Trump Admits It’s Genocide, Israel Admits to Violating Ceasefire—Media Still Buries The Truth
If Donald Trump says something in the woods and The New York Times doesn’t report it until paragraph nine, did it even happen?
In an admission that should have shattered the entire political charade, Trump openly declared that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. And yet, the U.S. media treated this revelation with the urgency of a weather update. Apparently, a sitting U.S. president admitting to supporting war crimes while declaring new ones as policy, is just another Tuesday.
Not only has Trump confessed to backing mass slaughter, but he’s also somehow managed to outdo Netanyahu. He torched a ceasefire brokered by four countries (including his own), strong-armed Arab states into rejecting his thinly veiled “deportation plan”, and gave Israel the green light to continue its mass killing spree. Somewhere, Henry Kissinger is nodding in approval.
“Ceasefire” Just Means “Kill Slower”
Since January 19—when this so-called ceasefire went into effect—Israel has killed at least 118 Palestinians. Some were shot. Some were bombed. Some succumbed to wounds they sustained before Israel was forced to temporarily pause its enthusiastic rampage.
And yet, if you rely on The New York Times for your news, you’d have to dig nine paragraphs deep before finding the admission that Hamas was, in fact, telling the truth: Israel has violated the ceasefire over and over again. But sure, let’s pretend the problem is just that people don’t read enough.
Meanwhile, Israel isn’t just killing Palestinians—it’s making sure they remain cold, hungry, and homeless by blocking humanitarian aid, including tents and mobile homes. Because, apparently, letting displaced families have a roof over their heads is too generous a concession.
A Ceasefire in Name Only
Since the so-called ceasefire began, Israel has killed at least 118 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 822 more. Snipers pick off civilians, airstrikes reduce homes to dust, and yet Western media still calls this a “pause.” A ceasefire that allows Israel to keep killing—just at a slightly slower pace—is not a ceasefire. It’s a death sentence on delay.
The deal also required Israel to let in at least 600 aid trucks per day. A number already insultingly low. But even this meager promise has been broken. On some days, only 150 trucks get through, leaving Palestinians to starve, not because food isn’t available, but because Israel would rather let it rot at a checkpoint than feed a hungry child.
Ethnic Cleansing, But Make It a Real Estate Deal
The corporate press, ever the loyal stenographers of power, dutifully repeated Trump’s brilliant idea to expel Palestinians from Gaza and rebrand it as a real estate venture—The Gaza Redevelopment Plan. Because what’s a war crime if you can’t slap a euphemism on it and sell it as a business opportunity?
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