Europe Discusses Gaza's 'Day After,' Forgetting 'Day Before'
France is hosting European and Arab ministers to discuss the 'day after' Gaza's 'conflict' ends, according to Al-Monitor. This comes hours after another temporary ceasefire was agreed upon—a diplomatic dance as predictable as the violence it pauses. These are the same international bodies that have repeatedly called for 'two-state solutions' while actively funding or ignoring the expansion of
illegal settlements, effectively erasing the very possibility of a viable Palestinian state. One might wonder if any of these esteemed attendees will interrogate the 'day before' this current catastrophe: the billions in US military aid to Israel, the consistent vetoes of UN resolutions protecting Palestinians, or the silence from European capitals as Netanyahu's government (which received over
$3.8 billion from Washington in 2023) continued its policies. Planning for a 'day after' without accountability for the 'day before' isn't diplomacy; it's an elaborate public relations exercise for complicity.