The governments of the European Union and the United States actively support the Israeli occupation through political, military, and legislative mechanisms. In 2024, the US allocated more than $16 billion in military aid to Israel and sold more than $15 billion worth of weapons, including guided bombs used in Gaza. The EU, for its part, maintains a bilateral trade agreement with Israel exceeding €42.6 billion, in which arms trade, which allows the export of dual-use (civilian-military) technology, surpasses €20 billion.
These powers systematically blocked UN resolutions condemning Israeli war crimes: the US used its veto 45 times since 1972 to protect Israel, while European states such as Germany and Hungary historically supported delaying tactics. In fact, in 2024, several EU countries (Hungary, Czech Republic, etc.) and also the USA declared that they were going to ignore the order of the International Penitentiary Court to arrest the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, despite clear evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Furthermore, the EU developed repressive policies against the pro-Palestinian movement. Germany (Samidoun) and the United Kingdom (Palestine Action) applied anti-terrorism laws against groups that criticize the genocide committed by Israel and defend Palestinian resistance positions. France, for its part, carried out preventive detentions without trial, while almost all European countries (Italy, Belgium, Spain, etc.) imposed economic or administrative sanctions through gag laws. In many cases, European legislation had equated criticism of Zionism with hate speech, thus limiting civil rights and freedoms within Europe itself.
To date, the United States developed a specific repressive framework against the pro-Palestinian movement, based less on formal illegalization and more on indirect criminalization. Through laws that invoke national security, organizations and activists were investigated, prosecuted or intimidated, but were not designated as terrorists. The university environment became two main spaces of repression, with the dissolution of student groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine, expulsions, suspensions and massive police interventions. At the same time, more than thirty states have passed anti-BDS laws that impose economic sanctions, loss of public contracts and administrative restrictions, limiting the right to political boycotts. As a whole, the US system treats solidarity with Palestine as a threat to national security, eroding fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, association and protest.
The EU-USA-Israel alliance configures a system of impunity supported by xenopolitical, economic and industrial interests through a complicit structure on three main levels:
- Military: Provision of components, technology, and weaponry used against refugee camps.
- Diplomatic: Institutional, economic, and administrative silence and inaction in the face of the Israeli genocide against the population of Gaza.
- Legal: Guaranteed immunity through bilateral agreements before international tribunals.
