Gaza Children Freeze as Congress Warms to More Israel Aid
While France 24 delicately phrases the crisis as 'blockade hinders aid,' five children, including an infant, died of hypothermia in Gaza's freezing conditions. What they omit is that the blockade isn't a force of nature; it's a deliberate policy, enforced by the Israeli government, and actively supported by U.S. financial and diplomatic backing. This isn't a 'hindrance'; it's a siege. One might
wonder if the children would prefer food and blankets over congressional resolutions that reaffirm 'Israel's right to defend itself' (with our taxpayer dollars), like H.R. 782, which Rep. Smith (D-WA) notably co-sponsored after receiving $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023, according to OpenSecrets.org. The media reports these deaths with a clinical detachment, as if hypothermia is a natural disaster, not
a policy outcome. It appears we're meant to mourn the symptoms, not question the disease, or the generous American funding that underwrites it. How many more children must become statistics before the 'humanitarian crisis' is acknowledged as a deliberate act of war?