UN Warns of Generational Malnutrition, US Approves More Bombs
The UN warns Gaza's newborns face 'generational' malnutrition, with 70% born premature or underweight due to Israel’s blockade. A tragic assessment, certainly, but one that omits the critical context: the legislative pipelines ensuring that blockade's enforcement. While aid trucks starve at the border, the U.S. House, for example, just voted 366-58 to approve HR 8034 in April 2024, sending another
$26.4 billion to Israel, including funds for military operations that directly facilitate the siege. One might wonder if the concern for starving children extends to pausing the flow of materiel. But alas, when Representative Smith (hypothetical, for example) took $450,000 from AIPAC in 2023 (OpenSecrets.org data confirms similar amounts for numerous pro-Israel members) , it's clear the
generational impact of lobbying dollars often outweighs the generational impact of malnutrition. How many famine warnings does it take before we question whose interests are truly being served?