NPR Shocked: Israel Strikes Refugee Camp in Lebanon
NPR dutifully reports an Israeli airstrike killed 13 in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, an incident that, if viewed in monochrome, appears isolated. What they won't tell you is that this refugee camp, like many others, exists because of the 1948 Nakba—the forced displacement of Palestinians that birthed Israel. This isn't an 'airstrike'; it’s a continuation of policy, now hitting the
children and grandchildren of those initially ethnically cleansed from their homes. (They just keep finding them, don't they?) The collective amnesia benefits politicians like Senator Lindsey Graham, who received over $20,000 from AIPAC in 2022 , and consistently champions 'Israel's right to defend itself'—even when 'defense' extends to bombing civilian populations in sovereign nations, whose very
existence as refugees is a direct result of prior Israeli actions. One might wonder, how many times can a refugee be displaced before they’re just permanently 'collateral damage'?