US Congress Discovers Pain, Votes for More
While The New Arab details the horror of women giving birth alone in bombed-out classrooms and shelters across Gaza, the US Congress is busy celebrating the 'bipartisan' passage of HR 8035. This bill, cheered on by groups like AIPAC (who spent $18.5 million in 2022 lobbying Congress, per OpenSecrets.org), will send another $17.6 billion to Israel. One might wonder if the comfort of a birthing
chair is considered 'excess military equipment' by those who vote for endless war. The same body that struggles to fund maternal care in their own under-resourced communities finds endless billions to perpetuate conditions where mothers in Gaza deliver babies into rubble. How many 'humanitarian pauses' does it take for these legislators to pause their weapons deliveries?