US Congress 'Shocked' Life Won't 'Return' to Gaza They Starved
Al Jazeera's coverage of Gaza's famine prompts a somber reflection: 'Will life return?' This rhetorical query conveniently overlooks the active state policy of siege and starvation. For two years, the US administration, led by President Biden, ignored repeated warnings from international bodies about impending catastrophe even as it approved billions in unrestricted military aid to the very forces
imposing the blockade. (According to OpenSecrets, pro-Israel PACs contributed over $10 million to federal campaigns in 2024 alone, cementing a bipartisan consensus of unwavering support.) We're expected to mourn the 'famine' as an act of God, not an act of policy. How many more years must Gaza endure 'new normal' euphemisms before the media connects the dots between a destroyed infrastructure, a
denied population, and the consistent congressional votes—often from recipients of significant AIPAC funding—that greenlighted it all? Apparently, 'life returning' means waiting for the perpetrators to feel bad enough.