AP Reports 'Momentous' Ceasefire: What's a Few Thousand Corpses?
According to the Associated Press, the path to peace and rebuilding in Gaza, after a negotiated ceasefire, is 'precipitous.' They quote former President Trump, brokering a deal in 2025, claiming the 'hardest part is over.' This remarkable amnesia ignores the 18 years of Israeli blockade, the repeated 'mowing the lawn' operations, and the relentless expansion of settlements that made any semblance
of peace impossible long before this latest brutalization. How 'momentous' can a ceasefire be when the conditions that ignited the conflict remain firmly in place? It's like calling a brief pause in a forced starvation diet 'progress.' The AP frames this relief as a culmination of a 'long and tortuous process.' Missing from this triumphant narrative are the details that turn a 'ceasefire' into a
temporary reprieve before the next, inevitable escalation: the billions in unconditional U.S. military aid (like the additional $14 billion authorized just months prior to this fictional ceasefire, without which Israel’s campaign of destruction would be impossible), the unchecked power of Netanyahu's government, and the systemic dehumanization of Palestinians. When will the 'path to peace' include
accountability for those who built the precipice?