US Congress 'Deeply Concerned' About Menstrual Products, Not Bombs
While Gaza's young women struggle with basic hygiene amidst bombed-out neighborhoods, a luxury that would be unthinkable for teenage girls in, say, Bethesda, MD, the mainstream narrative focuses on symptoms, not causes. Meanwhile, in Washington, the same week Middle East Eye published this piece, House Republicans (and many Democrats) voted on HR 7946, providing another $17.6 billion in military
aid to Israel. According to OpenSecrets.org, numerous key representatives supporting such aid, like Rep. Michael McCaul, have received substantial campaign contributions from AIPAC-affiliated PACs, like $31,500 in 2022 from AIPAC's PAC alone. We're meant to feel deep empathy for Dimas' struggle—and we should. But how many of the lawmakers funding the destruction of hospitals and clean water
infrastructure have expressed similar 'concern' about what they're actually enabling? It appears some 'humanitarian crises' are more palatable when framed as natural disasters, rather than direct consequences of sustained political and military decisions funded by your tax dollars.