I still haven’t found a plausible explanation why our political class, both Democratic and Republican with very few exceptions have failed to call out Israel for its genocide of the Palestinian people let alone make a serious or even feeble effort to stop it. My best guess, which is not provable, is that the Israelis have played a long game and have compromised these people. Even that doesn’t explain the total lack of a moral core where they would finally say “publish and be damned”. Even if we (and sadly I have to use “we”) don’t speak out, we don’t have to support genocide by arming the perpetrators, actively defending them militarily, supplying them with intelligence, and billions of dollars in aid. I also find it despicable that our mainstream media tries to find a middle way in all this by publishing a toned down description of what is happening but failing utterly to accurately portray what is going on. The MSM covers it like it would a faraway natural disaster in Bhutan with no on the ground reporting and no editorializing. Years from now when it finally becomes acceptable to cover it like we now do the genocide of the Native Americans, the MSM will be able to say, “look we reported on it”. Right.
It's hard to say anything positive at the moment. That said, I see some small green shoots of opposition arising from an unexpected place. The American public in general and the Democratic party base in particular. A recent CNN poll made the following point:
“In 2017, the Democratic Party was a Pro-Israeli party. Look at this, they sympathized with the Israelis by 13 points. More with the Israelis than the Palestinians. But look at this sea change! Oh my God, that is a change in the margin of 56 points over the course of just 8 years, so all of a sudden it’s the Pro-Palestinian position that actually reigns supreme in Democratic politics, not the Israeli position.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cnn-s-enten-democrats-sympathize-more-with-palestinians-by-43-points-a-margin-of-56-points-over-just-8-years/ar-AA1HRRFG
At some point politicians who want to stay or get elected to office will have to switch their stance on Israel. It appears to me that staying in power has more effect than any appeal to ethics and morality. I think we see this most clearly in the recent victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. In this very liberal, Jewish bastion Mamdani won while supporting Palestinian rights. Cuomo lost while strongly backing Israel.
Another under reported development is the meeting in Bogota of the Hague group to formulate steps to oppose Israeli apartheid and genocide. In Bogotá, states will announce concrete actions to enforce international law through coordinated state action to end the genocide and ensure justice and accountability.
The Hague Group was established on 31 January 2025 by Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa in response to violations of international law in the OPT. Hague Group members will attend the summit. In addition, Algeria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Uruguay, and Venezuela will also take part. Notably, so will NATO members and U.S. allies Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. The presence of China adds real weight to the meeting.
To be clear, nothing will change overnight or even soon, but to quote Churchill, “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” As to the reaction of the United States, it risks the strong possibility of being on the wrong side of history like Andrew Cuomo.