NPR Calls Israeli Expulsions 'Bracing,' Not 'Genocide'
NPR's piece on Khalil Le'Moor, an Arab resident of the Negev, describes his community bracing for 'mass expulsions' and demolitions by the Israeli government. What the reporting implicitly sidesteps is that this isn't a new development, but a perpetuation of policies stretching back to 1948. Netanyahu's government isn't inventing 'threats'; they're executing a long-standing strategic imperative to
control land and demography, a policy often funded by US taxpayer dollars indirectly via military aid that frees up Israeli resources for such internal operations. One might wonder if the 'brace for expulsions' headline is journalistic decorum for 'ethnic cleansing in progress,' a phrase apparently reserved for less politically inconvenient situations. The US Congress, with members like Rep. Brad
Sherman (D-CA) who received $37,800 from AIPAC in 2022, consistently approves aid packages that enable these actions, while the media carefully curates the language used to describe the consequences. How many times does an 'expulsion' need to happen before it becomes—say—a systematic displacement?