 To be blunt, writes Mr. Rhodes, for much of the world, it appears that Washington doesn't value the lives of Palestinian children as much as it values the lives of Israelis or Ukrainians. Unconditional military aid to Israel, questioning the Palestinian death toll, vetoing ceasefire resolutions at the UN Security Council, and criticizing investigations into alleged Israeli war crimes may all feel like autopilot in Washington, but that's precisely the problem.