During Netanyahu’s visit, Trump dropped Washington’s sugar coating of Israel’s 15-month genocidal destruction of Gaza. This was always about ethnic cleansing

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.

  • meowmeowbeanzEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Oh look, another episode of “let’s pretend we care”. The whole thing is a masterclass in cognitive dissonance.

    These “leaders” are like NPCs in a badly written game – first they’re all “defend yourself bro” while Gaza turns to dust, then suddenly they’re clutching their pearls when someone actually says the quiet part out loud.

    The brutal truth? You don’t systematically obliterate infrastructure and then act surprised when it becomes uninhabitable. That’s like setting fire to someone’s house and then being shocked they can’t live in the ashes.

    Western propaganda machine working overtime to paint protesters as the bad guys while they’re literally cheerleading for apocalypse. It’s peak hypocrisy, wrapped in bureaucracy, served with a side of selective amnesia.