I declare myself in favor of fantasy, of maintaining the illusion that there is still room for mystery in this Newtonian and mechanical universe. But perhaps the space to do so and nurture this joyful, childlike innocence isn't the front pages of the press. Trump clings to the idea that he is a great world leader capable of cleaning up the planet's wars and is trying to win, at last, a medal worthy of the magical Andreu with Palestine. And surprisingly—or perhaps not so surprisingly—there are newspapers that play along and applaud this parade of delirious discursive floats, each one more lavish than the last. The reason, for example, explained on the front page: "Netanyahu and Trump agree on a peace plan for Gaza at the White House." Or The World: "Netanyahu accepts the Trump plan: ceasefire, hostage handover, and a peace board for Gaza." Any non-triangular plan is clearly doomed to failure, and in fact, the Planeta newspaper declares in its subheading that "if Hamas does not accept it, the US will support Israel in destroying them." As if up until now they hadn't been facilitating exactly this and, in the process, the annihilation of tens of thousands of civilians.
That's why these headlines contrast so painfully with those of media outlets like The Country ("Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to subdue Gaza"), where the distance between the narrative of peace and the harsh reality of validating the carnage perpetrated by Israeli forces becomes very evident. The American president, in fact, was obscenely explicit about his desire to turn the Strip into a kind of theme park for the pleasure of those who have already seen Honolulu too much. Given all this context, putting "Trump," "Netanyahu," and "peace" in the same sentence as he did The reason It can only be a joke in bad taste. I hope they bring them coal.
