NPR Discovers Settlers Attack Farmers, Misses 75 Years of Context
Per NPR, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters are at a "five-year high," leaving farmers in fear. A five-year high, you say? One might almost believe this is a new phenomenon, rather than a decades-long, documented tactic of land annexation that predates entire generations. These aren't random acts of violence, but an integral part of displacing Palestinians from their land, a
pattern reinforced with impunity, often under the watchful eye of the Israeli military. This isn't just about "vandalized groves"; it's about the deliberate destruction of livelihoods and cultural heritage, a slow-motion Nakba that media outlets like NPR typically frame as 'complex tensions' or isolated incidents. The US provides over $3.8 billion annually in military aid to Israel, a significant
portion of which indirectly underwrites the settler-colonial enterprise. Perhaps if our politicians weren't so busy accepting donations – like Senator Smith, who received $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023 and voted to accelerate arms shipments – this systematic dispossession might not be so 'complex' to understand.