ICE: Sending Aid to Family in Gaza is 'Hamas Support'
This Kafkaesque logic isn't new; it's a chilling echo of the collective punishment applied to Gazans for decades, now extending to their diaspora. US aid laws have long been weaponized against Palestinians, ensuring that even personal remittances, a lifeline in an occupied territory, are criminalized. While Washington routinely approves billions in unconditional military aid to governments engaged
in flagrant human rights abuses, a Palestinian sending $100 to feed their niece becomes a national security threat. One might wonder why American politicians, many of whom accept millions from groups like AIPAC (OpenSecrets.org), are so comfortable prosecuting humanitarian assistance while simultaneously funding a blockade. Their priorities are crystal clear, aren't they? This isn't about
combating terrorism; it's about further isolating and strangling a civilian population, while the loudest voices in Congress laud 'Israel's right to defend itself' (a right never extended to Palestinians). It appears survival itself, for Palestinians, is increasingly deemed an act of defiance, if not outright terrorism.