Biden, Harris, and Blinken are able to continue to posture as brokers of peace while sending billions of dollars in weapons to Netanyahu’s soldiers.

For anyone paying attention, it is now abundantly clear that the U.S.-led Gaza ceasefire talks have become a tool for the perpetuation of Israel’s genocidal war.

What began as a liberatory demand by Rep. Cori Bush and grassroots peace advocates has now been fully co-opted by President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The bad-faith terms of the latest proposal are just the beginning. Hamas is unlikely to agree to the terrible new conditions that Blinken has put on the table, and that rejection will in turn enable Biden, Harris, Blinken, and Netanyahu to further blame Hamas for “rejecting peace.”

This will then buy Netanyahu more time to continue bombing, starving, and killing Palestinians. Then the cycle will repeat itself again, with Blinken soon returning to the Middle East for yet another round of so-called ceasefire negotiations, while the U.S. continues to send Israel even more weapons for its war.

    • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
      23·
      4 months ago

      I guess the big thing it does is make Biden and his administration look better and like they are doing something when they really aren’t. It gives people something to point to when protestors and activists ask for real change, and it dissipates energy from the movement. In that way, it would honestly be better if they did nothing than bad faith peace talks.

    • samokosik@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 months ago

      Yeah. Basically to me it seems like everyone wants peace apart from Hamas and Israel. And if these 2 continue being the main actors and continue not wanting peace, it will be extremely tough to establish one.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
        31·
        4 months ago

        Hamas already accepted the ceasefire. Only israel does not want peace. There is no both sides here.

        • samokosik@lemmy.world
          11·
          4 months ago

          Yeah and hamas also made a great progress in peace talks when they started this escalation.

          • DancingBear@midwest.social
            1·
            4 months ago

            It was literally all over the news this week. Hamas accepted the deal and then Netanyahu pulled back.

            If the war ends, Netanyahu loses power and his trials for fraud and corruption resume. He will do anything to stay in power, he gives zero fucks about Israeli hostages or the genocide he is leading.