Since the Zionist entity began its genocidal massacres in Gaza and the Blessed Land of Palestine following the events of October 7, 2023, the United States of America has been its primary supporter and financier. It has supplied the Zionist entity with various lethal weapons, provided it with political and media coverage, and extended billions of dollars to cover the entity’s financial deficit resulting from massive military spending and the halt in production as settlers enlisted in the army to carry out massacres broadcast on television screens and social media. This aroused global public opinion and challenged human conscience, leading to unceasing protests and marches worldwide, with some drawing millions of participants.

America’s continued support for the Zionist entity in carrying out massacres that even the beasts of the jungle would shy away from, coupled with the persistent and escalating global protests, drove the American administration and the monstrous entity to present the “Board of Peace” project, led by America’s Trump, on January 15, 2026. This came after more than 80 percent of the buildings and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip had been destroyed, over 100,000 children, elderly, and women had been killed, and hundreds of thousands had been wounded—their numbers uncounted. Among the provisions of the “Board of Peace” project, which bears no relation to its name, were a ceasefire and reconstruction, including allowing the entry of humanitarian aid and infrastructure materials for rebuilding.

Yet, despite a full year having passed since the formation of the Board of Peace, nothing has been implemented except for the ceasefire from the side of the resistance in Gaza. The Board of Peace’s pledges to stop the Zionist entity’s bombardment of the people of Gaza have not been fulfilled, and humanitarian aid has been allowed in only in very small quantities. There is, of course, no talk of reconstruction! This confirms that America's role in presenting the Board of Peace project was not, as it claimed, to find peace, but rather to save itself and its protégé, the Zionist entity, from the flood of global public opinion that has caused the entity to lose any previous artificial respect or sympathy, from the economic boycott by many countries and the ban on arms exports to it, in addition to the condemnation of its leaders in international courts. The American administration’s stance with the entity also contributed to the loss of Trump’s party in the recent midterm elections.

The recent events in Gaza over the past few days—the martyrdom of a number of women and children, the flooding of around 70,000 tents within 12 hours, the destruction of over 6,000 family shelters and damage to 17,400 others, more than 26,000 families affected in their shelters or property (with the actual scale likely larger), over 3,900 families losing their shelter, the renewed displacement of around 600 families due to the storm, 55 educational facilities serving about 55,000 children affected, 20 of them damaged with education halted within them—all these losses would not have occurred had America and its false witnesses in the Board of Peace—Qatar, Egypt, and Türkiye—fulfilled their pledges for reconstruction, or at least allowed the entry of aid to protect people from the winter cold and rain. This is humanitarian aid, most of which was provided by Muslims across the globe, not aid from America and the false witnesses among the Board of Peace members. More than 150,000 tents ready for shipment remained outside the Gaza Strip, amid the need for funding and approvals from the entity to bring in supplies and equipment. But because America and the false witnesses are all complicit regarding the Blessed Land of Palestine and the people of Gaza, they did not care that the Zionist entity was preventing that aid from reaching its people. Instead, they continued to supply the entity with weapons, money, and political and media cover for its continuation of massacres and assassinations inside the devastated Strip, while depriving the people of the Strip of any humanitarian aid.

Muslims residing in America must adopt the cause of their people in Gaza by truly championing it. Merely praying for them alone is not enough. Rather, they must hold the government accountable for its collusion with the Zionist entity, protest its support for it, and restrain the government’s hand. Here, the role of institutions of Muslims and those who claim to hold independent stances becomes evident, such as members of Congress and senators, in whom people had hoped for good, expecting that they would champion the causes of the Islamic Ummah, not selfish, domestic livelihood issues. The challenge before all of them is clear, so that the community may ascertain whether these individuals are loyal to Allah (swt), His Messenger (saw), and the believers, or whether they are loyal to America and its interests as seen by its decision-makers, including Trump and the institutions supporting the Zionist entity, contenting themselves with resonant statements and misleading slogans aimed at gaining the diaspora’s endorsement for themselves, not for championing the Ummah’s just causes! The Muslim diaspora must also turn to the embassies of the Islamic countries, especially the embassies of the frontline states and the false witnesses in the Board of Peace, to hold them accountable, restrain their hands, and demand that the armies of the Muslims head to the Blessed Land of Palestine to support its oppressed people, liberate the Blessed Land and Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa—the first Qiblah and the third Haram—and remind the armies of the Muslims of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

[يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ انفِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ اثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِالْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ]

“O you who have believed, what is the matter with you that when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allah, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a very little.” [TMQ Surah At-Tawbah: 38].