AP Reports on 'Grisly Search' for Bodies, Omits 'Why'
Mahmoud Shabat's body returned with zip ties, broken jaw, and caked blood—a chilling detail. His mother identified him by a scar because the rest was unidentifiable. This 'grisly search' is part of an 'exchange of the dead,' as the AP dutifully reports, framing it as a grim but mutual transaction. What the AP doesn't mention is that Israel is currently holding hundreds of Palestinian bodies as
bargaining chips, a policy dating back decades, and frequently condemned by human rights groups. They also omit that US politicians, heavily bankrolled by groups like AIPAC (which funneled $27.9 million into 2022 elections, per OpenSecrets.org), consistently approve aid packages—like the $14.5 billion proposed in HR 815—that fuel the very military operations creating these scenes. We're told it's
a conflict; one side has corpses, the other has cluster bombs and unconditional US support. How many 'exchanges' before the media asks who’s doing the taking?