Moon of Alabama – Apr 8, 2024
Several recent incidents have increased the pressure on Israel to end its war on Gaza.
There are serious signs that the Israeli government, under pressure from the U.S., is now moving towards an intermediate ceasefire state that all sides may be able to live with – at least for a while. The decision to do that however has split the Netanyahoo government and may well end the coalition which supports it.
After six month of operations in Gaza the Israeli government has reached none of its announced aims. Neither is Hamas defeated, nor have the hostages been released. There is no viable plan who, if not Hamas, will in future rule the Gaza strip.
Israeli settlers, who have been living near the Gaza strip and the northern border, are still not willing to return to their homes as the government lacks a plan to guarantee their security.
Pressure on the Israeli government comes from several sides.
The war has been extremely costly for Israel’s economy. The called up reservists have been missing in their work places. The tourism business is down on its knees. Providing for those hundreds of thousands who have fled from their homes is costly.
Large protest have erupted within Israel demanding the return of the hostages.
International criticism of Israel has risen to unprecedented levels. Several UN resolutions have condemned it for its war crimes in Gaza. The International Court of Justice has ruled against it.
Only the support from the United States had allowed Israel to continue. But two recent incidents have jeopardized it.
The first was Israel’s assassination of seven people who had been working for World Central Kitchen, a U.S. based charity with good connections to Congress. Forty members of Congress, including Nancy Pelosi, have since spoken out against further unconditional support for Israel. The U.S. government under Joe Biden had to acknowledge that. It finally threatened to end its support for the Israeli government.
Following U.S. threats Israel immediately increased the provision of food to the starving population in Gaza:
Cont. reading: Two Israeli Actions Misfired, Pushed Netanyahoo Into Retreat
Yesterday, I thought about the dissonance of trying to ban all guns because of a “mass shooting” in a White country, with about fifteen getting killed (if they even really happen) and letting the Jews kill 35,000 people and still keep their guns, and in fact be sent more. Where do we see that Jews can be trusted with guns? Fifteen vs. 35,000 has a factor of two-and-a-third thousand
The US government is up the ass of Israel but I think its calls to Israel to ease off a bit are not to protect Israeli politicians from protest and backlash but to protect themselves. Just as they misjudged Russia’s ability to fight war and win, they misjudged public tolerance of Israeli atrocities thinking they were as broad as their own. They understand better now Israel bought only their humanity not ours. It took Russia and Israel to show us and them their political fiefdom isn’t as resistant to force as it was supposed to be.