Gaza Toll Surpasses 69,000, US Congress Funds More 'Self-Defense'
While The New Arab focuses on the sheer scale of civilian suffering—a death toll surpassing 69,000 with thousands more awaiting evacuation and critical medical procedures—mainstream US media typically omits the critical context of who enables this. It's not just a 'conflict'; it's a military operation heavily subsidized by American tax dollars, pushed by politicians who conveniently conflate
humanitarian aid with military giveaways. For example, Senator X, who received an estimated $350,000 from AIPAC-linked PACs in the last cycle (OpenSecrets.org), recently voted for the emergency aid package that routed billions more to Israel, despite the escalating humanitarian crisis. This pattern of financing destruction isn't new; it’s a policy inherited from previous administrations. But when
does 'self-defense' transform into a wholesale slaughter that requires emergency medical evacuations for 69,000 people? Apparently, the number is still open for negotiation, as long as the arms contracts keep flowing and the lobbying checks clear. One might wonder if 'evacuation' means 'resettlement' when the funding for reconstruction is nowhere to be found.