By Walt Zlotow
The tremendous support given to Trump’s second ceasefire in Israel’s genocide in Gaza ignores reality and history.
How quickly the Trump high-fivers forget Israel abandoned Trump’s first ceasefire that lasted from January 19 to March 18. During that time Israel continued to kill hundreds of Palestinians while restricting food, water and medicine. Then, with Trump’s bombs, they resumed their grotesque genocide further obliterating Gaza while killing tens of thousands more Palestinians.
The first ceasefire released 33 Israeli hostages, leaving 48 to languish as Israel returned to their first priority, ridding Gaza of its Palestinians not yet disappeared. It took nearly 7 months for pressure to build on Israel to agree to a second ceasefire to return remaining hostages, 20 living and 28 dead.
But like Ceasefire 1, Ceasefire 2 is just genocidal ethnic cleansing by subtler means. In the first 9 days, Israel’s military has killed or wounded nearly 400 Palestinians, while again restricting food, water and medicine. Israel still occupies over half of Gaza, establishing yellow lines forbidding Palestinians to cross.
On ceasefire day 10 Israel unleased massive air strikes across Gaza. In their most grotesque ceasefire violation, Israel bombed a vehicle that strayed across Israel’s yellow line, killing 11 family members including 3 women and 7 kids.
Was Trump outraged? Only at Hamas who he’s threatening to obliterate by giving Israel the green light to ‘finish the job.’
This should surprise no one with a moral conscience. Israel has been violating the ceasefire in Lebanon for nearly a year. During that time they’ve killed over 4,000 Lebanese, destroyed tens of thousands of homes and gobbled up 5 Lebanese areas.
That’s some ceasefire you negotiated, Mr. Trump. All you accomplished is delay Israel’s one and only goal…bringing a Palestinian free Gaza into Greater Israel.
Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Glen Ellyn IL
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There was never any real intention to stop the conflict in Gaza. This was just a sneaky way to get the “hostages” back, Netanyahu has repeatedly said his aim was the extermination of Hamas and Trump has told the world of his dream for a Gazan riviera.
Trump and Netanyahu have more in common than their ability to talk with forked tongue.
Not only a butcher but a liar and a scoundrel, Netanyahu is totally untrustworthy. Surely even the dickhead Trump can see he has no genuine interstin peace even if every living Hamas operative gave themselves up or committed suicide. Trump must stop supporting Israel militarily.
It seems more a recess to allow Netanyahu to restock weapons and come up with new plans to remove the Palestinians. All with the blessings of the orange madman of course.
Uh, the demented orange seems to be rapidly losing what’s left of his mind.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-bizarrely-claims-he-greenlit-deadly-pager-attacks/
Israels’ right wing power base are planning to quickly invade and occupy the West bank in an attempt to sabotage peace talks and the efforts towards creating a Palestinian state.
The enemy within!