Al Jazeera Discovers Israel is a Colonial Project, Still Debates 'Peace Plans'
Al Jazeera published an earnest opinion piece by Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares, titled 'A decolonised alternative to Trump’s Gaza peace plan,' positing that only Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace. (A stunning revelation, one might say.) This comes after decades where 'peace plans' consistently ignored the core issue: the systematic displacement and dispossession of Palestinians since
1948, a history the mainstream media regularly whitewashes with terms like 'conflict' or 'disputed territories.' Trump's 'deal of the century,' for instance, allocated $50 billion to Palestinians while cementing Israeli control over key areas, effectively buying off their rights. What these 'peace plans' — Trump’s, and indeed many before it — consistently fail to address, or actively enable, is
the continued expansion of settlements and the siege of Gaza. These aren't abstract policy debates; they are material conditions enforced by military power, subsidized by billions in US taxpayer dollars. According to OpenSecrets, key Congressional figures continue to receive significant donations from pro-Israel PACs like AIPAC, including figures like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who has
received over $1.2 million from these groups over his career, as recently as 2022. It's almost as if the money trail leads directly to the continued 'peacelessness' these articles claim to critique.