“It’s a Killing Field”: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out — and American Leaders Stay Silent
This week, the truth came not from activists or outside observers, but from within the Israeli military itself.
In a devastating exposé by Haaretz — Israel’s most respected and independent newspaper — Israeli soldiers described how they were ordered to intentionally fire on unarmed Palestinians waiting in line for food aid in Gaza. Not in crossfire. Not under threat. Not by accident. This was deliberate, systematic, and — in the words of the soldiers themselves — a killing field.
“Between one and five people were killed every day,” one soldier reported.
“There’s no danger to the forces… no enemy, no weapons,” another admitted.
Soldiers described using mortars, grenade launchers, and machine guns against desperate civilians. Crowds were fired upon from a distance and even charged at close range — not because they posed a threat, but simply because they existed in a place where Israel had decided no one should survive.
This isn’t speculation. It’s not a leaked rumor or hearsay. These are testimonies from Israeli combat soldiers, published in Israeli media.
So why is the American political class still pretending none of this is happening?
The Numbers Tell the Story — and Still, Silence
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, since May 27, 549 Palestinians have been killed just near aid distribution sites. Over 4,000 more have been wounded in these same areas — supposedly “safe” zones where civilians seek food and water.
Even the Israeli Military Advocate General has opened investigations into potential war crimes committed by its own forces. That’s right — even the Israeli military sees the red flags.
But in the United States? Congress is doubling down on complicity.
When the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes, 45 Democrats joined Republicans to vote in favor of sanctioning the ICC.
Not to protect international law. Not to uphold justice. But to shield a far-right extremist government whose own soldiers are describing mass executions of starving civilians.
This is not about “Israel’s right to defend itself.” This is about genocide being carried out with American weapons, American funding, and American silence.
The Media’s Role: Passive Headlines, Active Complicity
The same week these soldier testimonies were published, the New York Times ran a story on the same subject.
But instead of calling it what it is — a deliberate massacre — they headlined the piece:
“The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza.”
This is what media whitewashing looks like. No mention of shooters. No mention of orders. No agency. Just vague, passive language that turns the perpetrators into ghosts and the victims into faceless casualties of “risk.”
This is how genocide gets normalized. This is how American audiences are slowly desensitized to atrocity. And this is how U.S. politicians are allowed to keep funding it — with little scrutiny and almost no accountability.
AIPAC’s Chokehold on U.S. Policy
At the center of this moral collapse is AIPAC — the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — and its massive influence on both parties in Congress.
AIPAC doesn’t merely advocate for Israel. It enforces political obedience. It punishes candidates who speak out against apartheid and rewards those who vote to protect Netanyahu, even as evidence of war crimes mounts.
That’s why so many Democratic politicians who claim to stand for human rights, democracy, and justice — the same ones who campaign on opposing Trump and authoritarianism — have turned into enablers of mass killing in Gaza.
They don’t want to lose their AIPAC checks. They don’t want to face AIPAC-funded challengers. So they say nothing. Or worse — they actively vote to protect the perpetrators.
This Is Why Track AIPAC Exists
At Track AIPAC, we are exposing the corruption, cowardice, and complicity that define America’s role in this unfolding atrocity.
We are fighting to:
Elect candidates who reject AIPAC’s blood money
Defeat Democrats and Republicans alike who protect Netanyahu from accountability
Confront the media’s whitewashing and demand honest reporting
Build a national movement to end U.S. support for war crimes and apartheid
This isn’t just about Gaza. It’s about whether U.S. democracy can survive the influence of foreign policy lobbyists who fund repression, spread propaganda, and co-opt entire political parties.
It’s about ending the cycle where politicians are bought, media is neutered, and the public is fed carefully sanitized lies — while civilians are slaughtered with American bombs.
If Israeli soldiers can call it a killing field, then no one gets to pretend it’s anything less.
We will not look away. And we will not stop fighting until justice — and accountability — are served.
