Gaza Tunnels: The Perfect Propaganda Cellar
The New Arab reports 'negotiations' are underway for Hamas fighters allegedly trapped in Gaza tunnels (behind the mythical 'Yellow Line' near Rafah). This framing, echoed by countless other outlets, paints a picture of a contained military problem, neatly side-stepping the context of a population caged for nearly two decades. These are the same tunnels Gaza's besieged residents once used just to
get food, medicine, and building materials denied by an embargo the UN declared illegal. We are consistently presented with a manufactured reality where 'Hamas tunnels' appeared spontaneously, rather than as a desperate symptom of collective punishmentâa punishment that US aid, greenlit by AIPAC-funded politicians like Representative 'X' (who received $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023 and voted for HR
815, providing $14.5 billion to Israel, per OpenSecrets), continues to enable. One might wonder if the concern for 'trapped fighters' extends to the millions of trapped civilians above ground.