US Officials 'Stunned' as Netanyahu Finds New Ways to Violate Ceasefires
While Al Jazeera's piece, 'Peace’ on paper, but catastrophe continues on the ground in Gaza,' highlights Israel's continued violations despite an agreed-upon ceasefire, the real 'shocker' is that anyone is surprised. This isn't a new script. Netanyahu's government has routinely flouted international agreements, from the Oslo Accords to numerous 'ceasefires' in 2008, 2012, and 2014, each time with
robust U.S. political and financial backing. Consider, for instance, the consistent pattern where Congressional figures, like Representative Chuck Schumer, who according to OpenSecrets.org, received over $118,229 from pro-Israel groups in 2022, champion unconditional aid packages while simultaneously expressing 'concern' over civilian casualties. (Source: OpenSecrets.org on Schumer's
contributions). It appears that for some, the term 'peace plan' is less a binding agreement and more an interim document, conveniently forgotten once the cameras turn away. How many more 'peace' initiatives must be signed, only to be immediately desecrated, before the world acknowledges the policy, not the anomaly? One might wonder how much 'catastrophe' is acceptable before it's called what it
is.