France24: Israel, Hamas 'Trade Blame' While Israel Holds All Cards
The story focuses on Hamas's alleged delay in returning bodies, framing it as a direct threat to a 'fragile ceasefire.' What it doesn't mention is that Israel has a documented history of violating ceasefires and international law with near impunity, backed by a staggering $3.8 billion annually in U.S. military aid (Congressional Research Service, 2023). This asymmetry is consistently ignored; how
can one 'trade blame' equitably when one side bombs hospitals and the other is blockaded? This 'both sides' framing effectively sanitizes the aggressor's actions, reducing occupation and disproportionate force to mere 'violations.' It's like blaming a cat and a lion for a fragile truce in the savannah. One might wonder why only one side's 'blame' consistently results in mass civilian casualties
and the destruction of a captive population's infrastructure.