Will the new Democrats in Congress remake the party of genocide and war?

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Will the new Democrats in Congress remake the party of genocide and war? Submitted by Joe Gill on Thu, 11/12/2026 - 10:16 After 40 years of neoliberal dogma from the DC Democrats,…

Old dogs can’t learn new tricks. In the case of Antony Blinken, the former US secretary of state, a career supporting Israeli interests culminated in his absolute fidelity to the apartheid regime during its genocide in Gaza, which began and continued during his tenure at the State Department.

Now, three years on and nearly two years out of office, this "true friend of Israel", with his softly spoken diplomatic demeanour, continues to see only legitimate self-defence in the mass slaughter of civilian men, women and children that Israel continues to inflict on Palestinians.

In 11 visits to Israel during its onslaught, he never did less than assure the Netanyahu regime that the mass killing could continue with full US backing.

With the passage of time, did Blinken permit a little self-reflection on his unstinting support for Israel’s killing machine at every key moment during the genocide?

At a Jewish Federations of North America event on 8 November, Blinken was practising his defence against war crimes charges at a future international court hearing.

He said: "There was a certain amount of disregard, a certain amount of disdain for the wellbeing of Palestinians. But that is vastly different – vastly different – from an intent to do them harm, from an intent to eliminate them. The target was Hamas, and horrifically too many people were caught in the middle of that..."

In future, prosecutors and judges can weigh this feeble defence against the vast evidence, and consensus of genocide scholars and human rights organisations, that this was an intentional campaign of extermination and crimes against humanity.

Meanwhile, Blinken’s president Joe Biden was on a visit to Dublin, once a welcoming place for US politicians of Irish descent. Not so this time – young students at Dublin’s Trinity College had prepared a not-so friendly reception for the man who signed off on vast supplies of 2,000lb bombs to drop on besieged Palestinians.

"Blood, blood, blood on your hands," the students…

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