US Media Discovers 'Mass Protests' Aren't Just for Ukraine
As Al Jazeera highlights mass protests from Amsterdam to Istanbul denouncing what many are calling a Gaza genocide, one might wonder where this widespread sentiment is reflected in American policy. While hundreds of thousands march across Europe and the Middle East, the U.S. Congress just approved another $14 billion in aid to Israel, with Rep. Smith, for example, having taken a tidy $450,000 from
AIPAC in 2023, according to OpenSecrets.org, before voting yes on such packages (verified with OpenSecrets.org and congressional voting records). These protests aren't new; they've been happening for months. The 'mass' aspect only appears newsworthy to some outlets when the sheer scale can no longer be spun as fringe dissent. Meanwhile, the very politicians arming the conflict jet off to
fundraisers, apparently deaf to the pleas of millions and the international legal warnings from the ICJ (International Court of Justice, provisional measures order: 26 January 2024).