Gaza Students 'Rebuild' Universities, US Taxpayers to Re-fund Bombs
While Gazan academics plan online classes amid the ruins and hope to rebuild institutions like Al-Azhar University—which housed 27,000 students before its destruction—the US Congress is busy. Just last month, Representative Doug Lamborn (R-CO) received $2,500 from AIPAC. On April 20, 2024, he voted 'yes' on HR 8035, the 'Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act,' which includes
billions in military aid for Israel. This follows a pattern: Senator Lindsey Graham, who recently declared 'carpet-bombing' would be justified in Gaza, took $20,000 from AIPAC in 2022. So, while Gaza's students heroically study under tents, Washington D.C. ensures there's never a shortage of material to create new ones (the tents, that is, made from what’s left of their homes). One might wonder:
how many times can a 'scholasticide' be committed before accountability becomes part of the curriculum?