The Day the West Chose Hamas Over Black Africa

There is one day that will live in infamy.

December 12, 2023

On that single day, the West—and much of the global community, including a near-unanimous African bloc—made its choice clear.

While the bodies of 1,200 Israeli men, women, and children slaughtered on October 7 were still being identified, while Hamas was still holding hostages, including Black African foreign nationals (such as Tanzanian and Nepalese agricultural workers), while Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, JNIM, ISSP, and other jihadist groups continued their weekly massacres of Black Christians and civilians across the continent, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution ES-10/22 with a vote of 153 in favor, 10 against, 23 abstentions. It demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the unconditional release of all hostages, and unrestricted humanitarian access—but with no mention of Hamas by name, no explicit condemnation of its October 7 attacks (amendments to do so failed), and no reference to the ongoing jihadist war ravaging Black Africa.

The resolution’s clear message: Hamas gets a diplomatic lifeline. Israel gets condemned. Black Africa’s genocide gets ignored. That was the day the West chose Hamas over Black Africa.

Because every dollar, every truck, every resolution directed toward shielding Hamas was one that did not go to:

• The approximately 4,118 Nigerian Christians killed for faith-related reasons in the reporting period, comprising over 82% of the global total.
• The over 2 million internally displaced Black Africans in Burkina Faso fleeing jihadist networks.
• The Black Kenyan schoolgirls and others held or affected by Al-Shabaab, linked through ideological and Iranian patronage pipelines to Hamas.

The West did not just stay silent—it actively chose. It chose the executioner over the executed. The rapist over the raped. The Caliphate over Black Africa. And it did so on camera, in the General Assembly, while the blood was still fresh.

Africa’s Self-Betrayal: Aligning with Terror

This vote was not just Western indifference; it exposed a fatal alliance within the African bloc itself. Nearly every African state voted “Yes,” joining Iran and its allies to prioritize an anti-Israel narrative over their own citizens’ security.

Liberia was the sole African nation to vote Against. The rest—despite facing Iranian-backed jihadists at home—embraced a resolution that weaponized humanitarian language to protect Hamas, an Iranian proxy with a genocidal charter.

This misalignment is catastrophic: African leaders sided with the sponsors of Al-Shabaab, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), and Sahel insurgents—groups fueled by the same Iranian networks that arm Hamas. It signals indifference to the faith-based violence subsidized by those hands. The human cost is staggering. African “Yes” votes indicted their commitment to counter-extremism, sacrificing a vital Israel-Africa alliance in agriculture, technology, and security for symbolic geopolitics influenced by UN anti-Zionism and anti-Israel powers.

Two Years Later: The Consequences Unfold

Now, on December 13, 2025—the two-year anniversary—the repercussions are undeniable. Since the resolution’s “permissiveness” toward uncondemned terror, jihadist violence in Africa has surged, turning the Sahel into the global epicenter of terrorism. Over 51% of worldwide terrorism deaths in 2024 occurred there, with thousands more in 2025.

Key post-resolution trends and incidents:

• Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger): JNIM massacred 600+ in Barsalogho, Burkina Faso (Oct 2024); 7,800 civilian deaths in Burkina Faso’s first 7 months of 2024. ISSP expanded to 2,000–3,000 fighters; territorial gains in tri-border areas.
• Nigeria/Lake Chad: ISWAP drone attacks and massacres (>130 in Mafa Village, Sept 2024); ongoing faith-related killings.
• Somalia/East Africa: Al-Shabaab raids; IS-Somalia doubled to ~1,000 fighters, serving as a global IS hub.
• DRC/Mozambique: ISCAP caused highest global IS fatalities (2024); resurgence in Mozambique.
• Coastal West Africa (Benin, Togo): JNIM expansion with 52 deaths in Togo (2024).

This escalation—driven by local factors like governance failures and troop withdrawals—may have been indirectly emboldened by the resolution’s selective outrage. Jihadists exploited Gaza narratives for recruitment, portraying UN bias as a “global jihad” call. Resource diversion weakened African counterterrorism, allowing Iranian proxies to thrive. The implication: Black African lives—Christians, moderate Muslims, civilians—are deemed less urgent than shielding terrorists 4,000 miles away.

This was not diplomacy. It was a death sentence for every Black African refusing to bow to the black flag.

December 12, 2023. The day the West chose Hamas. The day Black Africa was sold.

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