Trump has finally been forced to acknowledge starvation in Gaza, but is too tied to Israel to end it – Mondoweiss

It took almost two years, but the voices of outrage around the world have finally grown so loud that they are even being heard in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump finds himself unable to treat Gaza with the lack of seriousness that has characterized his approach to the issue to date.

Unlike Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump has no personal stake in the genocide in Gaza continuing until the last Palestinian has been starved to death. Unlike most of us, however,…