Gaza and Hamas: How Jason Greenblatt Facilitate Israeli Crimes

9 … I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.
- Gaza and Hamas: How Jason Greenblatt Facilitate Israeli Crimes
by Basem Naim, https://www.middleeasteye.net/
Blaming Palestinians while facilitating Israeli crimes is the hallmark of US policy in the region.
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Jason Greenblatt, the US special representative for international negotiations, recently wrote in the New York Times about the alleged role of Hamas in the humanitarian disaster facing the Gaza Strip. We were not surprised by the false picture painted in this article, given that US policies unreservedly adopt the extreme Israeli position. Every measure taken by this administration has aimed to promote the occupation and undermine Palestinian rights.
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The Trump administration has recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, written off the Palestinian right of return, and recognised Israel’s illegal annexation of the Golan Heights. US President Donald Trump’s team has given clear signs of its implicit consent to Israel’s annexation, in whole or in part, of the occupied West Bank.
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Supporting the occupation
Even Greenblatt, who appears to show concern for the well-being of Palestinians, has not condemned the Israeli occupation, despite the daily crimes it commits against Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem. Those crimes have been denounced in dozens of UN and international reports.
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Every time Israel attacks our people, Greenblatt and his leaders express their absolute support for the occupation. In the latest assault, Israel killed 25 Palestinians in Gaza, including babies and women; wounded dozens; and damaged scores of homes and civilian facilities.
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Greenblatt, however, has blamed Hamas for firing rockets, maintaining the US position that Israel is entitled to defend itself. In his Times article, Greenblatt misleads readers, taking advantage of the lack of public knowledge about many facts on the ground.
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Greenblatt tries to turn the victim into the executioner, partly by listing the effects of the siege imposed on Gaza for more than a decade, from the lack of medicine and electricity, to widespread unemployment and infrastructural collapse. But he fails to point out the real cause behind this human tragedy.
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Israel’s war crimes
Greenblatt claims that Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, is behind all of this. He fails to cite the litany of international reports accusing Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, where two million Palestinians are imprisoned and deprived of their basic rights.
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Without any evidence, Greenblatt suggests that Palestinians in the West Bank are living a better life because they gave up on violence. In reality, Palestinians in the West Bank are systematically murdered and uprooted from their land, with legalised humiliation taking place around the clock. The apartheid wall separates families, while colonial settlers destroy Palestinian homes and steal their water.
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