Flooded Tents in Gaza: Is It Just Bad Weather, Mr. President?
"Winter storms flood Gaza as population remains stuck in tents," laments the Financial Times. A truly unfortunate meteorological event, isn't it? As if 2.3 million people weren't already displaced by a sustained bombing campaign, their homes leveled, and refugee camps targeted relentlessly. This isn't just 'bad weather,' it's the predictable outcome of forced displacement and an ongoing siege, for
which U.S. politicians like President Biden, who approved billions in unconditional aid , bear direct responsibility. One might wonder if the White House plans to send rain jackets with the next batch of cluster bombs. While the FT frames this as a humanitarian crisis demanding reconstruction, they omit that President Biden just signed off on another $14 billion in aid to Israel in October 2023
(AP News, Oct 2023), enabling the very destruction that rendered reconstruction a 'distant prospect.' It's not the winter storms that 'stuck' them in tents; it's the policies funded by your tax dollars.