Displaced Gazans march towards Gaza City on Jan. 27, when Israel reopened access to the north of the territory. (Credit: Illustrative photo AFP Archives)
If, after the ethnic cleansing of Gaza carried out in the name of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump allows himself to openly call for the mass deportation of the Gazan population, it would mark only the logical — and tragic — continuation of a world that has tipped into a tyrannical era of force without justice. An era that could be described as the age of cynicism, which has slowly but surely imposed itself over the decades.The American invasion of Iraq was undoubtedly the major turning point in the post-Cold War world. As the undisputed victor of that era, the United States tried to play the role of global policeman. This hegemony had made it possible to silence the guns in some regions, as seen in the NATO-led intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Oslo Accords even raised hopes for peace between...
If, after the ethnic cleansing of Gaza carried out in the name of the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump allows himself to openly call for the mass deportation of the Gazan population, it would mark only the logical — and tragic — continuation of a world that has tipped into a tyrannical era of force without justice. An era that could be described as the age of cynicism, which has slowly but surely imposed itself over the decades.The American invasion of Iraq was undoubtedly the major turning point in the post-Cold War world. As the undisputed victor of that era, the United States tried to play the role of global policeman. This hegemony had made it possible to silence the guns in some regions, as seen in the NATO-led intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Oslo Accords even raised hopes for peace...