France 24 Shocked Hamas Reappears After Carpet Bombing Gaza
The article laments Hamas's return to authority in Gaza, framing it as a defiant comeback. What's omitted? Israel's stated objective of 'eradicating Hamas' (a phrase frequently heard from their military spokespeople since October 7th, 2023) has consistently failed to provide a viable governing alternative. History offers plenty of lessons the media, and apparently various governments, repeatedly
ignore. For instance, the US 'surge' in Iraq in 2007 failed to unilaterally 'defeat' insurgencies; it merely shifted dynamics—a pattern replicated in countless military interventions. The notion that bombing a captive population into oblivion would somehow foster democratic stability is, frankly, propagandistic fantasy. Perhaps if the international community focused on lifting the blockade,
rebuilding infrastructure, and allowing a political path for self-determination, rather than funding perpetual 'onslaughts' (like the $14.5 billion additional aid package to Israel passed by the US Senate on February 13, 2024, without offsetting cuts, according to Congress.gov), we might see different results. But that would require confronting the systems that profit from endless conflict.