{"id":29539,"date":"2023-10-31T13:32:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29539"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:32:05","slug":"biden-is-a-genocide-denier-and-the-enabler-in-chief-for-israels-ongoing-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/31\/biden-is-a-genocide-denier-and-the-enabler-in-chief-for-israels-ongoing-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Is a Genocide Denier and the ‘Enabler in Chief’ for Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Filipinos Protest Over Gaza Hospital Attack <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – OCTOBER 18: Filipinos hold up an effigy of US President Joe Biden as they take part in a protest to condemn the recent air strike at a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds, on October 18, 2023 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. Palestinian officials said that more than 500 people were killed in an alleged Israeli air strike at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. Israeli officials have suggested that the explosion was caused by a misfired rocket by Palestinian militants. (Photo by Ezra Acayan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His unconditional support for Israel’s assault on Gaza makes Biden and the vast majority of Congress directly complicit with mass murder and genocide, defined as \u201cthe deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NORMAN SOLOMON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oct 30, 2023Common Dreams<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel\u2019s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint. That pretense is lethal nonsense as Israel persists with mass killing of civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same crucial standards that fully condemned Hamas\u2019s murders of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 should apply to Israel\u2019s ongoing murders that have already taken the lives of at least several times as many<\/a> Palestinian civilians. And Israel is just getting started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need an immediate ceasefire,\u201d Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib<\/a> wrote in an email Saturday evening, \u201cbut the White House and Congress continue to unconditionally support the Israeli government\u2019s genocidal actions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That unconditional support makes Biden and the vast majority of Congress directly complicit with mass murder and genocide<\/a>, defined<\/a> as \u201cthe deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.\u201d The definition clearly fits the words and deeds of Israel\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIsrael has dropped approximately 12,000 tons of explosives on Gaza so far and has reportedly killed multiple senior Hamas commanders, but the majority of the casualties have been women and children,\u201d Time magazine summed up<\/a> at the end of last week. Israel\u2019s military has been shamelessly slaughtering civilians in homes, stores, markets, mosques, refugee camps and healthcare facilities. Imagine what can be expected now that communications between Gaza and the outside world are even less possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For reporters, being on the ground in Gaza is very dangerous; Israel\u2019s assault has already killed at least 29 journalists<\/a>. For the Israeli government, the fewer journalists alive in Gaza the better; media reliance on Israeli handouts, news conferences and interviews is ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baby injured in Israeli airstrikes is taken to Gaza’s Suheda al-Aqsa Hospital.<\/small>(Photo by Ashraf Amra\/Anadolu via Getty Image)<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pro-Israel frames of reference and word choices<\/a> are routine in U.S. mainstream media. Yet some exceptional reporting has shed light on the merciless cruelty of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza, where 2.2 million people live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, on Oct. 28, PBS News Weekend provided a human reality check as Israel began a ground assault while stepping up its bombing of Gaza. \u201cAs Israeli ground operations intensified there, suddenly the phone and internet signal went out,\u201d correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reported<\/a>. \u201cSo, people in Gaza, voiceless through the night as they were under these intense bombardments. People were unable to call ambulances, and we\u2019ve heard this morning that ambulance drivers were standing at high points throughout, trying to see where the explosions were, so they could just drive directly there. People unable to communicate with their families to see if they\u2019re alright. People this morning saying \u2018we\u2019ve been digging children out of the rubble with our bare hands because we can\u2019t call for help.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s support for continuing the carnage in Gaza is matched by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While people in Gaza \u201care under some of the most intense bombardment we\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Molana-Allen added, they have no safe place to go: \u201cEven though they\u2019re still being told to move to the south, in fact most people can\u2019t get to the south because they have no fuel for their cars, they can\u2019t travel, and even in the south bombardment continues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Biden has continued to publicly express his unequivocal support for what Israel is doing. After he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, the White House issued a statement<\/a> without the slightest mention of concern about what Israel\u2019s bombing was inflicting on civilians. Instead, the statement said, \u201cthe President reiterated that Israel has every right and responsibility to defend its citizens from terrorism and to do so in a manner consistent with international humanitarian law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden\u2019s support for continuing the carnage in Gaza is matched by Congress. As Israel began its fourth week of terrorizing and killing, only 18 members of the House were on the list of lawmakers cosponsoring H.Res. 786<\/a>, \u201cCalling for an immediate de-escalation and cease-fire in Israel and occupied Palestine.\u201d All of those 18 cosponsors are people of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Israel kills large numbers of Palestinian civilians each day\u2014and clearly intends to kill many thousands more\u2014we can see \u201cprogressive\u201d masks falling away from numerous members of Congress who remain cravenly frozen in political conformity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a dark time,\u201d poet Theodore Roethke wrote, \u201cthe eye begins to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NORMAN SOLOMON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, was published in June 2023 by The New Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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