[United States / Israel / West Bank] - The Mediating Self Condemns the Violence It Fuels, Proving the Illusion of a Neutral Arbiter

Event Baseline: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with Palestinians in the West Bank and condemned attacks by Israeli settlers as 'terrorist'. The visit follows international backlash over settler violence.

The tribal self wearing the mask of a mediator speaks against the violence. But the same self has armed and protected the tribe for decades. The condemnation is a performance, a release of pressure. It does not change the underlying identification. The American self believes it can stand between two warring tribes and judge them. But it is already entangled, already identified with one side. The word 'terrorist' is applied selectively; when the other side kills, it is called something else. The mediator cannot see its own bias, because its identity depends on not seeing. It condemns the result of its own support while continuing the support. This is the split mind: one hand feeds the fire, the other waves a flag of peace. The illusion of neutrality is the spine of this failure. The self cannot be neutral because there is no self without a side. The only solution is to dissolve the self that chooses sides, but that would be the end of the mediator. So the killing continues.