Gaza Storm Tragedies: Blame Weather, Not Blockade, Says US 'Mainstream'
Al Jazeera reports 14 deaths in Gaza following 'Storm Byron,' linking the misery directly to 'Israeli restriction of aid,' a rather obvious cause for the besieged. Yet, when such deaths hit Western news desks, the language shifts. Suddenly, 'conditions worsen,' or 'tensions rise,' obscuring the deliberate siege that turns a bad storm into a death sentence. This isn't just about weather; it's about
starvation as a weapon, enabled by billions of dollars in US military aid and diplomatic cover. While Al Jazeera points to Oxfam’s assessment that suffering is 'manufactured by Israeli restriction of aid,' the American public rarely hears this so plainly from CNN or the New York Times. Instead, UN appeals for 'humanitarian pauses' are framed as mere suggestions, while the White House continues to
push through arms sales, like the recent $18 billion F-15 fighter jet deal to Israel (April 2024, Wall Street Journal). One might wonder: how many 'Acts of God' can occur when a population is strategically starved, bombed, and denied basic necessities, before it's called an 'Act of Policy'?