"With regard to Israel the United States is not a umpire or referee. It is not a broker or a passive observer. " The illegal settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan are financed by US capital and tax-exempt private donations. Israel is defended by US supplied arms, sustained by the US mass media, shielded by US diplomacy and often manned by US-born colonist, so Professor Walid Khalidi before an UN body. "The US is a major part of the problem and the major actor in the solution."
This three year old video is highly recommended. Walid Khalidi tells a UN body what Zionists and their friends in the US and Western Europe don't want to hear: the truth.
The Quintessence of the speech can be read here.