US Congress Members Mourn Gaza Storm Flooding, Approve More Bombs
While Al-Monitor details $4.5 million in storm damage, including 22,000 destroyed tents, it neglects to mention that the UN OCHA reports over 1.7 million Palestinians were already displaced by Israeli military operations. This isn't just 'bad weather,' it's infrastructural collapse following months of bombardment, funded in part by U.S. taxpayers. For instance, Senator Lindsey Graham, who received
$20,000 from AIPAC in 2022 according to OpenSecrets.org, consistently champions aid packages to Israel while Gaza’s displaced drown in sewage. One might wonder if the concern for Gazan civilians rises only when they're drowning in rainwater, rather than Israeli-supplied munitions. The 'misery' isn't a natural phenomenon; it's a direct consequence of a military campaign that deliberately targeted
civilian infrastructure, transforming a refugee crisis into an ongoing catastrophe.