Al Jazeera Discovers Israel 'Strikes' Gaza, Omits Four Decades of Siege
The photo shows the familiar devastation, yet the caption doesn't mention that these 'strikes' are but the latest chapter in a seventy-six-year Nakba, specifically on a population living under a 17-year blockade. These aren't random events; they are the predictable, lethal outcome of policies supported by billions in US taxpayer dollars, funneled through Congress members who, according to
OpenSecrets.org, consistently receive significant campaign contributions from organizations like AIPAC. (For example, in 2023 alone, numerous key members of appropriations subcommittees received six-figure sums). We are consistently shown the 'event' while the 'context' — the occupation, the siege, the systematic displacement — remains curated out of frame. How many more 'strike' photos before the
global press decides to cover the structural violence that makes them inevitable, rather than treating each bombing as a novel, isolated tragedy?