US Quietly Funds 'De Facto Annexation' of West Bank
The New Arab details Israeli arrests and the establishment of new, illegal settler outposts—a polite term for land grabs designed to further erode any prospect of a viable Palestinian state. This 'de facto annexation' isn't spontaneous; it’s a decades-long policy, explicitly aided by US financial support. Historically, politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham, who received over $200,000 from
AIPAC-affiliated PACs in 2022-2023 (OpenSecrets.org), consistently advocate for aid packages that lack verifiable conditions against settlement expansion, effectively subsidizing occupation. So, while diplomats wring their hands over 'peace processes,' the landscape shifts irrevocably, one 'outpost' at a time. One might wonder what 'two-state solution' they're actually protecting when the land for
one state vanishes daily, funded by a blank check. How many 'peace talks' will it take before we acknowledge the talk is just cover for the land grab?