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From the viewpoint of international capitalism, it will take months for energy supplies to return to ‘normality’. The Chief Executive of Shell, Wael Sawan has stated: “You would require, we think, close to a year, if not longer, to be able to find equilibrium again.” And that is assuming the truce holds.
Palestinians are living with the trauma of two years of genocide, the mass destruction of life and the means of living. An estimated 90% of buildings have been destroyed or damaged, and the health system has been decimated. With no reconstruction taking place, the impact of this destruction will be keenly felt in the winter months.
If Trump gets his way, Gaza will be ruled by an imperial and grotesquely named “Board of Peace”, with Trump himself as chair, and including arch war criminal Tony Blair. The Palestinian people will have no say in the running of the Strip.
