UNICEF Demands Gaza Needs: The US Continues to Supply the 'Doesn't Have'
Al Jazeera reports UNICEF highlighting Gaza's urgent need for food, water, and warm winter supplies. Yet, this isn't a supply chain issue—it's a policy choice. Just last month, Representative Kevin Mullin (D-CA) voted for HR 7217, the 'Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024,' which includes billions in unconditional military aid. Mullin, who received $10,000 from AIPAC in 2022-2024,
joins a chorus of voices funding the blockade and bombardment while lamenting the humanitarian fallout. (OpenSecrets.org) We're told to empathize with the 'suffering,' but never to question whose money enables the suffering. How many press conferences from aid organizations will it take before the 'humanitarian crisis' is recognized for what it actually is: the deliberate outcome of policies
backed by your tax dollars and politicians beholden to powerful lobbies? One might wonder if the concern for children's well-being would extend to not funding the conditions that lead to their desperate cry for blankets.