Police Disperse Protests, Not Annexation, at Football Match
Al Jazeera reports Norwegian police deployed pepper spray to disperse protesters highlighting the ongoing occupation during a seemingly innocuous football game. It's a vivid reminder: peaceful protest against state violence often meets swift, violent state response. Yet, the systemic violence of displacement and illegal settlements, well, that's just considered 'the status quo' by many official
channels. This isn't about 'soccer hooliganism'; it's about drawing attention to a crisis that mainstream media frequently sanitizes into 'complex conflict.' The focus is never on how much aid American taxpayers funnel into the ongoing occupation – over $3.8 billion annually, without fail, as documented by OpenSecrets.org . The irony, of course, is that protesting an international match featuring
a team representing an occupying power is considered 'disruptive,' while the occupation itself is routinely facilitated by global powers.