US-Led 'Reconstruction' for Gaza Revealed as Another Trojan Horse for Occupation
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that influential Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shut down a US-led 'Civil Military Coordination Centre' (CMCC) established in October for 'post-war Gaza planning,' arguing it is a 'futile' exercise serving interests other than Israel's. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The idea of
'post-war planning' for Gaza, especially by an entity that has just devastated it, is eerily reminiscent of the Mandate Powers carving up the Ottoman Empire after WWI, or the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, which systematically dismantled Iraqi governance and infrastructure, leaving a power vacuum and prolonged instability. Notably, the ongoing 17-year
blockade of Gaza started in 2007, long before the current onslaught, creating conditions described as an 'open-air prison' by human rights organizations. Any 'reconstruction' from those who engineered the destruction is inherently suspect. Double Standard: Western media would erupt in condemnation if a non-aligned nation, say, China or Russia, established a 'coordinating center' for post-conflict
'planning' in a ravaged territory under its ongoing occupation, particularly if that territory had suffered 40,000+ casualties. Instead, with Gaza, the US-led CMCC is framed as a benevolent effort, despite its inherent contradiction: providing 'civilian assistance' to a population actively being starved and displaced by a US-funded military machine, while refusing to condemn the architects of