Netanyahu didn’t come to negotiate—he came to tighten the noose on Gaza with empire’s blessing.

Weaponized Information | April 9, 2025

Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington not to make peace, not to de-escalate, and certainly not to confront reality—but to perform. To entrench a narrative. To sit at the heart of empire and whisper into its ear, as bombs continue falling on Gaza and the blood of Palestine soaks the soil.

His visit to the United States—framed by Israeli propaganda as a reaffirmation of the “unbreakable alliance”—was nothing more than a strategic PR tour designed to rehabilitate Zionism in the halls of U.S. power, even as international legitimacy slips through Israel’s fingers. The real war isn’t just being fought with missiles. It’s being waged on the terrain of narrative and legality, and Netanyahu came to the U.S. to re-secure the empire’s consent.

The Spectacle of Power, the Silence of Death

In Congress, Netanyahu was welcomed by thunderous applause from Republicans and a conspicuous absence from many Democrats. But that division is cosmetic. As Daniel Levy, a former Israeli negotiator, told Al Jazeera, “the U.S. remains the safe space for Israeli impunity.” The point of Netanyahu’s visit was not to convince Congress—most are already on board—but to consolidate Israel’s narrative as one of victimhood, civilization, and anti-terrorist virtue.

This, even as Israel faces accusations of war crimes. Even as the International Criminal Court weighs indictments. Even as the humanitarian disaster in Gaza has reached levels unseen in recent memory.

What Netanyahu understands—and what the American ruling class permits—is that so long as Israel frames its genocide as self-defense, U.S. support will hold. Because it isn’t really about Gaza. It’s about maintaining Israel as a settler-colonial outpost of U.S. imperialism in the Middle East.

The Function of Zionism in the Technofascist Empire

At Weaponized Information, we call this “imperial anchoring.” Zionism is not just an ethno-national project—it is a geostrategic mechanism. It allows the U.S. to outsource surveillance, counterinsurgency, weapons testing, and settler logic onto the region while maintaining plausible deniability. The Gaza massacre is not an aberration—it is the system functioning as designed.

Netanyahu, like any agent of empire, comes to reaffirm the “special relationship” not because it serves peace, but because it serves permanence. Permanent war. Permanent displacement. Permanent colonial exception.

From Congress to the Streets: The Real Division

If the halls of Congress were split in decorum, the streets outside were unified in rage. Thousands of protestors—Palestinians, Jews, workers, students—converged to say what the ruling class would not: that Israel is committing genocide. That the U.S. is funding it. That the two are co-conspirators in a decades-long colonial war.

And yet, that resistance was met with pepper spray, riot cops, and arrests. Because in the U.S. empire, silence is consent, and dissent is treated as a security threat.

Why This Visit Mattered

This was not just a state visit. It was a recalibration. Netanyahu didn’t come to ask for weapons—those are already flowing. He came to test the tolerance of empire, to see how far he could push before even the illusion of diplomacy cracked. And the answer? Further than ever before.

But here’s the rub: while Washington remains Israel’s last fortress of impunity, the world is changing. The Global South is rising. The ICC, despite its many contradictions, has cracked the door. And the international legitimacy of Zionism is hemorrhaging. Netanyahu’s visit was not a sign of strength. It was a desperate gasp to reassert control over a crumbling narrative.

Our Position Is Clear

We at Weaponized Information do not see Netanyahu as a rogue actor. He is the embodiment of settler colonial violence functioning within the machinery of technofascist imperialism. He came to Washington to remind the empire that Israel is still its most reliable outpost. And the empire—once again—nodded in approval.

But the world beyond Washington is awakening. And so is a new generation of resistance.

The struggle in Palestine is not about borders or negotiations. It is about decolonization. And no amount of speeches in Congress will erase that truth.

Let the empire draw its lines. We draw ours in solidarity, resistance, and revolutionary clarity.