What ethnic cleansing looks like in real time

From Britain’s Channel 4: (1)

 Jeremy Scahill: “Everyone involved knows that the only person capable of ending this genocidal war is Donald Trump.” (2)

It's grim to think that ending a genocide depends on the Trump 2.0 kakistocracy (rule by the worst).

The Israeli historian also characterizes Benjamin Netanyahu’s increasingly authoritarian regime as a kakistocracy:

The kakistocratic character of Israel in 2023 has its roots in the long history of the shift to the right and the [Zionist-religious] fundamentalization of society, so it can only be "turned back" if the pressure of the [left and center anti-Netanyahu] protesters and the insight into the danger of this policy become stronger. This task is made more difficult by the fact that the systems of rule of the Palestinian neighbors have long been corrupt, kakistocratic or simply criminal in nature (as in the case of Gaza, which is ruled by Hamas). The kakistocratic tendency dominates the entire region, and is now spreading in political systems worldwide. Ex oriente Lux or the God-imposed task of being the "light of the nations" (Isaiah 49:6) thus takes on a new, currrent meaning. All this leaves little hope for an early end to the Middle East conflict. (3)

Notes:

(1) Gaza: Desperate starvation leads to violence amid Israeli strikes. Channel 4 News YouTube channel 05/29/2025. <https://youtu.be/kp2bgJF6m2o?si=haSTo7TmSRnWSlZ4> (Accessed: 2025-30-05).

(2) Jeremy Scahill: Shadowy Israeli-U.S. Aid Plan Is Weapon in "Netanyahu's War of Annihilation" in Gaza. Democracy Now! YouTube channel 05/29/2025. <https://youtu.be/QuovUxF8OJk?si=qKBCIhlmk37QnFdE> (Accessed: 2025-30-05).

(3) Zimmermann, Moshe (2025): Niemals Frieden? Israel am Scheideweg, 146-147. Berlin: Ullstein. My translation to English.