US Troops Land in Israel Just as Gaza Finds Rubble
AP reports Palestinians trek back to Gaza's annihilated neighborhoods, two years of Israeli bombardment turning homes into 'dust.' UNICEF's Tess Ingram notes a ceasefire 'stops the killing and injuring of children,' but requires 'a surge of humanitarian aid.' One wonders, how many times will NGOs 'surge' aid into Gaza after Israel reduces it to dust? This cyclical destruction-and-rebuild charade
has played out repeatedly since 2008, each ceasefire merely a pause for rearmament and reconsolidation. The US military, meanwhile, lands 200 troops in Israel, ostensibly for 'hostage retrieval and ceasefire monitoring.' Oddly, they didn't deploy to prevent the initial destruction. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a fervent supporter of aid to Israel—who received $26,000 from AIPAC in 2022—has,
like many colleagues, consistently voted for unconditional billions in military aid without ever prioritizing the structural conditions that make such 'humanitarian surges' necessary. It’s almost as if the 'aid' is designed to maintain the status quo, not actually resolve it.