Jeremy Scahill
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And so what they did is they they cobbled together sort of a lot of second tier B class world leaders.
It's like a Marvel superhero thing, but with like really horrible autocratic, you know,
Off-brand superheroes, right?
And so, you know, then Trump, he loves to have these like, you know, horribly tacky ceremonies where everyone sits at these like long banquet tables.
And it's like Joe Bluth asking everyone to roast him, you know, like, so they're sitting there and telling Trump how amazing he is.
But what are they actually doing?
He's saying this isn't just about Gaza, this is how we can do it for the world.
So it's privatization,
It's corruption.
It's gangster politics.
It's mafia politics.
But what does it mean for Palestinians?
The message that is being sent right now to Palestinians in Gaza is that Israel is in almost 60% control of Gaza as of now.
They continue to occupy nearly 60% of Gaza, all the way in the eastern section of Gaza.
They're continuing to do periodic low-intensity genocide, bombings, etc.
They still aren't allowing in the agreed-upon life essentials.
And they're telling Palestinians that the only way you're going to be allowed to live here is if you become the plantation workers for this massive real estate project that I guarantee you both Witkoff and Kushner's family businesses are ultimately going to be involved with.
Now, Israel may not love this plan.
Because they want it to just be at all Israeli settlement.
So there are certain things that the that the guys on the same side have to work out with each other.