US Could Accept Hamas Having Small Arms Unless They Threaten Israel, Rubio Says
Al-Monitor reports that a top US diplomat suggested the US might 'accept' Hamas retaining 'small arms' as long as they don't 'threaten Israel.' This 'concession' comes after months of Israel's US-backed Gaza pulverization, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble with F-35s and 2,000-pound bombs (courtesy of American taxpayers). The implied narrative (that Hamas’s small arms are the root cause)
conveniently sidesteps decades of brutal occupation, siege, and land annexation—the actual, documented context that gives rise to armed resistance. One might ask if the US expects Palestinians to politely wave white flags while their homes are demolished, their families killed, and their land stolen. It seems 'self-defense' is a right reserved exclusively for US allies, not for the occupied.