by Jason Ross (EIRNS) — Sep. 24, 2025 The
United Nations General Debate continues, with a growing chorus of
voices speaking against the genocide in Gaza, and dangerously
confrontational discussions, led by Europe, about Russia. In the Mediterranean, a civilian flotilla headed for Gaza reported drone attacks overnight. In response, Italy and Spain decided to dispatch warships
to the flotilla—not to fight, but to help if rescue is needed. That
careful phrasing says a lot. Are these countries looking for ways to
show support without starting a fight they think they cannot win? Israel has closed
the West Bank’s only crossing to Jordan, meaning that the only way for
Palestinians to travel internationally—or to ship or receive goods—is by
entering and passing through Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu
has announced that he is absolutely opposed to the establishment of a
Palestinian state, and his actions to further destroy, isolate, and
splinter the Palestinian communities in the West Bank aim to create more
“volunteers” for the “voluntary emigration” he promotes, while making
the establishment of a Palestinian state even more difficult. Look
to Europe. Reports of drones near major airports shut down air travel
in Copenhagen and Oslo, while NATO warned Moscow after alleged airspace
violations into Estonia. NATO officials insist they’ll defend every inch
of Allied territory, yet they also avoid stating what steps they would
take. In the United States, hundreds of doctors and health workers warn that cuts and staff losses are hollowing out care for U.S. veterans. YouTube, under political scrutiny, says it’s walking back
years of pandemic- and election-era content removals. As Pentagon
planners talk about controlling orbital space, many Americans are asking
who’s minding urgent needs closer to home, who is thinking about the
economic future of the country, and the planet. Meanwhile,
the Global South is not sitting around waiting for permission to act.
Leaders from Brazil, China, Nigeria, South Africa, Türkiye, Iran,
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others are, in various ways,
coordinating more openly—on peace talks, on development, on how to
maintain their independence in a world where Anglo-American NATO demands
that they choose sides. Threading that needle, day after day, is its own kind of risk. A change in strategic geometry is needed, and a new security and development architecture is needed for the world. It is time for the so-called “West” to join, and productively contribute to defining, the unstoppable new paradigm. “It
is in the fundamental self-interest of the nations of the Collective
West—no longer truly united—to cooperate with the states of the Global
Majority and to jointly address the great challenges facing humankind:
overcoming poverty and underdevelopment, ensuring lasting world peace,
and securing the right of every person on this planet to fulfill their
potential,” writes Helga Zepp-LaRouche in the Schiller Institute’s appeal to the countries of the West to cooperate with this new world economic order. |