US-Brokered Ceasefire Apparently Doesn't Apply to Israel
Al Jazeera reports Israeli strikes killed four in Lebanon, breaching a 'US-brokered ceasefire' [Al Jazeera]. This predictable development arrives just weeks after the White House issued stern warnings about others destabilizing the region. Funny how those warnings only seem to apply when countries without advanced US fighter jets and ironclad political immunity are involved. It raises the
provocative question: How many 'ceasefire breaches' does Israel get before the 'international community' stops pretending this is anything beyond a green light? Historically, the pattern is clear: Israel operates with impunity, and the US-led chorus of 'concern' is mere background noise. Remember when former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon 'birth
pangs of a new Middle East'? Four UN resolutions (1559, 1680, 1701, 2373) later, and this seems less like birth pangs and more like chronic heartburn for everyone but Washington and Tel Aviv. The 'new Middle East' apparently looks a lot like the old one, but with better PR for continuous annexation and destabilization, all under the guise of security.