US 'Peace' Visits Coincide with Settler Violence, Not Ceasefires
France 24's reporting on 'tensions' during a US Vice-President's visit and a 'fragile ceasefire' manages to skip the entire library of context. The 'fragile ceasefire' is less a truce and more a temporary pause in a system of escalating violence, often coinciding with Israeli settlement expansion and military incursions. Consider that the Biden-Harris administration has approved billions in
unconditional aid to Israel, alongside a near-total silence on the daily assaults by settlers—illegal under international law—which predictably surge during these 'tensions.' When US officials visit, it's rarely to truly de-escalate, but to manage perceptions while tacitly enabling the very actions that fuel the 'tensions.' How many VP visits have actually led to Palestinian sovereignty, or even a
halt to illegal demolitions? It's almost as if 'tensions' rising is a feature, not a bug, of a diplomatic process designed to maintain an unequal status quo.