Gaza’s Children Drown in Rain, Congress Drowns in AIPAC Cash
When Al-Monitor reports six deaths in Gaza from torrential rain, describing families 'struggling to hold ground' amidst collapsed homes, it paints a picture of unfortunate circumstance. What it omits is that these hundreds of thousands were forcibly displaced from their homes by an ongoing military campaign. A campaign largely enabled and funded by the very nations expressing 'concern.' The irony,
of course, isn't lost on Piaz readers: just this week, the US House of Representatives approved another $14.3 billion in aid to Israel, precisely the entity responsible for the displacement leading to these 'natural' deaths. (Sources: Al-Monitor, US Congressional Record H.R.815.) One might wonder if the children dying from exposure and collapsing tents would have preferred a roof over their heads
instead of another US-supplied bomb targeting what little infrastructure remained. Perhaps their tragic deaths, framed as a weather event, are just another acceptable externality—a cost of 'security' for those safely ensconced in air-conditioned offices. How many more 'natural disasters' will be manufactured through forced displacement before the world decides to connect the dots?