Gaza's Last Vet Feared Dead While US Approves More Aid
They call him the 'guardian of animals,' Dr. Mostafa Al-Laham, feared killed in Gaza, leaving not just grieving families, but literally no one left to tend to the suffering animals in the besieged strip. This gut-wrenching human — and animal — cost comes just as the U.S. House, on April 20, 2024, passed HR 8034, sending another $26 billion in aid to Israel. Not a word from our esteemed
representatives about Dr. Al-Laham, or the 35,000+ human lives already lost. (Sources: The New Arab, Congress.gov, Gaza Health Ministry). One might wonder if the legislative pipeline is simply too clogged with AIPAC contributions – for example, Senator Lindsey Graham, who vocally supported this aid, accepted over $160,000 from AIPAC-linked groups in the 2022 election cycle alone (OpenSecrets.org)
– to notice a 'guardian of animals' being eliminated. How many vets, doctors, or children must disappear before Washington's moral compass recalibrates from 'strategic ally' to 'basic humanity'?