Palestine and the decline of the US empire

The US views Israel as a critical ally because it helps promote US global supremacy at a time when it is facing inevitable decline. Free Palestine and global decolonisationOver the past year, we have witnessed an unprecedented attack on the Palestine solidarity movement in the US, which has affected all public spheres, including education and healthcare. The answer is that the US empire views a free Palestine as the beginning of its own end. As much as the US needs a settler colonial Israel to stave off its decline, the world, particularly the Global South, needs a decolonised Palestine to hasten US decline. Palestine, not just metaphorically but literally, stands in the way of US and Western imperialism’s onward march towards continued global supremacy.