Gaza Faces Storms While Congress Approves More Billions for... Something Else
Al Jazeera details the impending misery for 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, facing winter storms with only plastic tents between them and the elements ( Al Jazeera ). Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA) recently voted for additional aid to Israel, despite receiving over $120,000 from pro-Israel groups in his career ( OpenSecrets.org ). One might wonder if any of that 'aid'
included blankets, tents, or perhaps—forgive the radical thought—safe housing for the civilians displaced by the very actions purportedly supported by these funds. The media reports Gaza's 'new' crisis as a weather forecast, conveniently omitting that the displacement and destruction were not an act of God. It's almost as if the cameras only start rolling when the rubble gets wet, allowing them to
frame desperate circumstances as natural calamities, rather than the predictable outcome of sustained, internationally-backed violence. How many more 'natural disasters' must be endured before we ask who engineered the storm?