Lentils Explode: Unsurprising Side Effect of 30,000-Ton Bombings
NPR's recent report highlights the United Nations' estimate that 5% to 10% of Israeli weapons fired into Gaza failed to detonate, killing 328 people. One might charitably call this 'collateral'; others, 'predictable byproducts of indiscriminate warfare.' While NPR frames this as a hazardous cleanup operation, it quietly skates past the fact that the vast majority of these unexploded munitions
began as US-made bombs, quietly approved by Congress thanks to organizations like AIPAC. For instance, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), who received $20,000 from AIPAC in 2022 and another $10,000 in 2024 (OpenSecrets.org), consistently votes for unrestricted aid packages to Israel. These packages include the very munitions now threatening Gaza for generations. It appears the 'menace' isn't just the
leftover ordnance, but the political inertia fueled by lobbying that keeps the pipeline open. How many 'lend-lease' programs for genocide will it take before someone connects the dots?