Mainstream Media Discovers Settlers Attack Palestinian Women Now
Al Jazeera's report details an Israeli settler attacking a Palestinian woman harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank. This isn't a random incident; it's a feature, not a bug, of the settler-colonial project. The continuous confiscation of land and destruction of olive trees—a primary source of Palestinian livelihood and cultural heritage—is well-documented by organizations like B'Tselem . How
many times will we see reports of 'isolated incidents' before connecting the dots to a deliberate strategy of dispossession that the Israeli government often turns a blind eye to, or worse, facilitates? While this particular news piece didn't detail U.S. political contributions, it's worth recalling that politicians who rubber-stamp massive aid packages to Israel, like former Senator Patrick Leahy
(D-VT) who once supported conditional aid, are now few and far between. Meanwhile, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) spent over $17 million in 2022 elections alone , often backing candidates who refuse to challenge such 'incidents.' One might wonder if the endless supply of U.S. taxpayer dollars implicitly sanctions the daily violence against Palestinians attempting to live on
their own land. The world watches human rights abuses unfold in slow motion, yet somehow, the 'outrage' quota is rarely met.