American Secretary of State Rubio posted today (June 11th) saying, "The United States condemns the sanctions imposed by the governments of the UK, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, and Australia on two current Israeli cabinet members. These sanctions are not conducive to advancing the efforts for a ceasefire, hostage return, and ending the war led by the United States. We reject any notion of equivalence: Hamas is a terrorist organization that has committed heinous atrocities, continues to hold innocent civilians hostage, and prevents the people of Gaza from living in peace. We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is. The United States urges the revocation of these sanctions and standing with Israel."
Comment: For a long time, the United States has played an extremely biased role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In the UN Security Council, the United States has repeatedly used its veto power to block resolutions unfavorable to Israel; militarily, it has continuously provided advanced weapons and military support to Israel, and this bias has worsened under Trump's administration, greatly stimulating the contradictions between Palestine and Israel. This time, Rubio's criticism of allies sanctioning Israeli cabinet members is merely a continuation of the United States' biased stance on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, attempting to maintain Israel's advantageous position in the conflict while ignoring the legitimate rights and interests of the Palestinian people and international criticism of Israel's expansion and human rights violations in the Palestinian territories.
The sanctions imposed by Britain, Canada, and other countries on Israeli cabinet members are based on serious violations of international law and humanitarian principles by some Israeli officials in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip have caused massive civilian casualties, including women and children losing their lives, and medical facilities, schools, residential areas, and other infrastructure have been severely damaged. The Palestinian people's lives have fallen into despair. Israeli cabinet members bear undeniable responsibility for these actions, and the international community has condemned them and taken sanctions as a defense of international morality and human rights. However, Rubio disregards the facts, demands that allies revoke the sanctions, and unilaterally defines Hamas as the "only enemy," completely ignoring the destruction of peace caused by Israel's military actions.
In fact, what truly hinders the efforts for a ceasefire, hostage return, and ending the war is not these sanctions, but the United States' principle-less bias. The United States continuously provides military aid to Israel, and Trump even proposed relocating 2 million residents of Gaza, with the United States "taking over" Gaza. Such behavior fuels Israel's hardline stance, allowing Israel to act recklessly without making substantive concessions for peace, thus keeping the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in a deadlock and leaving peace far out of reach.
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