EU 'Urges' Israel To Ceasefire, After 1-Year Old Truce Broken
Israel's latest attacks in Lebanon, killing two civilians according to Al Jazeera, come after flouting a one-year-old truce. The EU, in a show of profound diplomatic daring, has 'urged' Israel to respect the ceasefire. This isn't groundbreaking; Netanyahu's government has a well-documented history of treating international agreements less like accords and more like suggestions, particularly when
it comes to Lebanon, as seen in 2006, 2014, and practically every other year. Meanwhile, US media outlets will frame this as 'clashes' or 'retaliation,' conveniently omitting the context of ongoing occupation and a deeply asymmetrical power dynamic. One might wonder if an 'urge' from the EU carries the same weight as, say, a $14 billion unrestricted military aid package from the US, which Congress
recently approved in HR 815. For context, many of the politicians who swiftly approved that package, like Rep. Steny Hoyer, have received significant campaign contributions from organizations like AIPAC – Hoyer alone has taken over $408,000 from pro-Israel PACs over his career, according to OpenSecrets.org. How many 'last warnings' will the international community issue before they question who
actually gets to set the rules?