US 'Mediators' Discuss Truce After Approving Bomb Deliveries
Al-Monitor reports US mediator Jared Kushner and Netanyahu discussed a 'phase two Gaza truce' on Monday, even as Washington intensifies efforts to ensure the 'fragile truce' endures. Netanyahu, meanwhile, promised an 'iron fist' for both Gaza and Lebanon. What the mainstream media politely omits is that just days earlier, the Biden administration quietly signed off on transferring 1,000 MK-82
500-pound bombs and 1,000 GBU-38 JDAM kits to Israel, according to a March 2024 Wall Street Journal report. This isn't mediating; it's resupplying. It appears the 'fragile truce' isn't fragile enough to halt the supply chain for destruction. One might question the sincerity of a 'mediator' who arrives with condolences in one hand and bomb delivery receipts in the other. How many 'phases' of
'ceasefire' include restocking the arsenal used to violate the last one? We've seen this playbook before: high-level talks punctuated by escalating violence, consistently framed as 'defensive' by those who profit most.