Patrick Cleburne (@PCleburne)

The NYC election victory of Muslim Zohran Mamdani has led to speculation that Israel has lost its grip on Democrat voters in the city, particularly young leftists. This is probably true. But equally important is the apparent loss of control over the liberal US Foreign Policy Establishment. Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the prestigious Committee on Foreign Relations, has broken ranks in its current issue with "Gaza Without Gazans," subtitled "Only American Pressure Can Stop Israel’s New Endgame" https://archive.is/awLsM#selection-1491.669-1491.909 (open link). This reads like a break with Israel is being considered. "The Israeli government appears to be seeking... not only long-term military occupation of Gaza but also the large-scale displacement—or even expulsion—of its civilian population...Under the Geneva Conventions, a forced exodus from an occupied territory would be considered a war crime Israel has now taken extraordinary action to limit the flow of civilian aid into Gaza...The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)...in practice functions as an arm of Israeli military operations....During its first month of operations [GHF distribution points saw] more than 500 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces as they tried to reach them—killings that seem inexplicable and unprecedented in an aid-delivery context, even in a war zone...The IDF itself has announced that it intends to displace “most of the population of Gaza.” (My emphases. Pic: Foreign Affairs)