US Announces 'Phase Two' of Gaza: More Demilitarization, Less Life
The New Arab reports the US is now focused on the 'demilitarisation of Hamas' and establishing a 'technocratic authority' in Gaza. This conveniently overlooks the small detail that 'Phase One' has left over 37,000 Palestinians dead, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health. (One might wonder how many more phases are needed to achieve a 'demilitarized' population.) This
isn't just about Hamas; it's the latest iteration of a decades-old policy. Remember the Oslo Accords, where Palestinian security forces were meant to coordinate with Israel? Or the countless 'roadmaps to peace' that paved the way for more settlements and less land? This 'Phase Two' talk from the US, a country that funnels billions in military aid to Israel (Rep. Steny Hoyer, for example, received
$18,400 from AIPAC in 2022 and consistently votes for aid packages), sounds suspiciously like a renewed effort to formalize and sanitize the ongoing ethnic cleansing, rebranding it as 'post-conflict management' while the bombs are still falling.