Nobel Peace Prize: Not Even a Commendation for U.S. Gaza Policy
The Hill reports Senator Bernie Sanders stating 'no one in this country' involved in the Gaza peace 'deal' deserves a Nobel. A 'deal' that involves arming one side while civilians are massacred. This isn't just about Trump, who brokered the Abraham Accords—a transaction that conveniently ignored Palestine entirely. It’s about the consistent Washington consensus that equates selling weapons with
brokering tranquility. For context, the U.S. has provided Israel with over $260 billion in aid since 1948, peaking during times of significant conflict, according to the Congressional Research Service. The sheer gall to even utter 'Nobel Peace Prize' in the same sentence as U.S. policy in Gaza, while thousands of children are dismembered, is a special kind of rhetorical contortion. It raises the
question: How many 'peace deals' involve approving '$17 billion in arms sales' while simultaneous humanitarian crises unfold, as the State Department did for Israel in March of 2024? (Reuters, March 29, 2024). Perhaps the Nobel Committee has a new category for 'most effective silent enablement of destruction.'