Is US beginning to recognize Israeli Apartheid destruction of Gaza’s 2.3 million people?

 Is US beginning to recognize Israeli Apartheid destruction of Gaza’s 2.3 million people?

President Biden visits Israel tomorrow to offer robust support for the upcoming Israeli offensive into Gaza. He’s not calling for a ceasefire. He’s even instructed his diplomats not to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. He’s also pledging billions in military aid to fuel the war and has sent 2 aircraft carriers into the region to show support.

But he will also discuss the growing worldwide revulsion of the disproportionate Israeli response which includes cutting off all food, water, electricity, medicine into Gaza with no way for Gazans to leave. Nearly 3,000 have died from bombs. Many more have likely died from lack of those necessities. All 2.3 million are suffering debilitated mental and physical health which will greatly shorten their lives if they survive the current war.

Biden may express concern for the grotesque treatment of Gazans. But he appears more concerned that Israel is losing worldwide support from its disproportionate response to the Hamas attacks. He’s also worried about the potential for a wider war involving Hezbollah in the north from Lebanon; possibly even Iran. None of this is good for continued US influence in the region upon which we still rely for much of our energy needs.

But for the first time in America’s tortured support for Israel’s Apartheid rule of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, Biden is beginning to voice concern for a people the US has erased from the Middle East narrative for 76 years.

The chances are zero, but it would help Biden’s understanding of the Palestinians’ plight if he could stop off in Gaza for a few hours after leaving the safety of Israel. It might provoke the epiphany he needs to tell the world that America stands with both the Israelis and the Palestinians in support of a 2 state solution which America has helped Israel prevent now for 76 years.