US-Supplied Weapons Kill Palestinians, White House 'Concerned'
When Israeli soldiers kill a Palestinian teenager and another man in Hebron, as The New Arab reports , Washington offers its customary 'concern'—after ensuring the next round of weapons deliveries is already approved. This isn't a new 'cycle of violence'; it's a persistent, well-funded pattern since 1948, enabled by blank checks and bipartisan political theatre. Remember when Colin Powell warned
Ariel Sharon in 2002 that such actions 'undermine Israel's effort to create a secure, defensible border'? Apparently, some warnings expire. While US politicians lament Palestinian deaths on cable news, many are simultaneously accepting massive donations from groups like AIPAC. Senator Schumer, for instance, received $252,654 from AIPAC-aligned PACs in 2022, according to OpenSecrets.org. One might
wonder how many 'concerns' equate to one F-16. The media, meanwhile, frames these killings as 'security operations' or 'clashes,' consistently sanitizing the death tolls with euphemisms, thereby erasing the systemic nature of an occupation they refuse to name.