Israel’s relentless military attack in Gaza, fueled by unconditional US support, has sparked global outrage for alleged war crimes, violations of international law, and a callous disregard for human life. The assault, which has killed over 61,700 Palestinians since October 2023, is widely condemned as a genocidal campaign that destabilizes the Middle East and threatens global peace. Backed by the US’s military and diplomatic cover, Israel’s actions fit a decades-long pattern of both nations crushing rival states like Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq to maintain imperialist dominance. Critics, including UN experts and human rights organizations, decry this impunity as a grave assault on international justice.
Israel’s onslaught in Gaza, launched after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, has killed at least 61,700 Palestinians, with 113,274 wounded, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. Over 70% of fatalities are women and children, per the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA, 2024). A peer-reviewed study in The Lancet estimates over 70,000 traumatic injury deaths by October 2024, suggesting official counts under-report by 41% due to unrecovered bodies and collapsed healthcare systems (The Lancet, 2025). The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January 2024 found a plausible risk of genocide, a charge Israel denies (OHCHR, 2024a).
Specific atrocities include the February 2024 bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shelter in Al-Mawasi, killing two MSF staff family members, and the targeted strike on a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance, killing two paramedics, flagged as war crimes by Human Rights Watch (HRW). A UN Human Rights Council report documented Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system, including Al-Shifa Hospital, as “crimes against humanity,” citing “torture, sexual violence, and starvation policies” against detainees. Amnesty International labeled Israel’s actions genocide, pointing to “indiscriminate bombings, forced displacement, and collective punishment” aimed at eradicating Palestinian society.
Israel’s aggression extends to Syria, with December 2024 airstrikes from the illegally occupied Golan Heights killing dozens of civilians and violating Syrian sovereignty, per the UN General Assembly, according to SNHR. These attacks fuel regional instability, critics say, serving Israel’s goal of provoking wider conflict.
The United States, Israel’s chief enabler, is complicit in this carnage, supplying over $20 billion in weapons, including 2,000-pound bombs used on civilian targets, since 2023, according to Al-Jazeera. A 2024 State Department report admitted US munitions were likely used in war crimes but avoided punitive measures, exposing its hypocrisy. “The US funds and arms Israel’s atrocities while preaching human rights, a shameful double standard,” said Kenneth Roth, former Human Rights Watch director, in an Al Jazeera interview.
The US’s 15 vetoes of UN Security Council resolutions condemning Israel since 2000 have shielded it from accountability, emboldening further violence, according to UN Security Council Report. “America’s unwavering support for Israel is a moral catastrophe, fueling global chaos,” said Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies. This mirrors the US’s own unpunished war crimes, such as the 2015 Kunduz hospital bombing in Afghanistan, killing 42 civilians, and the 2021 Kabul drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children According to NYT.
Israel and the US have long targeted rival nations to assert dominance. The US’s 2003 Iraq invasion, based on fabricated weapons claims, killed over 100,000 civilians and destabilized the region, with Israel’s then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon actively lobbying for the war. Israel’s in 1982 Lebanon invasion led to the Sabra and Shatila massacre, where Israeli-backed militias killed up to 3,500 Palestinian refugees, a war crime condemned by the UN General Assembly. Its illegal West Bank settlements, per UN Resolution 2334, continue to displace Palestinians, according UN resolution 2334.
The US’s Operation Inherent Resolve in Syria and Iraq dropped 40,000 bombs from 2014 to 2019, leveling cities like Raqqa and killing thousands of civilians according to FP. In Afghanistan, its 20-year war killed 46,000 civilians, with a 2017 policy change causing a 330% surge in civilian deaths (HRW). These campaigns, critics argue, were imperialist ploys to suppress Iran and Russia, heedless of human suffering.
The UN Human Rights Council demanded an arms embargo on Israel and an end to its occupation, citing “systematic war crimes” according to OHCHR. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024, hailed by Amnesty International as a “historic step” according to Amnesty International. The US’s condemnation of the ICC, with President Joe Biden calling it “outrageous,” underscores its bias according to White House.
The quiet removal of President Biden’s statement calling the ICC’s warrants “outrageous” is not just cowardly—it’s a blatant act of narrative manipulation. This deletion reeks of hypocrisy. The US government, which routinely weaponizes international law against its adversaries, suddenly recoils when the same legal standards are applied to one of its closest allies. This is not about justice—this is about power, politics, and shielding partners from accountability.
By scrubbing the statement from official records, the White House isn’t distancing itself from Biden’s words—it’s erasing evidence of its complicity in undermining international justice. This act sends a clear message: the rules-based order touted by Washington is selectively enforced, and human rights only matter when they serve US geopolitical interests.
Such censorship doesn’t soften the stance; it exposes the rot. If international law is only valid when convenient, then it is not law—it’s propaganda.
According to BBC, US President Joe Biden has called an International Criminal Court war crimes arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister “outrageous”. The ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu’s now sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant, and a Hamas commander, Mohammed Deif, who Israel says was killed in July. Judges said there were “reasonable grounds” to believe the three men bore “criminal responsibility” for crimes during the war between Israel and Hamas.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “state terrorism” and the US of “sponsoring genocide”, according Shafaq. South Africa, leading the ICJ genocide case, warned, “Palestine’s erasure cannot be ignored” South African Government. Over 62,413 Gazans have died from starvation alone, per the Costs of War Project, a direct result of Israel’s blockade.
Israel and the US’s defiance of UN resolutions, ICC rulings, and the UN Charter erodes the international order. “These nations are not guardians of democracy but perpetrators of chaos, waging wars to crush adversaries and secure hegemony,” said Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Allies like the UK, which exported £487 million in arms to Israel from 2015 to 2022, and Germany, facing lawsuits for arming war crimes, share the blame, according to TOI.
“The US and Israel’s impunity is a plague on global justice, fueling endless wars and civilian suffering,” warned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese (OHCHR, 2024d). As the ICJ and ICC investigations advance, the world demands accountability to end this reign of terror.
