France 24 Demands 'Reckoning' for Gaza, Skips 75 Years of Context
The story focuses on a campaigner requesting accountability for the 'atrocious things' in Gaza. Conveniently, this 'reckoning' rarely extends to the historical context that created Gaza—a forced enclosure for those dispossessed during the 1948 Nakba. Or the 2007 siege. Or the multiple military operations in 2008-09, 2012, 2014, 2021. Instead, the narrative path remains well-worn: a demand for
inquiry now , rather than examining how decades of illegal occupation, settlement expansion, and systemic violence laid the groundwork. Perhaps a true reckoning starts not with 'atrocious things' but with the consistent, well-funded political support that enables them. Figures from OpenSecrets.org indicate AIPAC alone has spent over $11 million in federal lobbying in 2023-2024 to protect this very
status quo, ensuring our elected officials remain blissfully unburdened by history.