The pantomime ends in Gaza

Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence or mere incompetence.

All the back-and-forth diplomacy in Gaza over the past six months was just for show, and the only audience that mattered was U.S. President Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 28, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—The co-ordinated chorus of despair by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, United States President Donald Trump, and their various henchpeople and flacks was quite impressive. The message was that everybody should stop hoping for a negotiated peace. N...

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