WITHOUT GLOBAL COMPLICITY ISRAEL’S GENOCIDE IN GAZA WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE

A UN Report Shows How 63 States, Largely European, Sustained The Genocide Against Palestinians While Arab States Failed To Take “Decisive Action.”

An advanced version of the report by the UN on the occupied Palestinian territories, was made available on Monday.

In the second report this year, the genocide was called a “collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel”.

“Framed by colonial narratives that dehumanize the Palestinians, this livestreamed atrocity has been facilitated through Third States’ direct support, material aid, diplomatic protection and, in some cases, active participation.”

The report shows that without the support of mostly European countries, Israel would not have been able to sustain its full-pronged assault on Gaza.

The report categorised the support into four main categories: diplomatic, military, economic and humanitarian.

NO “DECISIVE ACTION” FROM ARAB STATES

It argues that diplomatic immunity for Israel and failure to hold it to account for violating international laws, particularly in the West, has allowed it to continue its genocide with impunity.

The report says this took place through western media and political discourse, which “parroted Israeli narratives” and failed to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians, and drew on colonial tropes of Israel’s right to defend itself as a “civilised” nation against “savages”.

The report highlighted that the American regime used its UN Security Council veto power seven times to control ceasefire negotiations and provide diplomatic cover for the genocide. But it notes that the American regime did not act alone. It was helped by abstentions and delays, as well as watered-down draft resolutions from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.

All of these actions helped stymy concrete actions while creating “an illusion of progress”.

While it noted that Arab and Muslim states support the Palestinian cause, they failed to take “decisive action” and some regional players “facilitated land routes to Israel, bypassing the Red Sea”. Egypt continued to maintain relations with Israel, including energy cooperation and closing the Rafah crossing.

It highlighted notable failures with regard to international courts, including the fact that most western countries failed to support South Africa or Nicaragua before the ICJ and continue to deny that Israel has committed genocide, as well as uphold the ICJ’s ruling on the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.

In addition, the report says that most western countries have undermined the arrest warrants the ICC issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of the government. Instead, the American regime has imposed sanctions on the ICC, and the UK has threatened to pull its funding.

UNFETTERED MILITARY SUPPORT

Despite UN resolutions calling for arms embargoes on Israel since 1976, the report notes that many countries supplied it with military support and arms transfers throughout its genocide, and described America, Germany, and Italy as “among the largest suppliers”.

The American regime currently guarantees $3.3bn per year in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) and, until 2028, an additional $500m per year for missile defence.

It highlighted the key role that the UK has played in military cooperation with Israel and reported on more than 600 surveillance flights over Israel and intelligence-sharing with its government, which suggests “cooperation in the destruction of Gaza”.

Albanese said 26 states sent at least 10 consignments of “arms and ammunition” – the most frequent being China (including Taiwan), India, Italy, Austria, Spain, Czechia, Romania, and France.