Shaun King – Qatar about the role of the United States in the genocide of Palestinians
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The United States is the primary funder of weapons and is protecting Israel from attacks. The U.S. has been involved in various actions, including sending weapons and arming Israel, but without the U.S.'s support, Israel cannot face major violence. The United States is committed to war crimes againstitive groups and faces the possibility of requiring other governments to intervene.
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What's happening right now in Gaza could not
happen without the United States.
The United States is the primary funder of
this genocide.
They are the primary armors.
They provide most of the weapons.
One study showed that since 1950, the United
States has provided over 80 percent of all
of the weaponry that Israel uses.
The United States just sent more weapons yesterday
it was released.
So while the United States sometimes brags that
they've sent some aid, for those of us
that are from the United States, that aid
means nothing.
If you're still sending the bombs, it doesn't
matter that you sent food or water.
If you sent the aid that caused people
to need the food or water, it's even
deeper than that.
The United States is not just funding it,
is not just arming Israel.
The United States is defending Israel at every
step.
Joe Biden, the American president, literally has said
on multiple occasions, this was a quote, that
there's no red line, that there's no line
Israel could cross for him.
So while sometimes you'll hear the U.S.
say they want Israel to follow international law,
when you say there's no red line, that
means international laws don't matter.
So without the United States, I don't think
this ever would have happened.
Israel knows that the United States government has
its back.
I'm inspired that millions of people in the
United States, myself included, we don't approve, we're
disgusted, we're marching, we're demonstrating, we're organizing, in
part because we want people around the world
to know that this government doesn't speak for
us.
That, you know, I have to wake up
every day and know that my tax dollars
are funding something that I'm disgusted by.
Not only that, the United States on multiple
occasions has vetoed important resolutions in the U
.N. this morning at our opening session here
at the Doha Forum.
The secretary general of the U.N. expressed
his own frustration that he did something he
had never done before.
He filed really an emergency motion to confront
Israel and the violence against Gazans before the
U.N. Security Council.
It was 13 votes for a ceasefire, and
the United States was the lone vote against,
and they vetoed it.
People that might not understand, there are five
nations that have permanent veto power, and the
United States is basically holding the U.N.
hostage.
We believe the United States is committing war
crimes with Israel.
If Israel's committing war crimes, the U.S.
is as well.
So these are legal definitions.
When we say that this is genocide, that's
not just an emotional statement we're making.
Genocide is a actual thing.
There's a legal definition for it.
This meets that definition.
I don't think that we can count on
the United States government to do anything about
this.
It's going to require other governments to intervene,
including governments in the region.
I'm not saying that governments here need to
intervene militarily.
Maybe, if that's an option, if that's a
decision they need to make.
But there are many ways that they could
respond by maybe blocking their airspace.
One option might be to close the Suez
Canal.
I mean, there are many different ways that
you could say, listen, as long as you
are doing these crimes against Palestinians, here is
how we will respond as nations in the
region.