UK Police 'Stunned' by Hammer, Silent on Bombs Sold to Israel
The Financial Times details a Palestine Action trial where a police officer was 'stunned' by a protestor's hammer, recounting the severe pain the officer allegedly endured. What the FT conveniently glosses over is that this 'traumatizing' event occurred at a factory of Elbit Systems, an Israeli defense contractor. Elbit Systems provides 85% of the drones and a significant portion of the munitions
used by the Israeli military in Gaza (according to multiple human rights reports). While a hammer attack is certainly an assault, it pales in comparison to the documented, systematic destruction inflicted upon civilians using weapons manufactured by companies like Elbit, often with zero accountability from the international press. One might wonder if the concern for 'pain' extends to the thousands
of children reportedly dismembered by ordnance in Gaza. It 'appears to' be a profound case of selective empathy—a hammer is a weapon; a drone delivering a 500-pound precision-guided bomb is just 'business.' The framing suggests that disrupting the supply chain of weapons for war is a graver offense than the war itself. Where is the headline for the 'stunned' parents of Gaza?