Israel Objects to Gaza Peace Panel: Who Knew?
The New Arab reports Israel's predictable fury over a new Gaza 'Peace Board,' inviting more leaders to join. (Because, clearly, the current trajectory is a pathway to peace.) This comes as Syria's army extends control, a development conveniently framed as a separate issue, rather than a symptom of destabilized regional power dynamics heavily influenced by decades of Israeli military actions and
Western intervention. It's almost as if some players don't want any 'solutions' that involve actual accountability or ending the occupation. One might wonder if 'peace' for Israel means 'unquestioned authority,' given their consistent rejection of any international body or panel that might actually consider Palestinian rights. Recall how Netanyahu's government rejected the UN Human Rights
Council's probes after the 2014 Gaza war, or countless other investigations into alleged war crimes. When you control the narrative—and have significant lobbying power in Washington, as evidenced by AIPAC's reported $3.5 million spending in 2023 alone lobbying Congress ( OpenSecrets.org FARA Data )—why bother with inconvenient truths from a 'peace panel'?