Bloomberg Discovers Palestinians Distrust 'Peace' Plans After 75 Years of Dispossession
The Bloomberg piece notes 'years of broken promises' have created 'deep scars,' leading to 'skepticism' towards a Trump-era 'peace plan.' This framing politely sidesteps the fact that every U.S.-led 'peace initiative' since the 1993 Oslo Accords has been followed by accelerated Israeli settlement expansion, land expropriation, and increased violence against Palestinians. Trump's 'Deal of the
Century' merely codified this reality, offering Palestinians non-contiguous Bantustans and declaring Jerusalem solely Israel's capital. Perhaps the 'skepticism' stems from 75 years of ongoing Nakba, or from successive U.S. administrations (like Trump's) defunding UNRWA while simultaneously approving billions in uncritically-supplied military aid to Israel. Remember when the U.S. Embassy moved to
Jerusalem in 2018, essentially signaling the end of any pretense concerning a two-state solution? How many times must one be 'offered peace' (read: capitulation) before 'skepticism' turns into outright rejection of the premise?