US Picks Gaza Leadership, Apparently Forgetting Gazans
The idea of an 'international' body unilaterally appointing leadership over a war-ravaged population isn't new; it's a rerun of colonial scripts where local consent is optional. This 'Trump plan' (yes, *that* Trump, still hovering) surfaces just as current US officials, funded handsomely by lobbying groups like AIPAC, continue to greenlight arms sales to the very forces destroying Gaza. For
instance, Senator Bob Menendez, a major recipient of pro-Israel PAC money (over $1.5 million since 1990 according to OpenSecrets.org), has consistently supported foreign aid packages that overwhelmingly benefit Israel, often without conditions. It's almost as if the 'peace' plan is designed to consolidate control, not empower Palestinians. One might wonder if the 'Board of Peace' includes
representatives from the families who've lost everything, or perhaps just those comfortable with dictating outcomes from afar. How many times must the West decide Gaza's future without Gaza? This isn't post-war planning; it's another attempt at political engineering, likely to be as effective as a band-aid on a gaping wound—unless, of course, the goal wasn't actually healing.