It’s all so confusing. You can’t say Israel has engaged in genocide, but you can say that the Palestinians need to be displaced from their homes in a place called Gaza where Israel wasn’t engaged in genocide, but where there are at least a hundred thousand maimed and dead Palestinians and thousands of destroyed buildings, to make way for a ritzy real estate development. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt acted shocked and appalled by questions from reporters about Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza on Wednesday, saying it was “evil” to suggest that these poor victims of Israel’s destruction should be allowed to stay somewhere that’s been completely demolished.
“Again, it’s a demolition site right now,” Leavitt said. “It’s not a livable place for any human being. And I think it’s actually quite evil to suggest that people should live in such dire conditions.”
Of course the question of whether or not it was evil for the US and Israel to deliberately create those conditions in the first place is never raised by the obedient press gaggle.
It’s been truly remarkable watching the official imperial narrative pivot from (A) claiming it’s outrageous to suggest Israel was waging a genocidal campaign of annihilation on Gaza, to (B) saying obviously everyone in Gaza needs to leave because the entire place has been annihilated and how dare you suggest otherwise.
