US Media Wonders Why Global South Doesn't Wait For Its Permitted Outrage
Antony Loewenstein notes that the push for accountability is likely to emerge from the Global South. This is framed as a prediction, but for anyone who hasn't been consuming mainstream US media exclusively, it's already happening. South Africa filed a genocide case at the ICJ in December 2023, while Nicaragua initiated proceedings against Germany for complicity. But don't expect the usual suspects
to highlight these inconvenient truths. They're too busy debating whether 'both sides' are equally responsible for the destruction of Gaza, funded by your tax dollars. While US politicians debate another military aid package, having conveniently forgotten the $15.5 billion passed in 2022, Global South nations are doing the actual work of holding power accountable. Perhaps if US foreign policy
wasn't so heavily influenced by lobbying groups like AIPAC—who poured over $10.5 million into 2022 elections alone —Washington might join the global community instead of isolating itself on a moral island.