While there appears to be tension between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over differences in the Zionist regime’s war goals against the Islamic Republic of Iran, does that absolve the American empire of the horrendous genocide in Gaza?
Certainly not, for it is widely known the US has been a destabilizing force complicit in mass murders of millions of people globally, as indeed it is in besieged Gaza as well as the rest of Occupied Palestine.
A few days ago, Netanyahu once again lauded the US, saying that without American backing, Israel would fail to achieve its goals in the war-ravaged coastal territory.
These goals are not hidden: they include the annihilation of the entire territory and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population — men, women, and children.
Fanatical, racist, and Islamophobic declarations by Netanyahu such as “… determined to eradicate this evil from the world, for our (Jewish) existence and, I add, for all of humanity,” coupled with his quotes of the biblical injunction to remember what the Amalekites did to the Israelites, have been broadcast across the world.
His goal has been clear and direct, in his own words: “to defeat the murderous enemy, and to ensure our existence in our land.”
To achieve his ghastly extermination of the “enemy”, starving the entire population of 2 million plus, bombing makeshift tents, hospitals, schools, and burning alive entire families — including thousands of babies —would not be possible without the complicity of the U.S. empire.
The latest shocking atrocity that has outraged the world, footage of which has been captured on TV broadcasts and described in media, quoting a 59-year-old girl who was trapped in flames of a school-turned-shelter that the regime bombed.
“When I woke up, I found a huge fire, and I saw my mom was dead,” Ward was quoted as saying, recounting the Israeli attack on Monday that she survived but that killed her mother, two of her siblings, and 33 other people.
600 days later, since the heroic Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, much more of the world has begun to see the Zionist regime as a demonic manifestation of terrorism that threatens all, including European allies who dare to speak out.
But it does not behoove mainstream media platforms to remain silent about US complicity in Israel’s genocidal war crimes.
To date, since the events of October 7, 2923,the US has reportedly delivered 90,000 tons of bombs, guns, and huge amounts of weapons of mass destruction to its Zionist settler colony and outpost in West Asia.
These numbers have been revealed by Netanyahu’s war cabinet via its ministry of war affairs.
In its boastful claim, it said that on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, the 800th plane carrying US weapons landed in the occupied territories. This, in addition to 140 naval ships, have also delivered American military hardware in the nearly 600 days since October 7.
The war affairs ministry has been reported as saying that US equipment included “armored vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear, and medical supplies” and that US support is “a significant component.”
Our reading and assessment is neither convoluted nor unclear: American assistance has a direct impact in ensuring that Netanyahu and his criminal gang of warlords can continue the slaughter in Gaza.
A cursory glance at Israeli media will reveal that the regime’s military hierarchy repeatedly acknowledges that its ability to sustain what it describes as a “just war” would be impossible without U.S. aid.
Merely a week ago, Netanyahu once again declared that to achieve his goals in Gaza, which, to the shame of the pro-Zionist lobbyists, include the complete annihilation of Gaza.
Against this reality, and given what appears to be friction between Trump and Netanyahu, Palestine and the rest of the world wait to see whether there’s sufficient political will in the White House to enforce a ceasefire and an end to the devastation.
Will Trump live up to his “transactional” reputation to leverage military aid and halt the atrocities? This is a question everyone is asking.
Iqbal Jassat is an executive member of Media Review Network, Johannesburg, South Africa.
