The United States of... Israel?

As U.S. leaders attend the "50 States One Israel" conference in Jerusalem, the rest of the world is waking up and denouncing a genocide.

photo by Natasha K.

While 250 U.S. legislators, senators, and representatives from all 50 states are currently in Israel planting trees, the UN and other nations are finally concluding that the atrocities occurring in Gaza are, in fact, unequivocally constituted as a genocide. There are no more excuses or justifications — the world is finally catching on.

While our own representatives are nonchalantly vacationing in Israel, next door, Palestinian residents are being displaced and murdered — yet, one U.S. representative “couldn’t be more proud.”

“Standing here, I couldn’t be prouder to be a Jew and a Zionist; to me, they are the same,” stated Esther Panitch, a Democratic representative from the state of Georgia, and an attendee of the 50 States One Israel conference.

I thought perhaps the above statement was propaganda, but after doing a deep dive, I found that, sadly, this Georgia Democrat is proud of her stance. I’m sure that if I were to go down the rabbit hole, I would find many others who share the same sentiments.

GA rep, Esther Panitch — Courtesy of Twitter/X

GA rep, Esther Panitch — Courtesy of Instagram

All of this, while being serenaded with Wizard of Oz melodies. Sadly, folks, this isn’t a joke — this isn’t satire — this is real life.

As the world wakes up, the U.S. is advancing bills that bar people from boycotting Israeli-owned businesses for political purposes, since Israel has been deemed an official “friend" to the U.S.

Netanyahu expects our backing to support Israel’s massive Gazan cleanse. At the same time, the ushering in of this new 50/1 American/Israeli alliance will further drive efforts to denounce and persecute pro-Palestinian, anti-genocide voices.

The propaganda being pushed by the Israel/U.S. alliance is threatening our constitutional rights, here in America. Our freedoms are being severed while our rights are being stripped. Our leaders have left us to fend for ourselves, and if we don’t find a way to escape from this dark hole we’re in, I fear that our future will be very bleak.

We have two choices: allow the [valid] fear of retribution to take over, or continue speaking out with the general understanding that up is down, left is right, and any opposition to genocide will be mystically contorted, under the guise of anti-Semitism. If we choose the latter, we'll have to [metaphorically] fight like hell.

If you didn’t think this could get any worse, please note that we’ve only reached the eighth month of this regime’s rule. The evidence of our eyes and ears suggests that America is about to be in for a wild ride.