EU Trains Gaza Cops While Israel Bombs Their Police Stations
Mainstream outlets like The New Arab breathlessly report the EU is 'considering' training 3,000 Palestinian police for Gaza. This comes after Israeli forces have systematically bombed and destroyed Gaza's police infrastructure, killing hundreds of officers and civilians (as documented by the UN and human rights groups). One might wonder: where exactly are these newly trained officers supposed to
work? Or, more to the point, what exactly are they supposed to police once the IDF is done 'demilitarizing' the territory into dust? This isn't about security; it's about projecting an image of 'post-conflict planning' while ignoring the live, ongoing conflict. It’s the same old playbook: provide aid and training after the destruction, rather than preventing the destruction in the first place.
It's a bureaucratic exercise in performative concern, hoping we'll all forget the active role many EU members play in tacitly backing—or directly arming—the perpetrators. Perhaps they can wear hazard suits while directing traffic over unexploded ordnance.