A “peace deal” mollifies people, institutions, and governments that can be easily mollified and will ignore what goes on after the “peace deal” is implemented. From Lorenzo Maria Pacini at strategic-culture.su:
Trump’s elusive peace deal was an excellent ploy to quietly continue with the final occupation plan.
There is no peace for Gaza. Trump’s elusive peace plan – or should we say his gigantic real estate plan to make money off the suffering of the people? – was an excellent ploy to quietly continue with the final occupation plan.
The occupation has convinced international public opinion that the violence in Gaza has ceased, when in reality entire families continue to be wiped out in total silence. The world remains silent, perhaps only because something called a “truce” has been proclaimed, an excellent move of infowarfare.
What cannot be seen from the outside is that, day after day, the Israeli army is expanding its grip on the territory of Gaza. It advances slowly, taking over a street, then a neighborhood, then entire areas—silently redrawing the map while the international community celebrates a fictitious calm. The war is not over; it has simply taken on another form: from bombing to silent expansion, from air strikes to creeping occupation.
At the same time, the world fails to notice that a false appearance of normality is being constructed in Gaza: sweets, chocolate, and electronic goods enter freely, as if people wanted the superfluous, while basic goods such as meat, eggs, and medicines are systematically blocked.
The most basic necessities have become rare and precious commodities, and when they do appear, they are sold at unsustainable prices. Traders raise the prices of essentials—medicines, meat—because availability is minimal. Israel continues to deceive the world, and the world continues to be easily deceived. Meanwhile, bombs continue to fall, leaving Gazans in a state of endless war, not only conventional but also psychological, because anything can happen at any time. And this has been “normal” for them for decades.
That drone footage of Northern Gaza is just sad.
You can see people trying to make a life out of living in the ruins.