Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

"The guns are quiet; the Palestinian ones, that is. Israel did not wait 24 hours after President Donald Trump declared the Gaza genocide "over" before killing at least six Palestinians in the Occupied Territories in aerial assaults; including five in Shujawiya and one east of Khan Younis. Israeli's overnight violations of the third post-October 7 ceasefire bring an undeniable sense of déjà vu. In addition to breaking the first two, it's broken its ceasefire with Lebanon hundreds, if not thousands, of times."

"Much of the regional diplomacy after the Israeli strike on Qatar last month had been devoted to securing a ceasefire and hostage exchange. Now that those provisional goals have been achieved, no one can answer the harder question of what comes next. The Sharm El-Sheikh summit sidestepped the Trump plan for a "Board of Peace," chaired by the US president and run by Tony Blair, in an echo of the British Mandate a century ago."

"The communiqué out of the summit, signed by most of the diplomatic intermediaries of the past two years of Israeli-Palestinian negotiation, is deafeningly silent about the central issue of Palestinian freedom. Released by the White House on Monday under the typically self-aggrandizing title " Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity," the communiqué locates the key to "lasting peace" in combating "extremism" and "promoting education, opportunity, and mutual respect.""

Israeli forces resumed lethal operations immediately after President Trump declared the Gaza genocide "over," killing at least six Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, including five in Shujawiya and one east of Khan Younis. The overnight strikes violated the third post-October 7 ceasefire and echoed repeated breaches of earlier truces with Gaza and Lebanon. Regional diplomacy achieved a provisional ceasefire and hostage exchange but left unresolved the central issue of Palestinian freedom. The Sharm El-Sheikh summit and the White House "Trump Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity" emphasized combating "extremism," education, and prosperity while remaining silent on structural Palestinian rights and sovereignty.

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