Hidden History -- In The Making

ISRAEL ONCE AGAIN UNDERMINED AMERICA’S CREDIBILITY AND STANDING BY BOMBING DOHA

Perhaps This Episode Will Force Trump To Recognize The Folly Of Outsourcing American Policy In The Middle East To Israel.

President Donald Trump told reporters outside a Washington restaurant that he is deeply displeased with Israel’s bombardment of Qatar, a close American partner in the Persian Gulf that, at Washington’s request, has hosted Hamas’s political leadership since 2012.

“I am not thrilled about it. I am not thrilled about the whole situation,” Trump said, denying that Israel had given him advance notice. “I was very unhappy about it, very unhappy about every aspect of it,” he continued. “We’ve got to get the hostages back. But I was very unhappy with the way that went down.”

Trump may indeed be upset, but the Israeli Prime Minister is casting him in the same light as Biden: issuing indignant statements over Israeli actions that blatantly undermine American interests, actions that almost certainly could not have occurred without Washington’s tacit consent, while offering no hint that Israel will face consequences for allegedly defying the United States.

To make matters worse, Qatar’s foreign minister revealed that Washington’s so-called warning came not before the Israeli strike, but only after Doha was already under fire.

“The attack happened at 3:46,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani said. “The first call we had from an American official was at 3:56 — which is 10 minutes after the attack.”

Whether Washington knew of Israel’s war plans, colluded in them, or whether Trump is truthful in claiming ignorance, the outcome is the same: Israel has dealt a severe blow to American credibility.

What value does an American security umbrella—or even the hosting of an American base—hold if the United States either conspires in an attack against you, or proves unwilling or unable to prevent one?

That is the question now confronting every American partner in the Persian Gulf, all of whom have staked their survival on American protection. Given how Washington has stripped away every meaningful constraint on Israel since October 7^th, 2023, their leaders should have known this day was inevitable.

Many do not believe the United States should extend security guarantees—implicit or explicit—to any state in the Middle East. The region is no longer vital to American interests, and America is already dangerously overextended. Existing commitments should be reassessed and, where necessary, rolled back. But this must be done deliberately and on Washington’s terms—not sabotaged by Israel—because the point of the exercise goal is to strengthen the credibility of America’s essential commitments, not to erode American credibility across the board.

Adding insult to injury, Israel has undercut not only the credibility of America’s security guarantees but also its diplomatic standing. This marks the second time this year that Israel has exploited the cover of American-led diplomacy to launch unlawful military action—the first being its strike on Iran in the midst of nuclear talks in June.

Israel may see clear advantages in eroding the credibility of American diplomacy. An America unable to negotiate is an America forced to follow Israel’s lead into reckless military adventures that run counter to American interests. For Washington, this is nothing short of disastrous.

The question now is how Trump will respond. If his claim is true—that he neither received a heads-up nor colluded with Israel—then expressions of displeasure are meaningless unless paired with real consequences for Israel’s repeated sabotage of American interests.

Since late May, Trump has capitulated to Netanyahu on virtually every front—from Iran to Gaza to Lebanon—consistently at America’s expense. This humiliating deference has only emboldened Netanyahu, making him ever more dismissive of Trump and American priorities, culminating in the brazen strike on Doha.

Perhaps this episode will force Trump to recognize the folly of outsourcing American policy in the Middle East to Israel. Only he has the power to reverse course.

THE EU PUSH TO SANCTION ISRAEL OVER THE WAR ON GAZA WAS BLOCKED BY GERMANY

This Exposed Sharp Divisions Within The Bloc As Humanitarian Concerns In Gaza Mount And Countries Like France, The UK, And Canada Prepare To Recognize Palestinian Statehood.

Germany has moved to block a European Commission proposal that would have suspended “Israel’s” access to certain EU research funds, underscoring deep divisions within the bloc over how to respond to the war on Gaza.

The Commission’s plan centered on Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research program. Brussels sought to exclude “Israel” from startup-oriented funding streams tied to drones, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence, technologies that could bolster military capabilities. The proposal was designed as leverage to pressure Tel Aviv into easing restrictions on humanitarian aid deliveries.

Speaking on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul dismissed the measure as ineffective. “We are not convinced that this will affect Israel’s actions in Gaza,” he said. Instead, Wadephul highlighted Berlin’s own restrictions on certain weapons exports as a more meaningful step: “I believe this is a very targeted measure, one that is very important and very necessary.”

SELECTIVE SANCTIONS

Germany’s position carries weight. Since October 2023, Berlin has approved nearly €485 million in arms export licenses to “Israel,” though it has recently suspended deliveries of equipment that could be used in Gaza. In parallel, Germany has provided more than €300 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians, including a resumed partnership with UNRWA and a joint airlift effort with France, the UK, and Jordan.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas acknowledged that member states remain sharply divided. “I am not very optimistic that we will reach an agreement soon,” she admitted, noting that the proposal requires a qualified majority rather than full unanimity.

Several governments, however, are pushing for stronger measures. Denmark, which currently holds the EU presidency, has signaled support for broader trade restrictions. Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares and Slovenia’s Tanja Fajon have openly accused the bloc of inaction. “The EU has not imposed a single measure,” Fajon told Bloomberg, contrasting the lack of sanctions on “Israel” with the bloc’s quick response against Russia after the Ukraine war began.

The debate comes as condemnation of “Israel’s” actions intensifies across the West. Earlier this month, over two dozen states, including France, the UK, Canada, Spain, and several Nordic countries, signed joint statements warning of catastrophic consequences in Gaza and demanding increased aid access.

At the same time, major European powers are recalibrating their policies: both the UK and France have announced plans to recognize Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly in September, a move framed as a direct response to the war. Canada has indicated it will follow suit.

European collective action on Gaza looks less about concern for Palestinians and more about safeguarding the West’s self-image. Analysts suggest EU leaders fear that unchecked Israeli actions erode the self-proclaimed moral superiority on which Western values and foreign policy narratives rest, exposing deep contradictions between rhetoric and reality.

Their pressure on Tel Aviv is therefore not rooted in solidarity with Palestinians, but in anxiety over how Israelis conduct themselves, which undermines Europe’s credibility, destabilizes the moral framework it projects globally, and threatens “Israel’s” own long-term stability, which Europe sees as integral to its strategic posture.

The war which began in October 2023 has since claimed over 61,000 Palestinian lives, according to Gaza’s health authorities. A UN-backed panel declared earlier this month that famine is underway in northern Gaza, leaving over half a million people on the brink of starvation.

TO ALL YOU WESTERN “LIBERALS”

Saying “I Support A Two-State Solution” Does Not Release You From Your Moral Obligation To Ferociously Oppose A Genocide Backed By Your Own Government.

Saying “I support a two-state solution” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “I oppose Netanyahu” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying you find the Gaza holocaust “heartbreaking” and “terrible” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “I want there to be peace” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying you think “both sides” should cease their aggressions does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “it’s complicated and I don’t understand it” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “Hamas attacked on October 7” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “the Jews deserve a homeland” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “I’m busy” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

Saying “I’m overwhelmed” does not release you from your moral obligation to ferociously oppose a genocide backed by your own government.

We are all morally obligated to do everything we can to oppose a live-streamed genocide that’s being facilitated, supported and defended by the western power structure under which we live. Nothing besides tooth-and-claw ferocious opposition satisfies that moral obligation.

Don’t talk about your feelings. Don’t talk about what political positions you support. Don’t talk about what thoughts you privately think to yourself. Do everything you can to stop the genocide that’s being facilitated by your government and its allies.

Nothing else qualifies. Nothing else is defensible. Nothing else will satisfy the questions you’ll be asked by younger generations about what you did during the Gaza holocaust.

INDOCTRINATION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN ISRAEL – ISRAELIS DON’T KNOW THE FAMINE EXISTS

79 Percent Of Israelis Aren’t ‘Troubled’ By Reports Of Famine In Gaza And That Is Precisely What Their Government Wants.

How can anyone be ‘troubled’ by something they’ve either chosen not to believe, or aren’t allowed to?

Repeat: There is no starvation in Gaza. If the Israeli government could have hypnotized all of its citizens with this mantra, it would have.

But it might not even need to. A new poll carried out by the Israel Democracy Institute showed that a vast majority of Israeli Jews – 79 percent – say they are “not so troubled” or “not troubled at all” by the reports of famine and suffering among the Palestinian population in Gaza. An almost exact mirror image appears among Israel’s Arab public, where 86 percent said they are “very troubled” or “somewhat troubled.”

This sad statistic is precisely what the government wants: How can Israelis be troubled by something they’ve either chosen not to believe, or aren’t allowed to?

If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had his way, the Israel Democracy Institute would have been shut down for even having the temerity to ask people their opinion on such an “antisemitic blood libel.”

It seems the government’s highest priority is to silence those who dare to mention verified reports that Israel’s months-long blockade on humanitarian aid has caused starvation in Gaza. The country is now vowing to punish artists who dared to sign a now-infamous petition against the war and Israel’s policies of starvation. On Tuesday, the Knesset’s coalition whip, Ofir Katz, said those “traitors” have “no place in the country,” vowing to cut state funding to anything related to them. A Likud minister, May Golan, said the artists “stuck a knife in the backs of our soldiers.”

At the same time, Israel is diplomatically fighting international allies that dare to raise the allegation of starvation. On Tuesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry reprimanded the Polish ambassador over what it called “unacceptable” statements made by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Tusk, on X, had reaffirmed Poland’s support for Israel in its fight against Hamas but said it “will never be on the side of politicians whose actions lead to hunger and the death of mothers and children.”

But not all Israelis are buying the government’s influence operation against them, even though they know it may not be safe to do so. On Monday, a fundraiser in Tel Aviv by Israeli artists in support of Gazans was forced to change to a secret venue following concrete threats from right-wingers with accusations of “donating to the enemy.” After a right-wing mob stormed a synagogue in central Israel that screened an Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony in April, no one is taking chances.

There are small signs that the unofficial censorship of suffering in Gaza may be beginning to crack. On Wednesday, a popular Tel Aviv club, Phi, put up a sign outside and posted a short message: “End the war now. Bring back the hostages. Stop the killing and starvation in Gaza.” For few, it was welcome and overdue, drawing some praise online. But most comments were livid. One wrote, “Disgusting. I’ll never set foot in your place again.”

While a small number of people, mostly in Tel Aviv and some in Haifa and Jerusalem, are trying to act against starvation and war in Gaza, they remain under threat from those who actively deny it and a government that fosters that denial.

In his extensive report in The New Yorker, titled ‘Israel’s Zones of Denial,’ David Remnick wrote, “To look away is an act of both will and denialism, a form of self-preservation.” The past few days have shown that the Israeli government’s fight for its survival begins, continues, and ends with its most important method: silence.

AN UNDEFENSIBLE CLAIM IS THAT “IT’S NOT A GENOCIDE”

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN Human Rights Experts, Israeli Human Rights Groups Like B’tselem, And The Overwhelming Majority Of Genocide Scholars All Agree It’s A Genocide.

The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has determined that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. This is the world’s largest association of genocide scholars, with around 500 experts on the subject including many Holocaust scholars. The consensus was reached by an overwhelming supermajority of the experts — 86 percent, to be exact.

Everyone needs to understand that “there is no genocide in Gaza” is not a claim that can be taken seriously in the year 2025. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UN human rights experts, Israeli human rights groups like B’Tselem, and the overwhelming majority of genocide scholars all agree it’s a genocide. The debate is over. The hasbarists lost.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry is of course claiming that the IAGS assessment is “entirely based on Hamas’s campaign of lies.” That’s right folks, the genocide scholars are Hamas.

They’re just so unbelievably evil. Nobody who’s not a cartoon or CGI supervillain has any business being this evil. If you’re going to be this insanely evil you should be animated and cackling while twisting your curly mustache all the time.

Possibly the single dumbest thing we are asked to believe about Palestine is that every major human rights institution on earth is part of a secret antisemitic blood libel conspiracy. This genocide is one nonstop insult to our intelligence.

Israel is reportedly planning to cut off the small amount of aid it has been allowing in to northern Gaza. This comes after both UN-backed and American regime funded hunger monitor groups determined that Israel is causing a famine in Gaza, which was preceded by weeks of Israel furiously denying that it was starving Gaza, which was preceded by Israeli officials openly announcing that they intended to starve Gaza.

The western press have been dutifully parroting the American regime and Israeli government line that Trump’s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza will be “voluntary” in their headlines.

“Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population,” reads a headline from The Washington Post.

“U.S.-run ‘Gaza Riviera’: Post-war redevelopment plan sees ‘voluntary relocation’ of millions,” says CNBC.

“Trump’s Gaza plan involves ‘voluntary’ relocation of Palestinians — and giving them $5,000 each,” says The Independent.

“Gaza post-war plan proposes ‘voluntary’ relocation, ‘tokens’ in exchange for land,” says France 24.

We’re going to be hearing this “voluntary” relocation slogan a lot going forward, and everyone should understand that it’s a lie. There is nothing “voluntary” about leaving an area that is being deliberately made uninhabitable by someone with power over you. It’s exactly the same as forcing people out at gunpoint.

It is propaganda and journalistic malpractice for the western media to be pushing this slogan.

There was a tweet from liberal influencer Steven Bonnell AKA Destiny saying “Palestine is just fashion for leftists.”

Bidenists say this all the time, and it reveals so much about their worldview. They cannot fathom the concept of someone opposing a genocide because genocide is bad; it can only be some kind of trendy fashion statement because it happens to be what’s popular right now.

These are people who are not motivated by morality, facts and logic, but solely by selfish and cynical impulses which they then project onto everyone else. They can’t imagine anyone doing something because it’s the right thing to do, so they have to make up some reason why there must be something in it for them in order for their actions to make sense.

But it is good that even through their own narcissistic, egocentric lens they are beginning to understand that supporting an active genocide has widely become viewed as unacceptable, and that abandoning that insane position is the only way to gain acceptance in mainstream society. Those who can’t be brought into line through appeal to compassion and reason can be brought into line through peer pressure and social stigma.

When you see the way pro-genocide Jews attack vocally anti-genocide Jews, you understand why there aren’t more vocally anti-genocide Jews. This isn’t to excuse anyone from their moral obligation to oppose an active genocide, only to point out one of the control mechanisms.

Zionists constantly try to convince Israeli American academic Shaiel Ben-Ephraim to start drinking again after he switched from defending the genocide to opposing it (he’s open about being a recovering alcoholic). We catch flak from Israel supporters 24/7, but I’ve never had to deal with that level of vitriolic, high-octane hatred. Non-Jews who oppose the Gaza holocaust just don’t have to deal with that degree of venom. And that’s just what’s visible online.

Again, this doesn’t excuse the moral obligation that Jews and non-Jews alike have to oppose Israel’s genocidal atrocities. This is just pointing out one of the many abusive dynamics used to maintain the status quo.

AN AMERICAN TEENAGER HAS BEEN STUCK IN AN ISRAELI JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS

The 16-Year-Old Was Detained By Israel Over Claims He Threw Rocks At A Car. He Has Since Lost Around A Quarter Of His Body Weight In Detention.

In the early hours of the morning on February 16^th , American citizen Zaher Ibrahim, his wife and two of his children were asleep in their home in the occupied West Bank.

They woke to loud banging and shouting outside. When Ibrahim opened the door, he found around 25 to 30 Israeli police officers outside.

They came in, handcuffed and blindfolded his 16-year-old son Mohammed, and took him to Moscovia detention centre in Jerusalem. After a few weeks, in mid-March, he was taken to Megiddo prison, and is now at the notorious Ofer prison, where he was moved to in mid-August.

Mohammad was in Palestine on holiday when he was detained. Ibrahim takes his children back regularly, sometimes twice a year, so that they can maintain a connection with their culture and ancestral lands.

Ibrahim has not physically seen or heard his son Mohammed’s voice since, except on a television screen in court.

Mohammed’s alleged crime is throwing rocks, something that the teenager has denied. Ibrahim says that in the court in Ofer he learned that some kids had thrown rocks at an Israeli car a few days before Mohammed was detained.

On the evening Mohammed was taken into detention, he had been with three friends who were aimlessly throwing rocks, and Mohammed’s lawyer believes this is why he was picked up.

Subsequently, the driver whose car was hit by a rock attended a hearing to identify the perpetrators but did not recognise Mohammed or his three friends, Ibrahim learned in court on Wednesday this week.

“WHERE’S YOUR AMERICA FIRST?”

Ibrahim said that the American ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, came to visit him at his home in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers killed Mohammed’s cousin Sayfollah Musallet in July.

“He [Mike] came and sat for an hour. And you know, we got a lot of words that he’s gonna do what he can do. Nothing was done,” Ibrahim said from Silwad, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

Ibrahim has also been in touch with both his representatives – Republican Mike Haridopolos and Democrat Kathy Castor – back home in Melbourne, Florida where they maintain their family home. He said that Haridopolos had not been responsive in a while.

Ibrahim feels abandoned by the American government. He said America’s policy of “America First” may apply in other countries, but it did not seem to apply in Israel.

“I keep everything inside me. It’s very difficult. When you go to eat, you wonder if your son is even getting anything to eat” – Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained American teenager.

“You have a little kid in jail. Where’s your America First?”

The State Department, Castor and Haridopolos did not respond to a request for comment by this time.

Ibrahim and the rest of his family have been beside themselves with grief, grasping onto any news they can learn about their son’s well-being from their lawyer, American embassy staff and other detainees who have been released from the same detention center.

American embassy staff told Ibrahim that Mohammed had lost at least 25 pounds. He weighed around 100 pounds at the time he was detained.

He has heard reports that Mohammed gets one meal a day, sleeps on the floor and has a one-minute shower every few days. He also learned his son got scabies while in detention and has hurt his back sleeping on the floor.

“I keep everything inside me. It’s very difficult. When you go to eat, you wonder if your son is even getting anything to eat. When you go to sleep and you put your head on a pillow, you wonder if your son even has a pillow or a bed. You shower, and it’s the same thing.”

Ibrahim said two of his daughters, based in California, call every day to check for any news.

“Sometimes I didn’t tell them upsetting things. I told them he was eating well, so it didn’t affect their well-being”.

Ibrahim said that his other son, who lives in Florida, had come in July and had wanted to go to court, and had gone back home and told the rest of the family the full extent of what Mohammed was going through, which broke them.

“VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW”

Detention facilities for Palestinian detainees are notoriously bad, and human rights groups say conditions have deteriorated since October 7^th .

Miranda Cleland, advocacy officer for NGO Defence for Children International, said that Israeli forces had intensified their arrest operations throughout the occupied West Bank, placing more and more children in military detention, including many without charge or trial after October 7^th.

Cleland says that their lawyers are regularly blocked from visiting Palestinian child detainees, and if they are allowed into prisons, at times, they are only given a few minutes to speak to them.

“Children we have interviewed after their release have reported brutal torture, frequent beatings, rotten food, and complete isolation from the outside world. More and more, Israeli authorities are sealing off detainees,” Cleland said.

“Mohammad Ibrahim’s case has proven that not even an American passport can protect a Palestinian child in Israeli prisons.”

She said the Israel Prison Service had not yet released the monthly headcounts from the second quarter of 2025, and the latest data on the number of detainees they had was from March.

“Israeli forces want to torture and imprison Palestinian children in the dark, without witnesses, in complete violation of international law,” she added.

“Israel’s military detention system is illegitimate, does not hold up to international legal standards for due process, and every child detainee must be released urgently.”

Mohammed’s lawyer said extra pressure from the American embassy could help secure Mohammed’s release during his upcoming court date on Sunday. He could possibly be released on the condition that he not return to the occupied West Bank for at least a year.

BLACK HOODS CAN’T COVER THE ISRAELI ARMY’S WAR CRIMES IN GAZA

Israel Is Covering Its Face: Out Of Shame, Perhaps, Or Guilt, Or Fear, And Presumably Out Of All Three. The New Trend Is For Officers Being Interviewed To Cover Their Faces With Black Hoods.

Lt. Col. T., a battalion commander in the Reserve Corps, says the rate for reservists reporting for duty is “impressive”; Maj. S., a Reserve Corps deputy battalion commander, says: “I left a fearless wife alone at home with three children who have returned to their routines and a business that has been put on hold. Nevertheless, we understand that we are on an important mission.” Both interviewees wear black hoods. They look like two bank robbers preparing for a heist; only their eyes are visible. Military-issued hoods have replaced the burglars’ classic nylon stocking. Presumably there is someone, and something, that needs to be concealed.

The first, as always, were the air force pilots. In every interview they wore the impressive helmet as well as dark sunglasses, lest someone recognize them. At first, the fear was that if a pilot were to fall from a plane in the middle of the night, his captors would recognize him from the TV interview. Thanks to the helmet and dark glasses, he’ll be able to claim that he’s a desk sergeant, or that he’s opposed to payments in the military. But with the rise in crimes committed by the pilots in Gaza, the disguise took on an additional important purpose: to keep our boys with “the right stuff” from being identified in The Hague, where they know what the pilots are up to.

Members of the security details of the prime minister and of a few cabinet members have recently joined the charade of mystery, concealment and self-aggrandizement. They wear black surgical masks, adding another dimension to what was already a grotesque spectacle of dozens of bodyguards aggressively fawning over a single individual, with great seriousness. Now the bodyguards, and not only their protectees, are sensitive targets. Add the masked guards to the wailing sirens and the endless motorcades and they have a certified banana republic. The black medical masks are the cherry on top. If the bodyguards once seemed like their finest, in the black masks they, too, have become mafia enforcers. Maybe that’s the goal.

But the new military hoods and bodyguard costumes are not only a caricature of self-importance; they also reflect a broader reality. At least some reservist officers who are going into Gaza this week are doing so knowing that they are supposed to commit horrific war crimes. They report for duty nevertheless. The hood is supposed to make it easier for them. It says that they have something to hide and something to fear.

The armed robber who sets out on his biggest heist knows that what he is doing is illegal, immoral and dangerous; that’s why he wears a nylon stocking. It’s the same for the officers going into the Gaza Strip. Perhaps a few of them are ashamed of their actions. It’s highly doubtful – the robbers, likewise, are not ashamed; most are afraid of getting caught. The fear of The Hague has fallen upon the military, as it should.

Not that this terror is justified. The wheels of justice in The Hague turn unbearably slowly. By the time they determine if genocide is taking place in Gaza, no one will be left there. Nor will Benjamin Netanyahu be extradited, despite the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant. Still, the fact that the officers are wearing hoods suggests that there is an understanding within the military that something is not right and caution is needed. Not caution regarding actions, but rather caution so as not to be caught as a result of them.

An army that cloaks its officers in black hoods is an army that understands that they are committing crimes, even if it does not admit to any of them. Eventually, even the people watching the officers who disguise themselves may come to recognize this fact.

A POLL INDICATES A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE

As The Genocide In Gaza Approaches Its Second Anniversary, Israel’s Image Among Its Closest Allies Continues To Degrade Very Rapidly For Good Reason.

The poll found that 58 percent of American citizens believe all UN member states should recognize Palestine as a nation, while 33 percent opposed the idea, and nine percent did not answer.

Reuters/Ipsos said the six-day survey, which closed on Monday, followed announcements by Canada, Britain, and France that they intend to formally recognize Palestine.

The same poll found that 65 percent of respondents believe the American regime should take action in Gaza to aid the people being subject to starvation by Israel, while 28 percent disagreed.

The survey also noted that 41 percent of those who opposed American intervention were Republicans aligned with President Donald Trump, who, together with many in his party, have pushed an “America First” approach favoring cuts to international food and medical aid.

Regarding Israel’s military actions, the poll reported that 59 percent of respondents describe Israel’s response in Gaza as excessive, compared with 33 percent who disagree, up from the previous year’s numbers, showing 53 percent calling it excessive and 42 percent disagreeing.

These results highlight a sharp decline in Israel’s standing among American citizens, a trend reflected across several other major polls.

A poll in April 2025 found that 53 percent now view Israel unfavorably, up from 42 percent in March 2022.

A Gallup poll in July reported that only 32 percent support Israel’s military action in Gaza, while 60 percent disapprove.

A Brookings survey showed that 45 percent of voters believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians, compared with 31 percent who disagreed.

The findings across polls attribute a number of factors to this shift in perception, including the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza, the prolonged nature of Israel’s assault, and generational divides that predate social media but have been amplified by it.

Research shows pro-Palestinian content dominates social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X, amplifying earlier survey trends and exposing younger generations to uncensored images of Gaza’s destruction and starvation, making them increasingly unwilling to accept Washington’s continued backing of Israel’s war.

DID YOU NOTICE THAT THE FAKE CHARGE OF “ANTI-SEMITISM” IS LOSING ITS STING?

Much In The Same Way That The Great Awokening Sowed The Seeds Of Its Own Destruction, Israel Supporters Have Overplayed Their Hand.

In a viral interview in May, Piers Morgan spoke with Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom. In a highly revealing exchange, Morgan asked Hotovely if she knew how many children Israel had killed over the course of its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip:

Morgan: “Do you know how many Hamas terrorists you’ve killed and how many children you’ve killed? Do you know those two numbers?”

Hotovely: “I know the numbers that came from the IDF. I know the numbers that came from a very, very established think tank…We killed 30,000 terrorists in phase one of the war. Since the war is back, I don’t have the numbers, but let me tell you one thing. We never target civilians, so this question is irrelevant.”

Morgan: “How many children have you killed?”

Hotevely: “Piers, Israel is not killing children. Israel is not killing children. Hamas is using them as human shields.”

Morgan: Israel is killing children every single day. Why pretend otherwise?”

Hotevely: “Piers, this is a blood libel you’re putting on Israel.”

Let’s go ahead and assume, for the sake of argument, that Hotovely is telling the truth. Even if every single child killed in Gaza had been used as a human shield, would that absolve Israel of responsibility for killing them? Of course not.

Back in March 2024, a former ranking IDF officer told Haaretz that the Israeli military was engaged in a form of combat that was “unusually wasteful.” He accused the IDF of “attacking innumerable targets, without asking whether it’s worth attacking them,” using artillery “in places where it’s not really obligatory,” and “demolishing everything before entering.” What’s more, the officer argued that, by causing less destruction, ground forces would have ended up spending less time in Gaza, thereby exposing themselves to fewer casualties.

Israel is a developed country with a high-tech weapons industry. In the year following the October 7^th attack, it received $17.9 billion in security assistance from the United States. Israel has the ability to minimize civilian casualties; it chooses not to. In the minds of Israeli officials, the civilian population of Gaza is expendable. As a result, it’s justifiable to kill tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, especially when their lives are deemed less valuable than those of IDF service members. According to people like Tzipi Hotovely, the blame for such casualties always rests with Hamas, even when it’s Israel that carries out the death blow. And anybody who disagrees is motivated by anti-semitism.

By insisting that Israel is driven exclusively by a sense of benevolence, she can whitewash her government’s annihilation of the Gaza Strip. But the numbers don’t lie. According to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, over 53,655 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. Of that number, 15,613 have been children. Is it anti-semitic to notice?

According to Hotovely, it is. By claiming that Morgan invoked the blood libel, she thinks she can obscure the awful truth and deny the destructive consequences of her preferred policies. Like all demagogues, she pins the blame on others while accusing her critics of rank bigotry and impure motives. Unfortunately for Hotovely, even Piers Morgan, who has tried to argue that intentionally killing civilians isn’t inherently evil, is wise to her act.

The claim that anti-semitism is ubiquitous has itself become a canard. Much in the same way that the Great Awokening sowed the seeds of its own destruction, Israel supporters have overplayed their hand. The anti-semitism card has lost its sting, and fewer and fewer members of the media class are willing to accept its premises.

Massie is no stranger to spurious accusations of anti-semitism. Back in 2023, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded that Massie take down a meme he characterized as anti-semitic. Earlier this year, the Israel lobby declared preemptive war on his since-abandoned Senate ambitions. And Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Massie are no doubt motivated in part by the former’s subservience to AIPAC and pro-Israel donors like Miriam Adelson.

Massie’s willingness to continue opposing the American regime’s backing for Israel’s actions signify an undeniable sea change. At no other time have baseless allegations of anti-semitism been less effective. The more such accusations annoy and alienate people, the harder it will become for Israel to deny the fact that it is responsible for the mass murder of thousands of children.

NO JUSTIFICATION IS REQUIRED TO OPPOSE AN ONGOING GENOCIDE

Make No Mistake About Where The Moral Authority Stands Here. This Isn’t Something We Need To Be On The Defense About. It’s Something We Need To Be On The Attack About.

Opposing an ongoing genocide requires no explanation or justification.

You don’t have to justify why you care about stopping an ongoing genocide.

You don’t have to reassure anyone that your opposition to the ongoing genocide isn’t driven by hatred of Jews.

You don’t have to defend your prioritizing stopping an active genocide above all other issues.

You don’t have to explain why you’re paying more attention to this genocide than the other bad things that are happening in the world.

You don’t have to explain why a group of people shouldn’t be genocided just because some of them did a violent thing.

You don’t have to address all the arguments about why this time genocide is fine that are being made by the people who are committing the genocide.

You don’t have to take seriously those who deny the conclusions of all major human rights institutions and the overwhelming majority of genocide scholars who say that this is a genocide.

This isn’t something you ever need to be in a defensive posture about. This is the easiest, most straightforward moral issue of the 21st century. If you oppose this genocide, you are right, and anyone who disagrees with you is wrong. It really is that simple.

If someone tries to put you on the back foot about your passion regarding the Gaza holocaust, it is entirely legitimate to say “Opposing an active genocide requires no justification,” or “I refuse to defend my opposition to an ongoing live-streamed holocaust that’s backed by my own government.”

They’re the ones who are wrong. Make THEM defend their position. Put THEM on the back foot. Interrogate THEIR agendas. Cast suspicion on THEIR motives. Call THEM crazy and evil. Accuse THEM of racism and religious bigotry. Shout THEM down. Shut THEM up. They’re the ones doing something freakish and nefarious, not you.

The only reason anyone is expected to defend their opposition to the Gaza holocaust is because our own western governments support said holocaust. If this was being perpetrated by a government like Russia, China or Iran, the default expectation would be that we would oppose it, and anyone supporting it would be aggressively interrogated. It’s only because of blind, bootlicking subservience to our ruling power structure that our compatriots look at us askance when we say Israel is committing genocide with the support of its western allies.

Make no mistake about where the moral authority stands here. This isn’t something we need to be on the defense about. It’s something we need to be on the attack about.

They’re the ones who have no moral, factual or logical standing. They’re the ones who have to lie all the time to justify their position. Put them against the ropes and keep them there.

Take not one step backward.