{"id":270328,"date":"2024-07-29T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=270328"},"modified":"2024-07-25T06:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T05:49:48","slug":"congress-netanyahu-commands-us-obeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/07\/congress-netanyahu-commands-us-obeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress: Netanyahu Commands, US Obeys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Netanyahu Defends Israel in Speech to Congress 24 Jul 2024.
The New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n

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USA as \u2018Savior,\u2019 Israel as \u2018Victim\u2019 – U.S. support for Israel\u2019s genocide against Palestine is rooted not only in campaign financing but in other factors, including a rigid ideology stuck in the shadow of World War II. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

24 Jul 2024 <\/em>– The world-historical crisis in Gaza might in the long-term bring about radical change in both the U.S. and Israel, but in the interim the greatest crimes the two nations have jointly taken part in has stiffened their defenses against unprecedented criticism.<\/p>\n

The fear of blasting Israel has been breached. The taboo broken. Tel Aviv and Washington have never faced this before.\u00a0 As both are settler nations, having wiped out natives across the land, they are circling their wagons on a new frontier. They can only respond with the most profound denial and viciousness.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who addresses a joint-session of Congress on Wednesday the subject of a requested arrest warrant at the International Criminal Court, has demanded the United States shield Israel from criticism while continuing to arm and support its genocide \u2014 and the U.S. has answered his call.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

When the Biden administration withheld a symbolic shipment of weapons to Israel, Netanyahu counted on Congress to draft a law that would withhold funding for the State Dept. and the Pentagon if Biden did not give Netanyahu the weapons he needs to \u201cfinish the job\u201d in Gaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s withholding of the shipment was designed to fool U.S. voters critical of his\u00a0 Gaza policy.\u00a0 But t<\/span>he assault on Rafah \u2014 despite Biden\u2019s supposed red line \u2014 continues, and so will unconditional U.S. support for Israel. The question is why.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Why will U.S. politicians risk losing elections to continue supporting the most unimaginable crimes? The answer lies beyond elections and individual politicians. <\/span><\/p>\n

Continued support for Israel in the midst of genocide threatens the very legitimacy of U.S. post-war rule as the world turns increasingly against the U.S. and Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, what makes U.S. leaders so enthralled to a foreign nation and leader who has angered several U.S. presidents?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

For instance, why did U.S. leaders, essentially on the say-so of that foreign leader, turn against their own university students on U.S. soil peacefully protesting both Israel\u2019s genocide and Washington\u2019s complicity in it?<\/span><\/p>\n

In a video address to America delivered April 24 in his American-accented English, Netanyahu ordered that anti-genocide protests on U.S. campuses be stopped. And they have been. It is worth quoting his entire remarks. He said:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat\u2019s happening on American college campuses is horrific. Anti-semitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty.<\/p>\n

This is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. It is unconscionable. It has to be stopped. It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not what happened. The response of several university presidents was shameful. Now fortunately, state, local, federal officials, many of them have responded differently but there has to be more. More has to be done.<\/p>\n

It has to be done not only because they attack Israel, that\u2019s bad enough. Not only because they want to kill Jews wherever they are. That\u2019s bad enough. It\u2019s also, when you listen to them, it\u2019s also because they say, not only death to Israel, death to the Jews, but death to America.<\/p>\n

And this tells us that there is an anti-semitic surge here that has terrible consequences. We see this exponential rise of anti-semitism throughout America and throughout Western societies as Israel tries to defend itself against genocidal terrorists who hide behind civilians.<\/p>\n

Yet it is Israel that is falsely accused of genocide. Israel that is falsely accused of starvation and all sundry war crimes. It\u2019s all one big libel. But that\u2019s not new.<\/p>\n

We have seen in history that anti-Semitic attacks were always preceded by vilification and slander. Lies that were cast against the Jewish people that are unbelievable, yet people believe them.<\/p>\n

And what is important now, is for all of us, all of us who are interested and cherish our values and our civilization to stand up together and to say: enough is enough.<\/p>\n

We have to stop anti-Semitism because anti-Semitism is the canary in the coal mine. It always precedes larger conflagrations that engulf the entire world.<\/p>\n

So I ask all of you, Jews and non-Jews alike, who concerned with our common future and our common values, to do one thing: Stand up, speak up, be counted. Stop anti-Semitism now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Anti-Semitism on campuses in the United States is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s. <\/p>\n

The world cannot stand idly by. pic.twitter.com\/oHlwig1vCl<\/a><\/p>\n

— Benjamin Netanyahu – \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05e0\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 (@netanyahu) April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n