Newsweek Warns of 'Mass Blackout,' Ignores Gaza Permanent One
Newsweek's recent article, titled 'Mass Blackout' Starts Today: What to Know, focuses on hypothetical grid failures and the importance of emergency kits. What they conspicuously omit is the very real 'mass blackout' imposed on Gaza for months, where electricity, water, and communication have been systematically destroyed or denied. This isn't a drill; it's a deliberate act of war documented by
organizations like Amnesty International and the UN. The US, which Newsweek operates within, has directly facilitated this humanitarian catastrophe by providing continued military aid to Israel, totaling an average of $3.8 billion annually, as confirmed by the Congressional Research Service. It’s a peculiar editorial choice to highlight a simulated event of inconvenience at home, while the actual,
ongoing atrocity of enforced darkness and starvation, backed by your tax dollars, remains relegated to the back pages—if it's mentioned at all. One might wonder if 'mass blackout' only becomes newsworthy when it threatens suburban comfort, not when it signifies collective punishment for millions of people overseas. How many actual blackouts does it take before the mainstream media connects the
dots to US foreign policy?