Al Jazeera Discovers Israel, Lebanon Talk After 40 Years of US-Funded Silence
Al Jazeera heralds 'first direct talks in 40 years' between Lebanon and Israel, as if US foreign policy wasn't actively funding the power imbalance that prevented these talks for decades. While "war fears rise" today, (one might wonder why—perhaps after a steady diet of US-funded Israeli aggression), where was the concern when Israel occupied southern Lebanon for 18 years, or when it received
billions in US military aid annually ? These 'talks' now happen not because a sudden desire for peace struck, but because the region is a powder keg the US helped pack. After decades of supporting Israel's military dominance, Washington suddenly remembers diplomacy when its proxies are overextended. One might ask: how many lives and how much infrastructure damage could have been avoided if 'direct
talks' were promoted instead of Apache helicopters (which Israel received $14.5 billion worth of funding from the US in 2023 Source: SIPRI Arms Industry Database ) for 40 years?