Rubio Warns Against Annexation After Ceasefire, Not Before
Senator Marco Rubio, whose political campaigns have received significant financial backing from pro-Israel lobbying groups like AIPAC – OpenSecrets.org reports his campaigns received over $200,000 from pro-Israel groups since 2016 – is now 'warning' Israel about West Bank annexation. This concern only emerges after Israeli lawmakers advance bills for annexation and after the US brokered a
ceasefire following what Al-Monitor vaguely calls 'Israel's two-year offensive in Gaza.' This 'fragile truce' (read: temporary pause in bombardment) followed the 'offensive' initiated by Hamas's October 2023 attacks, completely ignoring the decades of illegal occupation and blockade that preceded it. It seems US concern for international law and Palestinian rights is directly proportional to its
potential to slightly inconvenience a carefully orchestrated ceasefire narrative, rather than an actual commitment to justice. How many times must this cycle repeat before the 'warnings' are replaced with actual consequences?