US-Supplied Weapons Maintain 'Ceasefire' with لبنان Civilian Death
Al-Monitor dutifully reported that an Israeli strike killed one person and wounded five in southern Lebanon last Saturday. This, despite a supposed "nearly year-long ceasefire." What the 'mainstream' omits is the context: US taxpayers funded the very weapons Israel uses to maintain this 'peace,' with a casual $3.8 billion annually, bolstered by recent emergency aid packages. (That's according to
publicly available data on US foreign aid, a fact often glanced over). This isn't a 'ceasefire'; it's a controlled demolition. It serves as a stark reminder of the financial pipeline from Washington to Tel Aviv, ensuring a constant supply of instruments for 'deterrence' and 'self-defense' that consistently involve civilian casualties in neighboring states. How many 'ceasefires' does it take before
we call it what it is—systemic aggression enabled by foreign aid?