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Gianna d'Artali.
Al Jazeera - Oct 17, 2024 - Mohamad Elmasry
Professor in the Media Studies program at the Doha Institute for
Graduate Studies.
<<Leaked US warning to Israel to ‘let aid in Gaza’ is merely a
distraction
The Biden administration is trying to hide its complicity in genocide
and help Harris win the election.
On Sunday, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary
of Defense Lloyd Austin sent a letter to Israeli Defence Minister Yoav
Gallant and Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, demanding that
Israel allow essential humanitarian aid into Gaza. The US has given
Israel a 30-day deadline to comply with US law. If it fails to take
action, the letter suggests, Israel could face punishment, including the
potential stopping of US weapons transfers. Whether this is a serious
attempt by the US to get Israel to change course in Gaza remains to be
seen. Over the past year, Israel has mostly ignored US recommendations,
with Washington repeatedly opting not to take significant action in
response.
What, then, do we make of the US letter, which was leaked to the media
shortly after its delivery to Gallant and Dermer?
The 'General's Plan'
It's impossible not to read the letter cynically.
First, it was written on the heels of the publication of the <General's
Plan,> authored by former Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland,
which calls for Israel to block all aid to northern Gaza, starve
everyone there and ethnically cleanse the territory. In recent days, it
became clear that this <General's Plan> had already been enacted and is
working as intended. During the first two weeks of October, essentially
no aid was delivered to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians under
Israeli siege in northern Gaza. The publication of the plan was
embarrassing to a US administration that has repeatedly advised Israel
to adhere to international law.
The US presidential election
There are other, more compelling reasons to view the Blinken-Austin
letter cynically. The US elections are around the corner, and President
Joe Biden's administration is desperate for Vice President Kamala Harris
to win against her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump. With
polls showing the two candidates neck and neck, the several million
votes from Arab and Muslim Americans, pro-Palestinian university
students and others who want an end to Israel's international law
violations, especially in swing states, are more valuable to the current
administration than ever before.
Read in this light, the letter appears to be a last-ditch attempt to
salvage the election. Harris may now be lamenting her public censuring
of pro-Palestinian Americans as well as the decision to not allow a
Palestinian speaker to take the main stage at the Democratic National
Convention in August. In recent days, the Democratic presidential
candidate has been working hard to court Arab and Muslim American
voters. The Blinken/Austin letter, which the administration must have
known would be leaked to the public, is a further attempt to win over
voters.
A shield against genocide allegations
Blinken and Austin's letter can also be read as an attempt by the Biden
administration to cover its own back and try to shield itself against
allegations of complicity in genocide. Sure, the administration
continues to fund Israel's genocide and provide it with diplomatic
cover, but now, if it ever has to excuse its behaviour, it can point to
this letter and say it had at least given Israel a serious admonition.
Of course, the letter could eventually prove to be a strategic mistake
since, like Biden's many previous reprimands to Israel, it reads more
like an acknowledgment of ongoing Israeli war crimes than a genuine
warning. For example, in their letter to Gallant and Dermer, Blinken and
Austin command Israel to rescind "evacuation orders when there is no
operational need". This appears to be an acknowledgement that Israel has
been forcibly displacing Palestinians, which is a grave war crime. Since
the start of the war, rights groups have documented numerous instances
of forced displacement. If the US knows Israel is committing crimes,
then it cannot justify its continued support for and involvement in
Israel's war, which begs the question: How much does it know about
Israel's apparent policy to starve the population of Gaza? It's
unthinkable that the US has known less about Israel's starvation
policies than scholars, aid groups, international organisations and
other experts who have been writing about them for more than a year.
Additionally, Israeli leaders themselves have admitted to and proudly
advertised such policies many times over. For example, on October 8,
2023, just one day into the war, Gallant publicly admitted that he
ordered a <complete siege> of the Gaza Strip. <There will be no
electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed,> he said. <We are
fighting human animals, and we are acting accordingly.> Several weeks
later, in November, Eiland, the aforementioned author of the <General's
Plan>, argued that Israel's war should be fought against <the entire
Gaza population,> and that Israel's army should seek to create a
<humanitarian disaster,> including hunger and <severe epidemics.> Doing
so, he argued, would <bring victory closer>. Eiland also stressed that
the Israeli army should seek not only the <killing of more Hamas
fighters> but also to cause <irreversible harm to their families> as
well as <hospital directors and school directors>.
Since the very beginning of this <war>, then, it should have been
obvious to the Biden administration that Israel was using food as a
weapon against Gaza's population. This means, almost from day one, both
international law and America's own Leahy Law have required the US to
withdraw assistance to Israel. In this context, Blinken and Austin
sending a warning letter to the Israeli government a year into a
genocide seems tragically absurd. The US government would undoubtedly
deny that it has known about any forced starvation programme and point
to its past declarations of ignorance. A recent report by the
investigative news outlet ProPublica complicates things for the US,
however. Three weeks ago, ProPublica revealed that Blinken knew about
and ignored a US government report finding Israel was blocking essential
American humanitarian aid to Gaza. It appears that Blinken was less than
truthful when he told Congress in May that the US government did "not
currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise
restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance".
A distraction
The Blinken-Austin letter to Gallant and Dermer also underscores US
efforts to distract from other, even more serious Israeli violations.
Throughout the war on Gaza, the US has spoken of the necessity of
delivering humanitarian aid to the civilian population. During ceasefire
negotiations, the US has often highlighted the humanitarian aid issue.
But this emphasis has clearly not been out of concern for the wellbeing
of Palestinians. Rather, this was meant to be a diversion from Israel’s
deliberate bombing of children, women and other noncombatants. These war
crimes are more severe, better documented and, because the US supplies
Israel with most of its weapons, more likely to put the US at direct
risk of complicity in genocide. Despite being aware of targeted attacks
on civilians, the US has continued to supply Israel with billions of
dollars in weaponry, including 900kg (2,000lb) bombs used to devastate
entire neighbourhoods. The US emphasis on humanitarian aid appears to be
a strategic choice, allowing America to appear to take action without
actually pushing for an end to the war. A critical focus on Israel’s
illegal bombing campaign would necessitate a reconsideration of American
support. In the end, history will record that Israel committed genocide
in Gaza, with the US complicit in it. No strongly worded letter or other
performative gesture can change that grim reality.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not
necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial stance.>>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/17/leaked-us-warning-to-israel-to-let-aid-in-gaza-is-merely-a-distraction
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