The other thing you have to calibrate it against is that the Trump administration’s approach, which kind of said we’re just going to force this through, also leaves us with the situation we’re in today—which is that virtually everything that’s been agreed to has already now been implemented. And therefore, the biggest gap is—having done something remarkable in putting an end to a genocidal war—you don’t do the thing that is most necessary after that: Which is to acknowledge what has happened, and to at least allow the language of accountability to permeate to whatever happens next. I would draw a distinction between a resumption of the level and intensity of killing and destruction in Gaza, and Israel staying in Gaza—conducting operations as it has done in Lebanon during the so-called ceasefire, as it does in the West Bank, still nickel-and-diming everyone on aid, still being able to operationalize violent clans and militias to sow chaos.
Author: Noah Lanard
Published at: 2025-10-14 21:38:00
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