US support for Israel tainted by far-right ideology

The unwavering support of the United States to Israel is contaminated by the ideology of the extreme right; The rest of the West must join the global south to stop the genocide in Gaza and prevent the crisis into a broader regional conflict.

Last week, in a dangerous escalation of the Middle East crisis, Israel launched what it described as preventive attacks against Iran. This last development has further inflamed global protests, even in Western cities, against Israel’s actions, particularly its continuous blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

The growing outrage on Israel’s actions is contributing to an increase in anti -Semitism. In the United States, two recent attacks aimed at Jewish people, one in Colorado and another in Washington, Dave left many in the Jewish community feeling increasingly vulnerable.

The director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has classified these attacks as acts of domestic terrorism. Meanwhile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has promised to combat anti -Semitism while reaffirming unwavering support from the United States to Israel.

Evangelicals represent a central constitution of the United States support to Israel. Its support is based on the belief that the Foundation of Israel fulfills the biblical prophecy and indicates the second early coming of the Messiah.

Beyond supporting Israel, evangelicals are part of a broader movement. Through initiatives such as the 2025 project of the Heritage Foundation, conservative groups aim to promote Christian nationalist values ​​and, in general, restore Christianity as the foundation of Western civilization.

In February, Vice President JD Vance criticized European governments to suppress conservative voices, framing it as an attack on freedom of expression.

Duration The recent general election of Germany, Elon Musk, openly supported the alternative for Germany (AFD), a political party of the extreme right.

The participation of American conservatives in European politics has caused an alarm, especially in Germany, given the legacy of World War II in the country. In May, the German authorities moved to ban the department, officially designating it as an extremist right -wing organization.

Here is a worrying contradiction in the support of the United States to Israel: while publicly denounces anti -Semitism, Trump has been linked to figures such as Nick Fuentes, a well -known denial of the Nazi holocaust and sympathizer.

Likewise, evangelical support to Israel is based on a theological worldview that provides for the possible conversion of all people, including Jews, Christianity.

This year, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In its consequences, the United Nations, founded with a solemn promise: prevent future world wars and ensure that atrocities such as holocaust never happen again.

However, for many in the global south, the ongoing suffering of the Palestinians has made these promises look hollow. At the beginning of the Gaza War, South Africa promoted leadership by accusing Israel to commit “genocide”, presenting a case in the International Court of Justice.

Despite these efforts, the attempt of the global south of stopping the war was useless, since the Western powers uniformly supported Israel’s military response to the attacks of October 7, 2023 and their right to self -defense.

However, two years in the conflict, it has become increasingly evident that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can impose broader and more maximalist territorial objectives, namely, the recruitment of both west.

Its strategy seems calculated to make Gaza completely wireless, creating conditions that would force the Palestinians to mass displacement.

With his final conscience, Europe is a very old calculation with Israel, since countries like Ireland, Spain and Norway publicly accused him of creating a “humanitarian catastrophe made by man” in Gaza.

The pressure intensified last week when five Western nations included the coordinated action of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, which impose diplomatic sanctions on two members of the Israel Cabinet of the extreme right.

At the same time, Gaza’s war has fractured the Jewish diaspora, extinguishing deep divisions. In the United States, organizations such as The Jewish Voice have not only denounced Netanyahu’s policies, but also actively mobilized protests against Israel’s military campaign.

The dissent has even reached the highest levels of Israel, seen in the authorization of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of an Opinion article of Haaretz Abrasado that declares: “It is enough. Israel is committing war crimes.”

Since its foundation, Israel’s first security objective has been to ensure that Jews never experience a tragedy such as Holocaust. But the current military actions of Netanyahu in Gaza are now being labeled by the international community to commit atrocities similar to “genocide.”

In a cruel historical iony, the nation born of persecution runs the risk of replicating the same patterns of oppression so that it was created to escape. Another tragic Iony is in the extreme right coalition of Netanyahu that aligns with elements of the US extremist factions: the same white supremacist groups and Christian nationalist movements whose ancestors ideas helped to pave for the holocaust.

Beyond risking a broader regional conflict and feeding a global increase in anti -Semitism, Israel’s last attacks against Iran and its continuous devastation of Gaza has severely damaged its international reputation.

However, the greatest tragedy lies in the humanitarian catastrophic in the Palestinian people, a testimony of the world’s failure to prevent another mass crime against humanity.

The United States, which helped establish the United Nations Charter precisely to prevent such atrocities, has increasingly become Trump-ela policies that cover extreme right-right agendas.

In July, The Hague Group sown for Colombia and South Africa-Will will convene an emergency ministerial meeting in Bogotá to address Israel on the alleged crime of genocide.

The international community must act decisively: it is time for the rest of the West to try and join to the global south to work to end the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and prevent the crisis into a broader regional war.

Peter TC Chang is a former deputy director of the Institute of Studies of China, Malaysia