Following the UN Security Council resolution that called for a ceasefire in Gaza for the remaining days of Ramadan, which the US failed to veto, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a meeting in Washington for his top aides, allegedly as a warning to Hamas that no pressure would make him renege on his war plans. There was no need for such a diplomatic spectacle, especially considering that mere hours later, US officials confirmed that Netanyahu was asking to reschedule the meeting. “My decision not to send the delegation to Washington in the wake of that resolution was a message to Hamas: Don’t bet on this pressure, it’s not going to work. I hope they got the message,” Axios quoted … Continue reading Putting a deadly rhetorical spin on genocide