Schumer, Pelosi's Condemnation Exposed: Outrage Against Netanyahu's War Crimes Too Little, Too Late for Palestinian Justice

What’s become a revelation of political self-preservation, last week's criticism by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, war crimes being committed by Benjamin Netanyahu, isn’t an awakening to justice, but a desperate attempt to salvage reputations from the scrutiny of history.

The shift in rhetoric is less about genuine realisation and more about hand wringing - distancing themselves from Israel's reign of terror against Palestinians, which has become a relentless campaign of terror and genocide.

Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, last years, and for that matter the decades of abuse the Palestinians have endured because of the IDF. Schumer, Pelosi, and their Democratic colleagues have offered unflinching political and financial support to Israel, despite growing evidence of war crimes and systemic oppression against Palestinians.

Schumer and Pelosi’s change of tone - adopting language of concern and condemnation, does little to cleanse the stain of their long-standing endorsement of Israel’s and Netanyahu’s war crimes.

The irony in Schumer’s criticism of Netanyahu is his denouncement of the Israeli Prime Minister placing his own political survival ahead of Israel’s best interests.

It’s fascinating rhetoric and insight into Schumer’s duplicity as he is also seeking to salvage his own reputation and how history perceives him by trying to distance himself from the war crimes, he and Pelosi along with many other of the Democratic Leadership have supported.

There’s no point Schumer condemning Netanyahu if he’s done nothing to propose a solution or advise US President Joe Biden, the US must cut all financial and military funding to Israel.

Schumer’s sentiment is meaningless, because put his words into action - and Schumer won’t, his words are as hollow as they lack intent.

Since Schumer’s speech, what has he or the US done to stop the pending onslaught on Rafah or the mass starvation to create a famine designed to kill Palestinians.

It’s as if the thousands of tonnes of bombs dropped daily by Israel on Gaza wasn’t enough in their attempt to enact genocide, now it’s a forced famine and the slow and torturous death being waged also delivers with it an unrelenting humiliation that further dehumanises the Palestinian people.

Schumer’s decision to finally come out and criticise a country he has been loyal too for so long, for Israel's policies towards the Palestinians can only be viewed as disingenuous and opportunistic - a calculated move to align with the changing sentiments of their base and the international community, without genuinely committing to holding Israel accountable or fundamentally altering US foreign policy in the Middle East.

The change in rhetoric is seen as a significant failure by Schumer, Pelosi, and the Democratic leadership to address a pressing human rights crisis.

Schumer’s epiphany his enlightenment to discovering humanity reveals a deep moral bankruptcy at the heart of the Democratic Party's establishment.

His and Pelosi’s decision to speak out now, when facing political vulnerability, indicates a disturbed readiness to overlook genocide, apartheid, and systematic violations of Palestinian rights until remaining silent becomes politically untenable.

Schumer’s outcry isn't motivated by justice for Palestinians or a reassessment of US foreign policy but by a bid for political survival, attempting to avoid responsibility for helping to facilitate a humanitarian disaster.

And while the international community continues to denounce Israel's actions, the effort by Democratic leaders to distance themselves from Netanyahu's government is criticised for what it is – opportunism and reputational management – if it can be saved at all.

However, its insufficient and way too late. The damage has been done. It’s a desperate bid to mitigate future backlash and secure their historical image, not as facilitators of genocide, but as hesitant critics who voiced opposition only when it became politically convenient.

What they fail to recognise or understand is that decades of steadfast support for Israel's oppressive policies cannot be undone, nor can they absolve themselves of the violence enacted with their complicity.

Schumer, Pelosi, and the Democratic leadership are condemned not only by history but by the present reality of their failure to act decisively against the ongoing mistreatment of Palestinians.

Efforts to rewrite their legacies considering mounting public disapproval won’t deceive those aware of their long-standing support.

The legacy of Schumer and the Democratic leadership will be defined not by their eleventh-hour disapprovals but by their silent endorsement of one of history’s greatest war crimes ever to be committed and the US have backed a terrorist nation in its crime against the Palestinians and humanity.