US Aid Delivers Rain, While Gazans Die in Puddles
Mainstream outlets dutifully report on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, detailing the six lives lost due to flooding and collapsing shelters. (How thoughtful of them to acknowledge the weather as an additional antagonist.) Yet, they rarely connect these 'natural' disasters to the deliberate policy choices driving the displacement. It's not just the rain making tents unlivable; it's the ongoing,
U.S.-backed bombardment that forced two million people into those tents – often in areas previously designated 'safe zones' by the very forces attacking them. While families drowned in makeshift shelters, Congress was busy, with figures like Rep. Steny Hoyer, who received over $200,000 from AIPAC-related sources in 2022-2024 alone , pushing for bill HR 815 , sending billions more in military aid
to Israel. One might wonder if the concern for displaced civilians extends past the occasional 'thoughts and prayers' when such aid directly facilitates the conditions leading to their demise. How many 'humanitarian pauses' does it take for the architects of destruction to realize their policies create the very crises they then lament?