Afrasianet - Dr. Hisham Okal - "Sharp Angle" Death to Hamas... Trump is back with the gravedigger! We are used to US President Donald Trump turning against a friend, hitting an ally, and firing an employee through a tweet! But to move to the position of a "political gravedigger" is new even by man' s standards.In his speech on July 25 , Trump declared that "Hamas does not want peace, it wants death." Worse, his adviser Vitkov has not hesitated to call for a "reconsideration of Washington's approach to Hamas," in an apparent hint at bypassing the negotiating track toward the option of a comprehensive escalation. It is as if the US administration, through its advisers, is deliberately ignoring the goodwill initiative made by Hamas when it released a hostage who holds American citizenship alongside the Israeli one, in a move that wanted to convey a positive message to the American side. However, this initiative has not been properly read and has not been counted in the balance of American politics, which seems to be more preoccupied with the logic of force than with the logic of understanding.
All of this brings us back to the reality of Trump as we knew him: he does not believe in mediators, not in solutions, but in direct threats. Even if the price is to ignite the entire Middle East. The United States: Sponsor Conflict, Not Peace Away from Trump's Black Comedy What these statements reveal is a real reversal in Washington's behavior from the role of "mediator" to the role of direct partner in the war. If the United States has always claimed to play a humanitarian role in protecting civilians, what is happening in Gaza – a slow genocide and a resounding global silence – can only be understood as direct and explicit complicity. In fact, the repeated talk of "Israel's right to defend itself" has become a ready-made American cover to eliminate the presence of the Palestinian people from the map. This makes Washington bear a political, moral and historical responsibility for these massacres.
. After countries such as Ireland, Spain, and Norway announced their recognition of the State of Palestine, many wondered: Has the West begun to reconsider its positions? But the truth is that these recognitions, despite their symbolism, do not have any executive power as long as they are not linked to practical measures that oblige Israel to stop the occupation and expansion.
. As long as the White House has not announced a position in support of this trend, these confessions are more like sad greeting cards distributed at a mass funeral. It does not change anything from the reality of dying under the rubble.
Macron and Trump... Confession sermon and parallel massacre
When French President Emmanuel Macron announced his country's intention to recognize the Palestinian state, Trump immediately moved to respond, stressing that this statement was "out of context" and waving a direct threat to Hamas, as if French recognition was a crime that deserves collective punishment! This is where the glaring contradiction in Western performance is revealed: a verbal recognition of the Palestinians' right to Israel and full material and political support for Israel.
Macron gives a romantic speech on "peace", then falls silent when UNRWA schools are bombed! Washington shouts "Death to Hamas" and does not bat an eyelid in front of thousands of deformed children .
Unanswered Questions... Or hopeless answers? Amid all this rubble, questions that seem simple on the surface, but they determine the fate of Gaza as a whole, arise: Is the "60-day truce" project that some mediators have talked about still viable? Or is it impossible to impose it by force? A sharp angle is asked in this drama series, where death is distributed for free and justice is buried under the rubble, we are faced with a question that neither politicians in their conferences nor media people ask in their bulletins: Who feeds the children of Gaza? Who stops their tears? And who prevents them from death coming from heaven. And from the wall... And from the Arab silence.
Dr. Hisham Okal – Professor of Crisis Management and International Relations