Trump presented his ethnic cleansing plan as if he had the best interests of the Palestinians at heart. As if he was saving them from a disaster-prone earthquake zone, not from a genocidal neighbour he counts as Washington’s closest ally. His comments were greeted with shock and horror in western and Arab capitals. Everyone is distancing themselves from his blatant backing for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s population.
But these are the same leaders who kept silent through 15 months of Israel’s levelling of Gaza’s homes, hospitals, schools, universities, libraries, government buildings, mosques, churches and bakeries. Then, they spoke of Israel’s right to “defend itself” even as Israel caused so much damage the United Nations warned it would take up to 80 years to rebuild the territory - that is, four generations.
What did they think would happen at the end of the wrecking spree they armed and fully supported? Did they imagine the people of Gaza could survive for years without homes, or hospitals, or schools, or water systems, or electricity? They knew this was the outcome: destitute Palestinians would either risk death in the ruins or be forced to move out.
And western politicians not only let it happen, they told us it was “proportionate”, it was necessary. They smeared anyone who dissented, anyone who called for a ceasefire, anyone who went on a protest march as an antisemite and a Jew hater.
How can he have leverage over hostages he has no access to? If Israel says, “give us more funding and we won’t bomb the hostages and we will work to free them,” then that’s what Biden did. Do I think he did well? No. But that’s not my argument, whether Biden did well. My argument is what Trump did behind the scenes.
Trump coordinated with Netanyahu and Putin who were in charge of their respective countries. Trump didn’t have to be president for this, obviously, it wouldn’t have worked if he was because he’d be blackmailing himself lol.
Maybe if you keep chanting “it makes zero sense,” it’ll be true 👍 Israel isn’t “in charge” of the US (source needed, you sound like MTG and Jewish Space Lasers ppl) but they certainly were using our hostages against us.
By forcing Israel to accept the ceasefire deal which Israel rejected in June or block their weapons. The ceasefire deal which Trump forced Israel to accept.
What do you think of this meme by the way?