US Diplomacy: The Illusion of Impartiality
Let's follow the trail: CASE A: The Biden Administration's 'Board of Peace' The White House, according to The New Arab , is reportedly planning a meeting for a 'Board of Peace' on Gaza, aligning with an initiative originally conceived by the Trump administration. This 'board' is described as an effort to assemble regional leaders to discuss the 'day after' scenario for Gaza. The timing, coinciding
with an ongoing visit by Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington, suggests a coordinated effort to present a unified diplomatic front, or at least a framework that accommodates Israeli security priorities. The framing emphasizes 'stability' and 'reconstruction,' implicitly reducing the conflict to a humanitarian and governance problem, rather than one of occupation and self-determination. The direct
involvement of a US-led initiative, without clear Palestinian leadership or consent for its terms, fits a pattern of imposed solutions. CASE B: Historical 'Peace' Initiatives in the Middle East Historically, US-led 'peace' frameworks in the Middle East have frequently prioritized the interests of dominant regional powers and their Western allies over those of the Palestinian people. Consider the
1993 Oslo Accords, which established the Palestinian Authority but notably failed to end Israeli occupation or establish a truly sovereign Palestinian state. While lauded as a step towards peace, the Accords' incremental and conditional approach created a dependent Palestinian entity while allowing continued settlement expansion (see, for example, analysis by the Palestinian Centre for Human