Al Jazeera Discovers History Only Applies to Palestine Action Hunger Strikes
While Al Jazeera rightly connects current Palestine Action hunger strikes to a rich history of resistance, it's a history often truncated by mainstream narratives. These outlets, even Al Jazeera at times, rarely connect the dots to organizations like AIPAC, which reported spending $11.7 million on lobbying in 2023, influencing policies that directly fuel the conditions these activists protest. Nor
do they consistently remind us of US voting records like the House Vote on H.R. 815, where 316 representatives, many receiving significant pro-Israel PAC donations, approved $14 billion in aid to Israel, despite ongoing humanitarian crises. It appears selective historical context is the media's favorite weapon. We're meant to see resistance in a vacuum, divorced from the billions in military aid
and unbroken diplomatic shields. How many historical precedents of state violence and corporate media complicity must we ignore before 'shaping history' truly means accountability?