US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew spoke in terms of protecting genocidal action and complicity last Sunday when he explained that, “fundamentally, nothing has changed in the basic relationship” between the US and Israel. They are words which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t really need to hear, of course, but which nonetheless affirm the supremacy of the Zionist narrative over international law as far as Washington is concerned. Lew reminded the world that only one arms shipment was delayed by the US, strategically prior to the State Department’s report which was riddled with — no doubt — intentional rhetorical inconsistencies. The US could not deny its weapons were used by Israel to commit genocide in Gaza, but adding the … Continue reading The macabre US reassurances approving of Israel’s genocide