US Congress Silent as Israel Votes to Annex More Land
The New Arab reports Israeli lawmakers advanced a preliminary vote for West Bank annexation, a move international law classifies as illegal. This isn't new; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party attempted this before, though reportedly faced 'opposition' from the Trump administration. Today, with the Biden administration fully backing the operation in Gaza, the 'opposition' seems to have
evaporated faster than Palestinian homes in the West Bank. One might wonder if the US Congress is simply too busy—or if the $4,249,700 AIPAC funneled into congressional campaigns in 2022 (OpenSecrets.org) has inspired a sudden collective case of geopolitical amnesia. Why condemn annexation when there's an election cycle to finance? The silence isn't diplomacy; it's complicity with a receipt.