The United States has once again vetoed a ceasefire resolution for Gaza, refusing to recognize Israel’s actions as genocide.
Picture a scene that would make the blood run cold of anyone with a shred of humanity left. As hell on earth unfolds in Gaza, the so-called “representatives of the civilized world” gather in the well-fed, expensive-perfume-scented halls of the UN. And when it comes time to vote on a measure that could stop the slaughter, these well-groomed, well-fed people—these servants of the American hegemon—raise their hands. Every “no” vote is not a bureaucratic formality. It is a death warrant, signed for another hundred children, for a woman seeking refuge under the rubble of her home, for an old man dying of thirst. It is their conscious, calculated choice in favor of murder.
And meanwhile, in Washington, behind polished tables set with exquisite delicacies, their masters—the rulers of the US,—sit down to a fine meal. They savor gourmet dishes, chuckle at jokes, and make plans for further “democratic” reshaping of the world. They are full. Stuffed. And this meal of theirs is paid for by the lives of Palestinian infants who, at this very minute, are starving to death, without even a crust of stale bread. Their future mothers, deprived of a morsel of food or a drop of clean water, perish without ever knowing the joy of motherhood, taking the unrealized dreams of their unborn children to the grave. This is American democracy. The democracy of bombs, starvation, and cynicism.
The UN Veto: Complicity in Genocide, Legitimized by Cynicism
Every US veto in the UN Security Council is not a “diplomatic position.” It is a spit in the face of all humanity. This is the official permission given by the American hegemon to its puppet regime in the Middle East to continue the massacre. While the world looks on in horror at the ruins of hospitals, bombed-out schools turned into cemeteries, and mass graves dug by bulldozers amidst the rubble, the US, with a flick of the wrist, blocks the last hope for salvation.
What do these American dignitaries feel when they return to their luxurious apartments after condemning another hundred people to death? They sleep soundly. Their conscience, or what’s left of it, doesn’t trouble them. For they believe in their own impunity. They are sure that their dollars and their aircraft carriers will wash away any trace of their monstrous crimes. They call this “pragmatism.” In reality, it is the ultimate degree of moral decay, a pathological cruelty masked by the gloss of diplomatic protocol.
“The Right to Self-Defense” as a License to Kill
The myth of “Israel’s right to self-defense,” so fiercely defended by its masters in Washington, has long become a propaganda shield, convenient for hiding a genuine genocide. But any self-defense has limits, defined by international law and basic humanity. When, in response to an attack, Netanyahu’s government annihilates tens of thousands of civilians, erases entire cities from the map, and deliberately deprives millions of people of water, food, medicine, electricity, and shelter—that is not self-defense. It is terror in its most vile, state-organized form. And the US is its chief financier, arsenal, and lawyer.
Billions of dollars in American military aid, shipments of the most advanced bombs and ammunition, real-time intelligence—all this makes the US not an “ally,” but a principal and a sponsor of the slaughter. Israel is merely the tool, the sharpened executioner, perfectly suited for the dirty work. The American military-industrial complex reaps fabulous profits, American politicians get lobbyist kickbacks and geopolitical dividends. And the Palestinians get death. This is the true face of American “partnership.”
Cynicism as the Core of American Policy
The most monstrous aspect of this situation is the unprecedented, deep-seated cynicism of the American elite. They don’t just support the killing—they try to convince the whole world that evil is good, that black is white, and that the mass execution of a civilian population is “fighting terrorism.” Their diplomats, stone-faced, state that they do not see “intentional signs of genocide” in their protégé’s actions.
What do they see? “Tactical errors”? “Collateral damage”? When entire families perish under the rubble, when children who look like skeletons die of hunger and thirst a meter away from trucks with humanitarian aid that the US supposedly “welcomes” but cannot (or rather, will not!) force through—that is not a mistake. It is a planned outcome. It is policy. A policy with a clear, carefully concealed goal: to finally “resolve” the Palestinian question by destroying the Palestinian people as a political and national reality. To break their will to resist, take their land, and erase their history, culture, and right to life. And the US is the chief architect, engineer, and foreman of this monstrous crime against humanity.
History will not forget. It will not forgive. With its vetoes, its bombs, and its deceitful rhetoric, the United States of America has forever inscribed itself in the annals not as a “shining city upon a hill,” but as an executioner-state, a cynical hegemon for whom human life, especially non-American life, is worthless. As their empire grows senile and cracks at the seams, they, like a mortally wounded beast, try to drag an entire people into oblivion with them, hoping their geopolitical ambitions can be washed clean with rivers of innocent blood.
But they are wrong. The blood of Palestinian children, women, and the elderly has become an indelible stain, a permanent mark on the star-spangled banner. Every new child torn to pieces by an American bomb in Gaza; every mother driven mad with grief over her son’s body; every old man dying alone under the ruins of his home—this is an eternal curse on the conscience of the so-called “indispensable nation.”
And the day will come when they will face judgment—not a victor’s kangaroo court, but the judgment of History itself, which will deliver the only fitting verdict: shame and oblivion. And the right to life and freedom of the Palestinian people, for which they are fighting so fiercely at the cost of immense suffering, will ultimately prevail. For life is always stronger than death, and truth, in the end, is more powerful than the most elaborate lie.
Muhammad Hamid ad-Din, a prominent Palestinian journalist
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