SEATTLE – There was a question that until today had remained unanswered: would Donald Trump do anything meaningful to stop Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to occupy the entire Gaza Strip ?
We now have our answer. Amid international outcry after the Israeli Prime Minister told Fox News he intended to take control of the enclave , there has been a notable silence from one individual, the US President.
There was no anguished appeal on social media of the type he made to Russia’s leader to stop his bombing of Ukraine – “Vladimir, STOP” – or call-ins to friendly media outlets to explain his thinking.
Indeed, as Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to seize control of Gaza City , in what appeared to be a prelude to occupying the entire enclave, Trump was busy on Truth Social denouncing a