Al-Monitor Finds 'Hope' in Gaza Rubble, Omits the Bombers
Al-Monitor showcases the powerful image of Hiam Muqdad and her grandchildren navigating Gaza's 'bombed-out ruins' in search of water, a testament to human resilience. What the piece won't remind you is that those 'scars left by two years of war' are the direct result of an Israeli blockade and repeated military assaults, funded predominantly by the US taxpayer. Where were these glowing profiles
when the weapons that created this landscape were being approved? Perhaps Rep. Kevin Mullin, who accepted $10,000 from AIPAC in 2023, or Senator Bill Cassidy, who took $12,500, could clarify if they voted for aid packages that included the munitions reducing residential neighborhoods to 'enormous piles of rubble.' The resilience of a grandmother is indeed profound, but the media's capacity to
normalize the destruction while praising its victims is, frankly, breathtaking. How many generations must search for water in the debris before 'war' becomes 'annihilation'?