Trump Backs Ethnic Cleansing While Israel Violates Gaza Ceasefire Agreement
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Israeli officials have confirmed what’s long been laid bare by the reality on the ground in Gaza—that Israel is violating the ceasefire by withholding food, fuel, and housing assistance. The ceasefire agreement outlined the entry of the following into the besieged Strip: 200,000 tents, 60,000 mobile homes, 50 fuel trucks per day, and 12,000 aid trucks. Gaza’s government media office has confirmed that there are no mobile homes entering, and 180,000 tents, 35 fuel trucks, and 3,500 aid trucks are missing.
The siege on Gaza, the slowly tightening vice of the Israeli occupation, has consistently prevented the civilian population from the right to live a dignified life. Before the recent war, the blockade of Gaza resulted in power outages that lasted upwards of 16 hours, a surging unemployment rate, and a majority of the population being dependent on aid. In 2005, before IsraeI’s blockade of Gaza, the poverty rate was 40% — at the start of 2023, the number soared to 61%. Israel’s insistence on inflicting maximum suffering on the native population is reflected not only by the direct violence of its US funded weaponry, but in the way the state demands the control of every aspect of Palestinian life.
Israel’s breach of the Gaza ceasefire has compounded the devastation endured by those who have lived through over one year of the US-Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign. According to Dr. Monir al-Barsh, the Director-General of Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israel has killed 92 Palestinians in a campaign of targeted killing since January 19, which has also resulted in the wounding of 822 people. Despite this, Israel is now attempting to sabotage the ceasefire arrangement by independently claiming that Hamas is not abiding by the terms of the agreement, with Netanyahu further emboldened by White House briefings with Donald Trump. By Israel’s own admission, it’s not Hamas breaking any ceasefire obligations but Israel.