Do fear the reaper.
The Palestinians are returning to their homes after the ceasefire\; picking bodies from the rubble in the relative peace of the eye of a hurricane. However, there is no politically viable solution in sight; None which recognises their humanity.
Before the invasion of Gaza: I predicted that the real Israeli objective was not about defeating Hamas or freeing hostages but about ethnically cleansing all Palestinians from Gaza. Trump (and many Israeli politicians) are now saying out loud that this is the explicit aim. I take no pleasure in being right about this. 47,000 Palestinians (at a conservative estimate) are dead. Many, many more are seriously injured and mutilated, illness is rife and all of the hospitals have been destroyed. Is anyone still pretending that this is not a genocide?
Yet no end is in sight. The Trump administration and the Netanyahu one are in complete lockstep in their desire to force all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Because they place zero value on Palestinian life and are zealots for the Zionist cause: this plan will involve more munitions and more horror. It will also involve threatening Israel's neighbouring countries to comply.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07kpjyzgllo
Trump has already threatened allied nations so it needs no crystal ball to predict that he will threaten Egypt and Jordan with sanctions and withdrawal of aid. Anthony Blinken used normal diplomatic pressure to try and get the Egyptian government to take in the Palestinians but they refused because their population was already appalled by what Israel has done and may try to overthrow their leaders if they were complicit in the second Nakba. Giving a helping hand to the ethnic cleansing of Muslims could incite a second Arab Spring.
Trump doesn't care. Jordan and Eygpt need the aid they get from America and Trump hates foreign aid anyway. He will say it is 'their problem.' That this will further destabilize the region and create misery for millions does not concern them.
If this plan comes to pass: Shock and awe violence from the IDF and America's 'diplomatic' arm twisting is going to lead to massive refugee camps full of starving and traumatised people with little or no hope of returning to their homeland. However, many more will have to die first. Israel will expand its territory as per its religious right and the successive US governments - along with most of the 'civilised' West - will have 'protected' an ally.
Before the invasion of Gaza: I predicted that the real Israeli objective was not about defeating Hamas or freeing hostages but about ethnically cleansing all Palestinians from Gaza. Trump (and many Israeli politicians) are now saying out loud that this is the explicit aim. I take no pleasure in being right about this. 47,000 Palestinians (at a conservative estimate) are dead. Many, many more are seriously injured and mutilated, illness is rife and all of the hospitals have been destroyed. Is anyone still pretending that this is not a genocide?
Yet no end is in sight. The Trump administration and the Netanyahu one are in complete lockstep in their desire to force all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Because they place zero value on Palestinian life and are zealots for the Zionist cause: this plan will involve more munitions and more horror. It will also involve threatening Israel's neighbouring countries to comply.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07kpjyzgllo
Trump has already threatened allied nations so it needs no crystal ball to predict that he will threaten Egypt and Jordan with sanctions and withdrawal of aid. Anthony Blinken used normal diplomatic pressure to try and get the Egyptian government to take in the Palestinians but they refused because their population was already appalled by what Israel has done and may try to overthrow their leaders if they were complicit in the second Nakba. Giving a helping hand to the ethnic cleansing of Muslims could incite a second Arab Spring.
Trump doesn't care. Jordan and Eygpt need the aid they get from America and Trump hates foreign aid anyway. He will say it is 'their problem.' That this will further destabilize the region and create misery for millions does not concern them.
If this plan comes to pass: Shock and awe violence from the IDF and America's 'diplomatic' arm twisting is going to lead to massive refugee camps full of starving and traumatised people with little or no hope of returning to their homeland. However, many more will have to die first. Israel will expand its territory as per its religious right and the successive US governments - along with most of the 'civilised' West - will have 'protected' an ally.
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