Back to business as usual. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com:
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In a statement addressed “to the People of Gaza,” President Trump warned on Wednesday that “A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!”
Again, this was explicitly addressed to the entirety of Gaza’s population, not only to Hamas. US presidents kill civilians all the time, but it’s highly unusual for them to explicitly threaten a civilian population with extermination in a statement addressed directly to them; you have to go back to the leaflets President Truman dropped on Japan warning of nuclear annihilation in 1945 to find anything like this.
At the same time, Israel is reportedly preparing a “hell plan” in which it will resume its genocidal onslaught and cut Gaza off from electricity and water if Hamas refuses to accept Israel’s revised terms for the ceasefire deal in the coming days. The plan to cut off water is especially terrifying, as it would lead to mass civilian deaths relatively quickly.
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All of Trump supporters’ reasons for supporting Trump are invalidated by his positions on Israel.
“He puts America first” — he puts Israel first.
“He’s making peace” — he’s assisting Israel’s mass murder and tyranny.
“He supports free speech” — but not speech which criticizes Israel.
