American Hunger Games: Gaza Starves While Washington Eats the Script
In a stunning display of moral indigestion, U.S. officials abruptly pulled out of Gaza ceasefire negotiations this week, leaving a smoldering crater where diplomacy briefly flickered. The official justification—delivered with the slick, slippery conviction of someone who’s never missed a catered lunch—was that “Hamas doesn’t want peace,” a phrase that has become a kind of bureaucratic yoga mantra: empty, flexible, and convenient for ignoring the sounds of dying children.