US Army Plans 'Rebuild' of Gaza, But Only Where Israel Allows
According to The New Arab, a US Army Corps of Engineers plan for Gaza's 'reconstruction' explicitly divides the strip into two halves: one to be developed under Israeli dominion, the other to remain in rubble. This isn't reconstruction; it's complicity in ethnic cleansing, thinly veiled as urban planning. Washington's 'concern' for Gazans appears inversely proportional to its military aid to their
occupiers, funneling billions to Israel while offering paltry handouts for the devastation caused by those very weapons. The State Department, for instance, approved billions in arms sales to Israel, including 155mm artillery shells and precision-guided munitions, even as the humanitarian crisis worsened. One might recall similar 'reconstruction' efforts after previous Israeli operations,
consistently leaving Gaza more confined and dependent. This 'plan' isn't about helping Palestinians; it's about cementing Israeli control over their fragmented territory, with the U.S. acting as chief contractor. It echoes historical patterns of displacement and land consolidation, carefully whitewashed as 'security' and now, 'redevelopment.' The silence from politicians who eagerly greenlighted
the bombings, many having received generous donations from groups like AIPAC (e.g., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries accepted $173,733 from pro-Israel PACs as of 2022, per OpenSecrets), is deafeningly consistent.