How nice it would be, to exist in a world that valued Palestinian life.
If we lived in such a world, I imagine the story of decomposing bodies of babies, left in a Gaza hospital because an apartheid state forced medical workers to evacuate, would lead all the headlines. Sadly, it’s increasingly evident that not one person in power in the western world considers Palestinian lives to be of any value. This is how we wind up with headlines like this from Reuters, “Israel orders Gazans to flee, bombs where it sends them”.
After visiting Gazan hospitals recently, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, had this to say:
"The things I saw [in the European Gaza hospital] is beyond anything that anyone should be in a position to describe. What shocked me the most were the children, with atrocious injuries and at the same time having lost their parents with no-one looking after them. We are facing a situation here that will not be healed by sending in more trucks. We need to provide protection to the civilians in Gaza, to the women and children, to the elderly people that I saw today that have nowhere to go... We have to find solutions to this. We can't turn away from what is evidently a moral failure in the face of the international community.
Meanwhile, politicians from Hilary Clinton to John Fetterman and beyond are continuing to try and convince us that the Palestinian people actually deserve to be ethnically cleansed and that the apartheid state of Israel is doing its best to minimize civilian casualties. Clinton was dragged in front of a camera to claim that Hamas fighters weaponized sexual violence without providing any corresponding evidence.
The original unfounded mass rape accusations levied against Palestinian resistance fighters have yet to be proven, but the same politicians have decided to trot out the heinous allegations once again and for some reason everyone’s just running with it uncritically. It’s honestly remarkable to witness in real time, to see these claims echoed by people at the highest levels of power, without sharing a shred of evidence. Of course, this tactic isn’t anything new, we can look historically and see the same baseless allegations used to justify the lynching of Black men in the American South.
In the book “Women, Race, and Class” by Angela Davis, she mentions how both Freddy Douglass and Ida B. Wells discuss in their respective analyses of lynchings that as soon as the propagandistic accusations of rape became a legitimate excuse for lynching, white supporters of the movement for equality became scared to even associate themselves with the struggle for Black liberation. The same thing is unfolding now, as senators and folks serving in congress continue to echo unfounded claims by the apartheid state without questioning for a moment why they continue to believe a regime that has lied about literally every single thing they’ve done.
Think back to Biden telling the entire world that he saw with his own eyes evidence of beheaded babies and only when a reporter followed up later to ask, “wait, are you sure?” his administration/caretakers clarified that, “nahh, he didn’t.” Now, nearly two months later, this lie is still being cited as fact and justification for war crimes against Palestinians. To be clear, I openly and happily denounce rape in any and all circumstances, even one rape is obviously one too many. Holding that belief somehow doesn’t shift my stance on whether genocide is justifiable by any margin…so what now?
Side Items
Onlyfans Congressman: Fresh off his historic expulsion from congress literally a week ago, George “Scammy” Santos", has created a Cameo account where the public can pay for a personalized video message…which kinda reminds me of another web service that Santos has experience with. Screenshots of his account, featuring the bio “Former congressional ‘Icon’!”, have started to spread online. Users, including several lawmakers across the country, are posting clips of Santos offering advice, blowing kisses and making cracks about Botox. Credit where it’s due, Santos is really taking advantage of his unenviable position
DC Duplex Explosion: Police were attempting to serve a search warrant at a home in Arlington County, VA yesterday when the entire duplex suddenly exploded. Officers went to the home after reports of shots fired, which they later determined were actually from a flare gun. While the cops investigated, they obtained a search warrant for the home, but when they attempted to execute the warrant the suspect fired several rounds inside the home and the explosion occurred shooting flames and debris high into the air. This story has the odor of conspiracy all over it, but only time will tell