Without imposing conditions on Israeli behavior in Gaza Washington risks stoking international terrorism and entangling itself in another Middle East war.
With Gaza leveled, tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians killed, and famine gripping the tiny enclave of over 2 million people, accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza have now gone mainstream, including by Israeli human rights organizations and prominent Israeli Holocaust scholars. Yet the Israeli government is persisting with plans to forcibly expel Gazans under the guise of “voluntary” emigration.
Shamefully, President Donald Trump continues to underwrite Israeli actions diplomatically and fiscally. In 2024 alone, Washington granted Israel an extra $8.7 billion in military aid on top of the nearly $4 billion the United States annually provides. The Trump administration expedited those deliveries in March 2025. Just last week, the Senate rejected a bill to halt arms shipments to Israel, with unanimous opposition from Trump’s fellow Republicans.
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