Why Netanyahu's Fresh Slaughter in Gaza Happened Now

Mar 18, 2025

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Scene from Gaza on March 17, as reported in footage from Al Jazeera. Superimposed are screencaps of The Guardian's report on Gaza deaths and Jerusalem Post's report on how Israeli officials view this as a "moral" step.

We knew the Israel-Hamas ceasefire wasn’t going to hold.

We knew it wasn’t going to lead to peace, either.

And to be super clear, the ceasefire hasn’t really been “holding” for weeks—not with ongoing Israeli military actions in the general region, not with its weaponized refusals to release prisoners, not with its refusal to provide agreed-upon food aid a…

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