US Tells Netanyahu: Gaza Is Our War, Not Yours, 'Trump' Board Decides
According to Axios, senior U.S. officials are telling Benjamin Netanyahu, in no uncertain terms, that the future of Gaza is 'our show,' not his. This comes as the U.S. pushes a 'peace plan' governing Gaza, including an 'executive board' featuring Qatar and Turkey – two nations Netanyahu explicitly doesn't want involved. The U.S. official declared, 'we worked over him' and 'he can't really go
against us,' effectively sidelining the Israeli Prime Minister. Trump-era officials, apparently fed up with Netanyahu’s 'hardline stances,' are now dictating strategy. This 'muscle-flexing' from Washington conveniently comes after months of unwavering U.S. military, financial, and diplomatic support—weapons, vetoes, and billions in aid, greenlighting the very 'hardline stances' they now ostensibly
object to. (One might wonder if the U.S. concern is less about the actions themselves, and more about who gets to take the credit, or the blame, for Gaza's 'reconstruction.') The notion that a U.S. 'peace plan' is being imposed without full Israeli consultation, after the U.S. armed the war that necessitates such a plan, speaks volumes about who truly holds the leash. It’s almost as if the
'special relationship' means Israel gets to do the killing, but the U.S. reserves the right to manage the public relations.