Who Rules the World?
“ 16 Cease-fires in Which Violations Never Cease On August 26, 2014, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) both accepted a cease-fire agreement after a fifty-day Israeli assault on Gaza that left 2,100 Palestinians dead and vast landscapes of destruction behind. The agreement called for an end to military action by both Israel and Hamas as well as an easing of the Israeli siege that had strangled Gaza for many years.
This was, however, just the most recent in a series of cease-fire agreemen...ts reached after each of Israel’s periodic escalations of its unremitting assault on Gaza. Throughout this period, the terms of these agreements remained essentially the same. The regular pattern has been for Israel to then disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, which is followed by even fiercer Israeli brutality. These escalations are often called “mowing the lawn” in Israeli parlance, though the 2014 Israeli operation was more accurately described by an appalled senior U.S.MoreLess
This was, however, just the most recent in a series of cease-fire agreemen...ts reached after each of Israel’s periodic escalations of its unremitting assault on Gaza. Throughout this period, the terms of these agreements remained essentially the same. The regular pattern has been for Israel to then disregard whatever agreement is in place, while Hamas observes it until a sharp increase in Israeli violence elicits a Hamas response, which is followed by even fiercer Israeli brutality. These escalations are often called “mowing the lawn” in Israeli parlance, though the 2014 Israeli operation was more accurately described by an appalled senior U.S.MoreLess
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