US Outrage over Ukraine, Silence on Palestinian Land Grabs
The mainstream media is hyperventilating over a leaked plan by Donald Trump to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war by ceding some Ukrainian territory to Russia. 'Outrage' is the word of the day from Newsweek, with pundits clutching pearls over the violation of sovereign borders. This selective indignation is deafening. Where is the comparable outrage over decades of Israeli annexation of
Palestinian lands, which the US has enabled with billions in military aid and diplomatic cover? For instance, the US consistently blocks UN Security Council resolutions condemning Israeli settlements, deemed illegal under international law. The US even recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019, territory seized from Syria in 1967. Is the 'rules-based order' only applicable when
inconvenient for those who fund our politicians? One might wonder how quickly outrage appears when the aggressor isn't a US ally.