A year many in the Middle East will want to forget 

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Just how will 2025 be remembered not least in the Middle East? Many will be craving amnesia.

For Palestinians, another year of genocide and apartheid. Two ceasefires did not bear meaningful fruit. The drop in fatalities in Gaza after the Oct. 10 ceasefire plan, and the release of hostages and detainees were welcome. Yet the pitiful amount of aid Israel lets in still highlights the intention of those who pursued this genocide.

The Israeli penchant for creating facts on the ground, making the temporary permanent, has had another outing in Gaza. Israel has split the enclave and taken over half of it. How long before settlements appear there?

With the attention on Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his settler chums launched a huge land seizure program in the West Bank, with record numbers of new settlements, and a surge in settler violence.