For decades to come, historians and scholars will look back in disbelief, trying to understand how one of the greatest political deceptions in modern history was allowed to unfold in plain sight. How a small, oppressive, apartheid settler ethno-colony in the Middle East—built upon a foundation of racial supremacy, forced displacement, and systemic violence—gained near-total influence over the foreign and domestic policies of Western democracies.
How did it happen? How did nations like the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and other states that claim to uphold liberty, justice, and democratic accountability become willing pawns for a regime that openly disregards international law, human rights, and the principles of basic decency?
It wasn’t done through force. It was done through lobbying. Through propaganda. Through decades of relentless narrative control in media, academia, and politics. The same governments that lecture the world about democracy and the rule of law have ignored the will of their own citizens, undermined their own legal systems, and torched their own moral credibility—all to serve the interests of a foreign regime.
What we are witnessing is a grotesque reordering of priorities:
- Billions in aid and weapons shipments are sent overseas while domestic infrastructure collapses.
- Censorship and legal intimidation of citizens who dare speak out in support of international law and Palestinian life.
- Moral contortions that excuse or even cheerlead the murder of children under the guise of “defence.”
- State-sponsored gaslighting that equates criticism of a government with racism, silencing dissent through fear.
These Western nations are not simply enabling crimes—they are participating in them. They have ignored their own people’s pleas, discarded international treaties, and even sacrificed their own financial stability, all to defend a project of occupation and brutality.
This is not policy—it’s complicity.
And the price isn’t just being paid in Gaza. It’s being paid in our own communities too. Every time a hospital is underfunded, every time a homeless family is told there’s no room at the shelter, every time a teacher strike is ignored because “there’s no money”—remember where those billions are going.
And remember who they’re going for.
This isn’t just a betrayal of the Palestinian people. It’s a betrayal of us all—of democracy, of humanity, and of every principle we were taught to believe our nations stood for.
The system isn’t broken.
It’s functioning exactly as it was designed to.
And it’s time we stood up and tore that system down.
