Trump will do many evil things but none will reverse the fact that Biden just spent four years advancing genocide, nuclear brinkmanship and authoritarianism.
Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault.
What may be drawing to a close is merely a particularly intense phase in the genocide. The author saw Israel break the ceasefire in Lebanon every day, and expects the same in Gaza.
There’s little doubt Donald Trump’s intervention was the main reason for the Gaza ceasefire but predictably Joe Biden, who facilitated genocide until the bitter end, is saying it was him on his way out the door, says Joe Lauria.
Speaking before the ceasefire was announced, Blinken effectively said Israel hadn’t made any advancements in its stated mission of defeating Hamas in more than 15 months of the Israeli military’s genocide in Gaza, writes Sharon Zhang.
By professing support for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after opposing it for years, Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence has just told America it’s the same old imperium after all.