Here is what "Israel has a right to defend itself" actually means in practice:

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Here is what "Israel has a right to defend itself" actually means in practice: It means that the premise of the action is accepted before the action is examined. It means the question is never: does this specific operation meet the legal standard of proportionality? It means the question is always: how do we support Israel’s right to defend itself while expressing concern? The "concern" is the vocabulary of people who have already decided the conclusion. The conclusion being: whatever happened, "the right to exist" as a concept covers it. Rights don’t work that way. The right to self-defense in international law is not a blank check. It has definitions. Proportionality. Distinction. Necessity. Those definitions exist because "the right to defend yourself," handed to any state unconditionally, isn’t a right. It’s an exemption.

7:16 AM · Oct 10, 2026

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"The right to defend yourself" is, in Western political language, a franchise. Available to some. Inapplicable to others.

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They have a phrase: "Israel has the right to defend itself." It is deployed with perfect consistency. It is never applied to Palestinians defending themselves against occupation. It is never applied to the family whose house was demolished to make room for a settlement. It is never applied to the fishing boats shot at in their own territorial waters. It is never applied to the child at the checkpoint who did not move fast enough. "The right to defend yourself" is, in Western political language, a franchise. Available to some. Inapplicable to others. The franchise is not distributed randomly. It is distributed along the lines of which deaths produce consequences for the people in the comfortable offices making the decisions. Gaza revealed the franchise map to anyone who hadn't already seen it.

4:35 AM · Oct 10, 2026

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President Trump and Jared Kushner’s “Board of Peace” is not rebuilding Gaza but already advancing plans to confiscate Palestinian land and assets for private investors.

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Zaha Hassan, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told TRT World that President Trump and Jared Kushner’s “Board of Peace” is not rebuilding Gaza but already advancing plans to confiscate Palestinian land and assets for private investors. Hassan said documents are being drafted to seize private Palestinian property, while unpublished Board of Peace resolutions could allow it to take control of public land and facilities, accounting for roughly 35% of Gaza. She warned that the redevelopment plans promoted by Kushner would require the mass displacement of Palestinians into smaller enclaves while Gaza’s land, gas reserves, and other assets are transferred into a trust serving investors and business interests. “Commercial diplomacy is a euphemism,” Hassan said of US’s approach. “I would say what it is is grand theft.”

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One year ago today, on October 9, 2025, we reached an agreement on President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza many believed impossible. After two years of devastating war, the agreement created a path to reunite hostage families with their loved ones, bring security to

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