In spite of the mass civil action against Israel, world leaders in the West have continued their support for the occupation state, providing it with weapons which it has used to attack civilian infrastructure on Gaza and kill over 15,000 Palestinian children.
On 26 August it was revealed that the US had completed its 500th flight airlifting over 50,000 tonnes of weapons and equipment to the Israeli occupation army for its over ten-month war on Gaza. The military equipment delivered to Israel since the beginning of the war includes ‘armoured vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear and medical equipment’, according to the Israeli Ministry of Defence. The deliveries are ‘crucial for sustaining the IDF’s operational capabilities during the ongoing war.’
The US also set up a $320 million pier in Gaza, which it claimed was to be used to deliver aid to the enclave as Israel has closed all land crossings into the Strip. The pier was declared a failure and closed days after Israel carried out a deadly massacre in the Palestinian town of Nuseirat where it killed more than 200 Palestinians to locate 4 Israeli prisoners. The US pier is thought to have been used in the so-called ‘rescue operation’.
American lawmakers have also approved more than $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel.
In Texas, the Republican Party approved a platform that will make it illegal to create a Palestinian State in territories controlled by the apartheid state.
While the House of Representatives passed a bill designating products from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as being from ‘Israel’.
An explosive report released in September suggest that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken may have deliberately misled Congress to provide cover for Israel to conduct its genocide in Gaza. Blinken received two damning reports from key US government agencies concluding that Israel had deliberately blocked humanitarian aid to Gaza. These reports were delivered just days before Blinken told Congress the exact opposite.
This is particularly significant as US law requires the government to halt weapons shipments to countries that prevent the delivery of US-backed humanitarian aid. Israel has been heavily reliant on American weapons in its ongoing military campaign in Gaza and many believe that the occupation state would not be able to execute its military onslaught without the support of Washington.
With a US presidential election due to be held in November, the leading candidates have been seen to be competing for Israel's approval.
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Trump, Harris compete for Israel's approval
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Gaza, Harris, Trump and the Muslim vote: MEMO in Conversation with Saher Selod
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US spox called out for 'smirking' when discussing Gaza death toll
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US reporter: 'Trump wants Netanyahu to halt peace talks'
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Jill Stein: 'Biden can end the Gaza war with 1 phone call'
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US Congressman: Killing civilians is 'a necessary price to pay'
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Biden calls protest against occupied land sale ‘anti-Semitic’
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US: It's not clear whose bombs are hitting Gaza
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Trump: 'Let Israel finish the job' in Gaza
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US Spokesperson: 'Israel has a right to target civilians'
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Did the US aid Israel's camp massacre?
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US military's pier in Gaza to cost $320m
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US: ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction in Gaza, we do
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US-made bombs scattered among Gaza's ruins
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Palestine activist groped by New York police in front of TV cameras
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US universities set up checkpoints to deny access to pro-Palestine students
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US senator: 'Hit Gaza with a nuclear bomb to end the war'
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Trump: 'Any Jewish person who voted for Biden should be ashamed'
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Jewish professor floored and arrested by police at pro-Palestine protest
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US police shoot Palestine activists in the head with rubber bullets
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Police violently arrest pro-Palestine student protesters at UCLA
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US lawmakers seek to curtail free speech on Israel with bill undermining constitutional rights
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Trump: Police raid on Columbia protesters a ‘beautiful thing to watch’
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US professor ‘lucky to be alive’ in brutal campus arrest
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US State Dept pressed on Netanyahu's calls for US crackdown on student protests
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‘We are a deeply polarised and divided community. 40% of young American Jews think Israel is an Apartheid state, is committing the crime of apartheid’
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Biden: I condemn those who don't understand what's going on with Palestinians
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US citizen fought with Israeli army in Gaza for months while ‘on tourist visa’
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Pro-Palestine activists slam US House for passing bill approving military aid to Israel
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Protesters confront US representatives as House passes Israel military aid package
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US vetoes UN resolution for Palestinian statehood in favour of never-ending negotiations
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Reporter to US State Department: 'How can you continue to believe Israel's lies?'
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US State Dept spokesman grilled over Israel’s strike on Iran in Syria
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Biden, when asked if he threatened to halt military aid from Israel, responded that he asked them 'to do what they’re doing'
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US: UN ceasefire resolution not binding on Israel
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‘I don’t know why my representatives are wearing IDF uniforms in Congress’
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‘It is against United States law to provide weapons to forces who block US humanitarian assistance’
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US Congressman: 'We protect Israel, and Jewish people are God’s chosen'
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MEMO Monitoring: Christian TV, Israel and Trump's election campaign
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Jared Kushner says Israel should move civilians to Egypt to ‘finish the job’
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Nancy Pelosi claims Netanyahu trying to interfere in US elections
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White House backtracks on Biden saying Israeli invasion of Rafah is ‘red line’
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‘Today, the United States is sending weapons to Israel with the knowledge that these weapons will be used to commit genocide’
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‘US congressman declares undying support for Israel
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US says ‘our support for Israel's inherent right to defend itself is ironclad’
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US advises ICJ against issuing order for termination of Israeli occupation
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US veto blocks UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
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‘We should kill them all’ - US Congressman’s shocking comment on Gaza children
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US Representative Brian Mast says ‘more infrastructure in Gaza needs to be destroyed’
Elsewhere, support for Israel has also been unwavering, not least in the UK, where officials have repeatedly backed Israel’s alleged right to ‘defence itself’ through its killing of civilians in Gaza. Even the media has been seen to be complicit, questioning anti-war activists’ motives and accusing them of supporting terrorism, while allowing Israel to peddle unsubstantiated claims without question.
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UK media’s pro-Israel bias revealed
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Palestinian student in UK deemed 'national security threat'
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Exposed: what links Israel to UK far-right riots?
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MEMO Monitoring: Is passive language being used to distort Israel's crimes in Gaza?
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MEMO Monitoring: The international media campaign against a Gaza ceasefire
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Canada as a settler colony on the question of Palestine: MEMO in conversation with Muhannad Ayyash
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UK Labour Party leader refuses to accept genocide is happening in Gaza
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UK, US envoys to skip Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony over Israel snub
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'Take it off' MEP ordered to remove keffiyeh
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‘Where are you Arab leaders? These are children!’
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Israel is legitimately able to receive arms exports for us; our advice hasn't changed’
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'The government sets rules about arms exports; We need to know whether or not they're breaching their own rules'
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Conservative Party investigates former minister over comments criticising Israel
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British columnist says that the war started in 1948 when Sky News presenter says 'Hamas created this war'
Anti-war protesters in Germany have faced the heavy hand of the law, with police violently breaking up protests, tackling people to the ground and arresting others. Even children weren’t safe from their abuse.
Under new laws, people applying for naturalisation in Germany will now be required to affirm Israel's right to exist, under changes to the country's citizenship law.
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MEMO Monitoring: Exposing the German media's pro-Israel bias
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German police arrest man wearing Palestinian t-shirt
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German police attack pro-Palestine protesters
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Germany: more violence against Palestine protesters
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German travels to Israel to join invasion of Gaza
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German police officers brutally attack pro-Palestine protesters
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German police force pro-Palestine protesters out of uni
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German police violently break up Gaza solidarity sit-in
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ICJ warns Germany over Israeli arms sales but rejects provisional measures
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German police violently attack Gaza solidarity camp in Berlin
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Germany bans Greece ex-finance minister from speaking at events over pro-Palestinian views
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'They want to silence Palestinian voices’: British-Palestinian surgeon denied entry to Germany
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