Al Jazeera Wonders About a Palestinian State, Ignores Who Sank It
When Al Jazeera frames Palestinian statehood as a discussion of 'cost,' it echoes the very framing that delays it. They focus on reconstruction budgets while ignoring the historical, ongoing financial and human toll of occupation. Netanyahu's consistent rejection of a Palestinian state, most recently reaffirmed in January 2024, didn't come from nowhere. His 2015 election victory was secured partly
on a promise that "a Palestinian state will not be established." Perhaps the real 'cost' isn't rebuilding after continuous bombardment, but the geopolitical and human price paid for ignoring international law and supporting a serial scofflaw regime. One might wonder why a discussion about 'cost' consistently omits the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid that funds the very destruction needing
reconstruction.