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The devastation in Gaza continues to escalate, with ceasefire negotiations used as part of a calculated strategy and a smokescreen until Israel completes its ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza. Crucial to the success of this plan is the unwavering complicity of the Biden administration, which has embraced and amplified Israeli narratives, shielded it from accountability, and facilitated its actions.

According to Bob Woodward’s book, War, on October 12, 2023, Israeli-firster and U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken attended a meeting with Israeli leaders in the War Room, the Kirya. The Cabinet, including military leaders, were discussing the impending invasion of Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, looked at the highly unusual “foreign leader” in the Kirya demanding, “We need three things: ammo, ammo, ammo.”

The American Israeli-firsters replied submissively, “We’re there with you . . . We have already set up channels . . . to deliver things. That work is already going on,” he then affirmed, again, “We’re with you,” before timidly asking “about the civilians in Gaza?”

The Israeli blueprint for Gaza was not conceived in the aftermath of October 7—it had been meticulously prepared well in advance. Netanyahu told the U.S. Secretary of State that Israel intended to establish a so-called “humanitarian corridor” for Palestinians civilians to go to Egypt. The plan, framed under the guise of humanitarian relief, was, in essence, a mass displacement and ethnic cleansing.

Rather than outright rejecting the proposal, Blinken appeared open to discussing it further. His response— “There may be concerns about that, but let us talk with others”—signaled at least a willingness to entertain the idea. The exchange revealed the stark power dynamics at play, with Netanyahu unapologetically outlining an ethnic cleansing plan, and Blinken offering neither resistance nor condemnation but instead a willingness to consult and deliberate further. This underscores the tacit complicity of the U.S. administration in Israel’s broader strategy and effectively endorsing the inchoate state crime.

To placate Blinken’s potential “concerns” on the imminent genocide Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs and an American-born former Floridian, offered a chilling reassurance. “There won’t be a humanitarian crisis in Gaza if no civilians........

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