Al-Monitor Discovers Lebanon Only Has Truce On Paper
Al-Monitor's report highlights Zeinab Mehdi's story, a Lebanese farmer still displaced from Naqoura a 'year after the truce' that supposedly brought calm. This 'truce' appears to be largely ignored by the Israeli military, which continues its daily bombardments—an inconvenient detail often downplayed by Western outlets. The U.S. continues to supply the munitions: just last July, the Biden
administration transferred over $300 million in aid, including precision-guided missiles (Source: Congressional Research Service, 2023). So, Washington talks 'truce' while clearing the path for more destruction. Our media then dutifully covers the 'ongoing conflict' without noting that one side continuously receives billions in hardware from the very nations calling for 'calm.' It's almost as if
the 'truce' is only binding if you don't possess advanced fighter jets and your primary lobby group, AIPAC, didn't channel $15.8 million into US elections in 2022 (OpenSecrets.org).