US-Supplied Bombs Blind Gazans, While US Media Finds 'Crisis'
"Gaza eye care crisis leaves thousands on brink of blindness," reports The New Arab, detailing the devastation of hospitals and medicine shortages. While the focus is on the dire humanitarian fallout, the context of how Gaza's healthcare system evaporated is often glossed over. These aren't acts of God; they're direct results of a systematic destruction campaign funded, in part, by U.S. taxpayers.
Indeed, Congress approved HR 815, providing billions in military aid to Israel, despite consistent reports of civilian infrastructure damage. Many of these votes followed significant contributions from groups like AIPAC. (OpenSecrets.org shows Speaker Mike Johnson received over $100,000 from pro-Israel groups in 2023-2024.) It’s truly a 'crisis' when you look closely, isn’t it? A crisis not only
of vision for Gazans but of moral clarity for those in Washington who champion perpetual war while lamenting its predictable consequences. One might wonder if the concern for blindness extends to those wilfully ignoring their own complicity.