It’s time to ” finalize “A truce agreement in Gaza,” the United States pleaded this week. Nearly 11 months of war, 11 months of American statements and condemnations, and this observation: impotence in the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, determined to continue his offensive. In the Palestinian enclave, American statements are not taken seriously. The United States is the main supplier of arms to the Hebrew state.
With our correspondent in Gaza, Rami Al Meghari, and in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa
Gaza is a territory cut off from the world, but which assiduously follows current events abroad. Washington wants a truce ? A game of fools “, explains Issa, a Gazan pharmacist. America is a staunch supporter of Israel. We are poor victims in an unjust world that is perfectly comfortable with the deaths of nearly 50 000 people ” he continues.
The official death toll in Gaza has exceeded 40,000. Thousands are still believed to be missing under the rubble. After 11 months of horror in a territory ravaged by war, hunger and disease, US statements about a truce are “ …indecent “, Abu Ismail said. “There is not a glimmer of hope left in me. It is not the Americans who are putting pressure on Netanyahu, it is he who is putting pressure on them. You have seen how he is cheered by members of Congress in the United States. »
- RFI
