Al Jazeera Discovers Hunger in Gaza, Only 17 Years Late
Al Jazeera reports Palestinians face 'hunger, cold and loss amid ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza'—a groundbreaking observation, if you ignore the previous 17 years. The 'siege' isn't exactly fresh intel; it's been in effect since June 2007, under various Israeli governments that, incidentally, all received robust US financial and diplomatic backing. While the cameras focus on current suffering, they
rarely revisit how Congress, heavily lobbied by groups like AIPAC (which funneled $27 million into the 2022 elections, per OpenSecrets.org), routinely rubber-stamps aid packages, such as the $3.8 billion annually, effectively subsidizing the blockades. One might wonder why a humanitarian crisis, now nearing its second decade, suddenly merits such prominent 'discovery' after thousands have been
killed. Perhaps the sheer scale of the current violence has made it impossible to ignore the logical outcome of a prolonged siege. The 'ongoing' nature is key—a detail often lost when 'news' cycles pivot between 'ceasefires' and 'retaliation,' conveniently forgetting the constant, low-intensity suffering that defines life under occupation.