forced exodus’s stain.
Palmach’s fury, Safad’s twilight delight,
Golani Brigade’s chilling decree in the night.

Captives in despair, shadows fall,
Darkness prevails, truth’s somber call.
A massacre’s cry, soldiers detailed,
Aharon Yo’eli’s testimony unveiled.

Vengeance sought, dark alliance aligned,
Ein al Zeitun’s tragedy in shadows confined.
Hassidis expelled, Safad’s pursuit dread,
A grim tale in lyrics spread.

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Supremacy and Ignorance of Western States Towards Palestinians

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 5/01/25

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been a focal point of international politics, with the actions and policies of Western states often drawing scrutiny for their perceived bias towards Israel. This essay explores the concepts of supremacy and ignorance as they relate to Western attitudes and policies concerning Palestinians, highlighting historical and contemporary dynamics.

The roots of Western involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be traced back to the early 20th century with the Balfour Declaration of 1917, where Britain expressed support for a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, without regard for the existing Arab population. This set a precedent for ignoring Palestinian rights and aspirations, which has persisted through various forms of Western policy and diplomacy. The British Mandate, from 1923 to 1948, facilitated Jewish immigration at the expense of Palestinian land rights, contributing to the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” in 1948, where countless  of massacres were carried out by Israeli terrorist gangs against Palestinian people and hundreds of thousands of them were ethnically cleansed during the establishment of Israel. 

Western states, particularly the United States, have often exhibited a form of geopolitical supremacy in their approach to the conflict. This is evident in U.S. policy, which has historically provided Israel with substantial military and economic aid, ensuring a strategic imbalance in the region. The U.S. has vetoed numerous UN Security Council resolutions critical of Israel, thereby protecting Israel from international censure and potentially from accountability under international law. This support is not only financial and military but also diplomatic, with the U.S. consistently backing Israel’s right to defend itself, often without similar acknowledgment of Palestinian rights to self-determination or security. How could an occupation be defending itself from people under occupation from whom it stole their land and freedom and massacred tens of thousands of civilians? This is against international law which says that the occupation power that should protect the indigenous people living under occupation. 

The notion of supremacy extends into the narrative Western countries promote or allow to be propagated. Media bias has been a significant concern, with numerous studies and journalists pointing out the disproportionate focus on Israeli suffering while under-reporting or misrepresenting Palestinian hardships. This bias can be seen as an extension of colonial and white supremacist legacies where Palestinian lives are implicitly valued less, a perspective that has been criticized in various analyses of world media coverage.

On the part of ignorance, Western states and their publics often show a lack of understanding or acknowledgment of the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Palestinians on daily basis. This ignorance is perpetuated by educational systems that do not adequately address the crimes of the Israeli apartheid and occupation , focusing instead on false narratives that align with Western political interests. Public opinion in the West, which often leans towards Israel due to historical alliances, media portrayal, and lobbying by pro-Israel groups, further demonstrates this ignorance or selective awareness.

The ignorance is also structural, seen in how international law and human rights are applied selectively. For instance, the genocide, starvation and blockade of Gaza, has been confirmed by ICJ as such, and consequently issued arrest warrants for the war criminals Netanyahu and Galant, yet responses from Western and particularly the American government have been arrogant and shameful in rejecting the ICJ decision. 

This combination of supremacy and ignorance has significant consequences. It undermines peace processes by not holding all parties equally accountable and by ignoring the root causes of the conflict, such as occupation, settlement expansion, and the denial of Palestinian rights. It also contributes to a global perception of Western hypocrisy, where human rights are seen through the lens of political alliances rather than universal principles.

The Western approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exemplifies a troubling blend of supremacy and ignorance. By supporting Israel with an asymmetry that often neglects Palestinian rights and realities, Western states not only contribute to the perpetuation of conflict but also to a broader narrative of selective justice and historical amnesia. For any meaningful progress towards peace, there needs to be a reevaluation of these stances, fostering a policy environment based on equality, acknowledgment of historical injustices, and a genuine commitment to international law and human rights. Only through such a shift can the cycle of violence and misunderstanding be broken, paving the way for a just resolution that recognizes the humanity and rights of Palestinians.

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The Dance with Power’s Shadow

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Admin

Phalapoem editor, 4/01/25


To the lands where conflict brews,
Where the cries of war infuse,
He aligns with power’s face,
Netanyahu’s embrace.

Critics watch with eyes so keen,
As he steps where few have been,
Supporting those with hands stained red,
From a war where peace has fled.

The world debates, the world divides,
On the actions he provides,
Is he blind to cries of pain,
Or does he seek some greater gain?

For in the quest for innovation,
Comes a moral calculation,
When you dance with war’s grim tune,
Do you lose your soul, your boon?

In the annals of history,
Will this be his legacy?
A man who soared the skies and stars,
But also mingled with war’s scars.

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A Call to Challenge Oppression

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Admin 
Background 
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) is a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice and equality.  


Where strife and oppression fiercely brew,
Occupation's grip, a tyrannical view.
Israel's actions, a blatant affront,
Palestinians' rights, brutally shunned.

Inspired by history, South Africa's defiant call,
Against apartheid, they stood tall.
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions declare,
A fierce banner, equity's fervent affair.

BDS emerges, a global thunder,
For freedom, equality, tearing asunder.
Since 2005, its thunder swells,
Challenging support where injustice dwells.
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Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to to kill Palestinian civilians.

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Admin

Original article for more information: https://t.co/VjkTvhfrON

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Apartheid’s Whisper: Netanyahu’s Sinister Plan

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Admin 
Before the storm on Gaza, Netanyahu unveiled,
A map of Israel, the world's gaze assailed.
No West Bank, no Gaza in this design,
Apartheid's shadow, a sinister sign.

Plan Dalet whispers of a darkened scheme,
Genocide and ethnic cleansing, a haunting dream.
The world, in shame, watches the scene unfold,
Heinous crimes against humanity, stories untold.
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Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Admin

By Mehdi Hasan, Tue 15 Oct 2024 15.53.
Source: The Guardian

One rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it.

Over the past year, Israel has launched attacks on multiple countries and occupied territories: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran.

Yet countries and territories aside, Israel has also targeted one specific organization with a series of unprecedented rhetorical and violent attacks.

Yes, the United Nations. We have all witnessed Israel, effectively, declare war on the UN.

Consider the record of recent weeks and months:

  • Israel’s prime minister, while standing on stage at the UN general assembly, denounced the body as “contemptible”, a “house of darkness” and a “swamp of antisemitic bile”.
  • Israel’s outgoing ambassador to the UN shredded a copy of the UN charter with a miniature paper shredder while also standing at the podium of the general assembly, and later said the UN headquarters in New York “should be closed and wiped off the face of the Earth”.
  • Israel’s foreign minister falsely accusedthe UN secretary general of not having condemned Iran’s attacks on Israel, declared him “persona non grata in Israel” and announced that he had “banned him from entering the country”.
  • The Israeli government actively obstructed a UN-mandated commission of inquiry trying to collect evidence on the 7 October attacks.
  • Israel’s parliament is in the process of designating a longstanding UN agency, Unrwa, as a “terrorist organization”.
  • The Israeli military has bombed UN schools, warehouses and refugee campsin Gaza for 12 consecutive months, and killed a record 228 UN employees in the process. “By far the highest number of our personnel killed in a single conflict or natural disaster since the creation of the United Nations,” to quote the UN secretary general.
  • The Israeli military is now also attackingUN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. According to the UN, “five UN ‘Blue Helmets’ serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon have been injured as Israeli forces inflicted damage on UN positions close to the ‘Blue Line’.”

How is any of this OK? Acceptable? Legal?

Perhaps the biggest question of all: how is Israel still allowed to remain a member of the UN? Why has it not yet been expelled from an organization that it is relentlessly and shamelessly attacking and undermining? Sure, there are other human rights abusers that remain card-carrying members of the UN – Syria, Russia and North Korea, to name but a few – but none of them have killed UN employees en masse; none of them have sent tanks to invade a UN base; none of them have “refused to comply with more than two dozen UNSC resolutions”. It has been more than 60 years since any country in the world dared make the UN secretary general himself “persona non grata”.

To be clear: it’s not as if there isn’t a mechanism for expelling a UN member state. Article 6 of the UN charter says:

“A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.”

Now some might point out that no member state has ever been expelled from the UN under Article 6. Plus, the United States, which has vetoed over 50 UN security council resolutions critical of Israel since the early 1970s, would never allow such a “recommendation of the Security Council” to be made.

It’s a valid objection. History, however, teaches us that there are workarounds to security council vetoes. As the international law professor and former US state department adviser Thomas Grant pointed out in October 2022, while making his own case for expelling Russia from the United Nations in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, “UN members on two occasions in the past have judged a particular Member delegation no longer fit to sit at the organization’s table. On both occasions, the UN improvised a solution.”

In 1971, socialist and non-aligned nations in the Global South voted in the UN general assembly to recognized the People’s Republic of China as “the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations” and thereby replaced the representatives from the Republic of China (Taiwan), which had been a founding member of the UN. ROC was out, PRC was in – and it was the general assembly, not the security council, that decided it.

Three years later, relying again not on the UN charter but its own “rules of procedure” as the human rights lawyer and former UN official Saul Takahisi has noted, the UN general assembly “voted to refuse to recognize the credentials of the South African delegation” and “barred South Africa from participation in the Unga” until 1994.

Oh, and the two main reasons cited by the UN general assembly for suspending South Africa’s membership? Its practice of apartheid against the indigenous Black population and its illegal occupation of neighboring Namibia. Sound familiar?

Crucially, as Thomas Grant has written, “the move against South Africa followed no precise procedural pathway in the UN charter or existing UN practice” and the UN showed how “an improvisatory ethos prevails, when the member states judge a matter important enough that they must act.”

So what is more “important” for the UN member states right now than attacks on the UN itself by a single member state? On the UN’s authority, personnel, headquarters and charter? On Saturday, 40 countries issued a joint statement condemningIsrael’s brazen and ongoing assault on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon but talk is cheap. UN member states need to act.

The Israeli government may want to pretend that the United Nations, and the general assembly in particular, is irrelevant, impotent and filled with antisemitic bias, yet Israel only exists today because of a UN general assembly resolution. The country’s own 1948 Declaration of Independencemakes seven different references to the United Nations, all of them super-positive and ever-so-grateful.

So evicting Israel from the UN, or at least suspending its participation in the general assembly as a first step, would send a powerful message – both to the people of Israel and to the rest of the world.

That the authority of the United Nations still matters. That the lives of UN staff and peacekeepers also matter. And that one rogue nation cannot declare war on the UN itself and continue to get away with it.

  • Mehdi Hasan is the CEO and editor-in-chief of the new media compay Zeteo
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