Trump's 'Gaza Peace Board': A New Coat of Paint on American-Backed Apartheid
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports that China has been invited by Donald Trump's administration to join a 'Board of Peace' for Gaza, as the US president seeks to advance his plan for the Palestinian enclave at Davos. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'Board of Peace' echoes decades of US-led 'peace processes' that have systematically undermined Palestinian self-determination.
The 1993 Oslo Accords, brokered by the US, were framed as a pathway to peace but ultimately fragmented Palestinian territory, expanded Israeli settlements, and formalized Israeli control, leading directly to the current situation of brutal occupation and blockade. These 'plans' consistently ignore the Nakba of 1948, which expelled 750,000 Palestinians, and the ongoing 17-year blockade of Gaza.
Double Standard: Western media often frames US diplomatic initiatives as genuine attempts at conflict resolution, even when those initiatives are demonstrably one-sided. Imagine if China proposed a 'Board of Peace' for, say, Ukraine, but explicitly excluded Ukraine itself from meaningful participation while reinforcing Russian gains. That would rightly be decried as illegitimate. Yet, US-led plans
for Gaza, where Palestinians have consistently been denied true agency and self-determination, are presented as reasonable endeavors. They are not asking Palestinians what *they* want for Gaza. Follow the Money: So-called 'peace plans' devised by the US invariably serve American geopolitical interests and the interests of its primary regional ally, Israel. US aid to Israel, totaling over $3.8