US 'Stabilisation Force' in Gaza: The Occupation Rebrand
📰 THE STORY: Mainstream reports, citing Israeli media, indicate the US plans to announce an 'International Stabilisation Force' for Gaza in the coming days, purportedly to ensure security and aid distribution post-conflict. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'stabilisation' force echoes similar strategies seen throughout imperial history. From the UN 'peacekeeping' mission
in Congo after the murder of Patrice Lumumba (1960-64), which benefited Western mining interests, to the NATO 'intervention' in Libya (2011) that destabilized the entire region and led to current slave markets, 'stabilisation' often means imposing external control and thwarting authentic local governance. The Nakba of 1948, where 750,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed, set the stage for
such 'solutions' that deny Palestinian agency. Double Standard: Western media would rightly decry any 'stabilisation force' imposed by a rival power in Ukraine, for example, as an invasion and an assault on sovereignty. Yet, for Gaza, a territory under 17 years of Israeli blockade now experiencing genocide, such a force is framed as a necessary, benign intervention. Imagine the outrage if an
'international force' were proposed to 'stabilize' a European nation without the consent of its democratically elected (or even recognized) government. Follow the Money: The creation and maintenance of such a force means massive contracts for private military contractors and defense companies – the same entities that profit from conflicts like the current one. US military aid to Israel, at an