Palestine Hunger Strikers Ask for Basic Humanity, Media Asks 'Why?'
Palestine Action activists are enduring hunger strikes, demanding an end to specific UK complicity in the destruction of Gaza. Their specific demands include stopping arms sales to Israel and halting Elbit Systems' operations in the UK. Meanwhile, headlines treat these acts of protest as isolated incidents, detached from the very real, very documented policies that fuel them. One might wonder
where the equivalent media scrutiny is for the politicians who greenlight these arms deals, especially when many receive significant campaign contributions from pro-Israel lobbying groups like CFI (Conservative Friends of Israel), which OpenSecrets.org indicates plays a significant role in UK politics via proxies and related organizations. It's almost as if some media outlets find it easier to
dissect the 'why' of a desperate protest than to question the 'how' of government policies that make peaceful protest feel utterly futile. How many times must people literally starve themselves for the public to question the status quo?