Fintan Drury: As genocide proceeds, Netanyahu is yet again being feted in Washington

As Donald Trump hosts Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Fintan Drury details the alliance between Israel and the US, and suggests their relationship is deeply harmful to the West

US president Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025. Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty

And so it continues.

Without so much as a blink of its legislative eye, without pause, be the White House home to a Democratic blue or a Republican red president — and certainly without the United States’ political establishment having any interest in the behaviour of Israel — its prime minister will again be feted in Washington today.