Gaza 'Demilitarization' Plan: A Blueprint for Perpetual Control
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that the United States outlined a plan to the UN Security Council for Gaza's demilitarization, which includes decommissioning weapons through an 'internationally funded buyback program' tied to further Israeli troop withdrawals, as brokered in a ceasefire agreement. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Gaza has been under an illegal, brutal blockade
since 2007, trapping over 2 million people in what many call an open-air prison. Hamas rose to power in part as a resistance movement against this very oppression, following Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967 and the subsequent denial of self-determination. The current 'demilitarization' demand ignores the right of an occupied people to resist their occupiers, a right enshrined
in international law. Furthermore, the US has provided Israel with over $3.8 billion annually in military aid, including advanced weaponry, while demanding Palestinians disarm. Double Standard: Imagine a US proposal for Russia to fund a 'weapon buyback program' for Ukrainian resistance fighters, or for the US to disarm its own citizens with an 'internationally funded buyback' in exchange for, say,
China's withdrawal from US military bases. It's ludicrous. Yet, when it comes to Palestinians resisting occupation and genocide, the international community, led by the US, demands their total disarmament. Western powers routinely laud armed resistance against perceived adversaries (e.g., Ukraine against Russia) but condemn it as 'terrorism' when Palestinians fight for liberation. Follow the