The international community has truly illustrated its fragmented approach to both international law, order and human rights. Not only did the UN Security Council members vote the international community out of its usual process in favour of the US 20-point plan which places Gaza in the hands of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The international community is now on a parallel wavelength that serves Israeli colonial interests. For while the attention is focused on the ceasefire, humanitarian aid and rebuilding Gaza (the latter merely a rhetorical clause), Netanyahu is adamant that the genocide will continue, on the same premises of eliminating and disarming Hamas.

Two years of genocide did not eliminate and disarm Hamas. Israeli Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs said that the Israeli government asked Trump for a 60-day period in which Hamas will be given the chance to disarm. Without disarming Hamas and demilitarising Gaza – the tunnels once again forming........

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