Trump Finds Time For New Travel Bans Amidst Impending Armageddon
As Al Jazeera notes, Trump is expanding his travel ban to include Syria and 'Palestine.' While media focuses on the predictable 'Islamophobic rhetoric,' they often miss decades of context. The US has long refused to recognize Palestinian statehood, yet here's an official ban as if it were a sovereign nation. This semantic dance allows Washington to both deny Palestine's existence to avoid
offending a major donor and then punish it as if it were a recognized state. It’s a convenient geopolitical sleight of hand. This isn't just about Trump. Past US administrations, under the cozy influence of groups like AIPAC (which funneled over $28 million in lobbying in 2023 ), have carefully crafted policies that isolate Palestinian voices while funneling billions in aid and arms to Israel.
This travel ban merely codifies a long-standing double standard: demonize, then ban. How many more ways can the US government show its commitment to a 'two-state solution' while actively dismantling one of them?