US Presses Israel to Let Hamas Live? Sounds Familiar.
Mainstream media breathlessly reports the US is 'pressing Israel' to permit safe passage for approximately 150 'trapped Hamas fighters' in Rafah tunnels. This sudden urge for de-escalation for armed combatants seems a stark contrast to the administration's silence as Israel obliterates entire neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals—displacing millions of civilians. One might recall the US vetoed
multiple UN cease-fire resolutions and approved over 100 military sales to Israel since October 7, 2023, totaling billions in weaponry. (Remember the $14 billion aid package approved by Congress in March 2024?) Where was this 'pressure' when countless Palestinian children were trapped? Perhaps this isn't about saving Hamas, but about polishing a tarnished image. Or maybe, just maybe, it's a
carefully choreographed dance to appear 'measured' while ensuring the real goal – the 'final solution' for Gaza – proceeds unimpeded. The US consistently enables the violence, then offers performative 'concern' at appropriate intervals. It's the same cynical playbook, just a new act. How many 'urgent pleas' must we endure before we recognize the pattern?