US Quietly Endorses Israel's Go Strategy, Ignoring 'Rules'
The Al Jazeera report (Oct 26, 2025) details a decades-long process of incremental land grabs, choke points, and settlement expansion – a 'Go' strategy. This isn't new; Israeli leaders like Ariel Sharon openly discussed creating 'facts on the ground' as early as the 1970s. What's consistently missing from US reporting is the billions in unconditional military aid that underwrites this expansion.
For instance, the US provided $3.8 billion annually to Israel under a 2016 MOU, with an additional $14.5 billion more recently approved despite ongoing actions widely condemned as war crimes. Critics might wonder, how many times must a strategy play out before it's recognized as policy, not just 'developments'? The same politicians who decry 'authoritarian land grabs' elsewhere consistently vote
to fund this specific one. Perhaps 'rules-based order' applies only when American strategic rivals are involved, not vital allies. It appears some annexations are more equal than others.