Opinion: 'Washington has lost the plot'

In his latest column for Middle East Eye, former Italian diplomat Marco Carnelos argues that US complicity in Israeli atrocities in Gaza is a reflection of "die-hard imperialism". 

"Biden completely misled his audience by equating Hamas attacking Israel to Putin attacking Ukraine. He forgot to mention that in the Israel-Palestine conflict, since 1967, there has been an occupier (Israel) and an occupied (the Palestinian people)," Carnelos writes. 

"As Ukraine, occupied by Russia, retaliates inside Russian territories, even reaching Moscow, this has not raised a single eyebrow among western democracies. But Palestinians doing the same is considered 'terrorism', while Israel's disproportionate retaliation is seen as normal by western governments."

He argues that US behaviour "can be explained only as moral bankruptcy, typical of a die-hard imperial attitude". 

You can read the full column below. 

Opinion: Washington has lost the plot