After 20 months of horror in Gaza, political rhetoric in Western countries is finally starting to shift — but will words translate into action? Of the UN’s 193 member states, 147 already recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation, including ten more since Israel launched its genocide in Gaza. British campaigners argue that if the UK is serious about halting genocide, it must stop all shipments of F-35 parts sent to Israel — directly or indirectly. US President Donald Trump’s military and political support for Israel’s genocide stands in stark contradiction to the image he promotes of himself as a peacemaker — and which his most loyal followers believe in. For now, however, the Western governments remain deeply complicit in Israel’s atrocities and violations of international law.