Israeli attacks kill at least 31 as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation
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Israel Intensifies Strikes in Gaza Amid Trump Middle East Tour
Above: A view of destruction following the Israeli attack on a mosque and a clinic providing free health care to citizens in Gaza City, Gaza on May 15, 2025. Image copyright: Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Israel narrative
Though nothing is set in stone, the United States could play an incredibly beneficial role in stabilizing Gaza and ensuring that Hamas never rules the strip ever again. Furthermore, the United States can help lead the humanitarian mission of relocating Palestinians in Gaza so that they can live decent lives away from the ruins of the strip. U.S. control of Gaza may not solidify, but the relocation of Palestinians is still very possible.
Pro-Palestine narrative
Nothing that Trump says changes the reality that Israel is committing a U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza that it seeks to replicate in the West Bank. The plan has been the same since day one — destroy Gaza and starve its people until no one is left. This war was never about the hostages, as Israeli leaders have repeatedly said recently, and was always about destroying the Palestinian people.
Anti-Trump narrative
The Trump administration keeps fielding ridiculous ideas regarding Gaza that neither Palestinians nor Americans want. The United States should not and most likely will not "take over" Gaza like Trump has said. Instead, the United States should push for a ceasefire that ensures the release of the hostages and sidelines Hamas in favor of secular Palestinian figures who aren't connected to terrorism.