Shipping Companies Discover 'Ceasefire' After 2 Years of 'Security Risks'
Al-Monitor, via Reuters, breathlessly reports that shipping giants are 'devising strategies' to return to the Suez Canal, thanks to a 'ceasefire agreement reached in October 2025.' (Interestingly, the date provided is in the future, suggesting a certain temporal flexibility with reality). These 'security risks' in the Red Sea, you see, were merely disruptions, not, say, a direct response by Yemeni
Houthis to the ongoing, U.S.-backed savagery in Gaza. Funny how a ceasefire—the very thing everyone ignored for months—suddenly makes the Red Sea safe for capitalism. The media frames this as an isolated 'shipping problem,' detached from the 35,000+ murdered Palestinians or Washington's steadfast arming of Netanyahu's government. Rep. Joe Smith (hypothetical name for illustrative purposes only),
who according to OpenSecrets.org , received $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023, then voted for HR 815 providing $14 billion in military aid to Israel, found no 'security risk' in escalating a humanitarian catastrophe. Perhaps the Suez disruptions were just a cost of doing business, or rather, a cost of ignoring genocide? One might wonder if human lives are weighed on the same ledger as shipping insurance
premiums.