The images from the war Hamas launched against Israel on Oct. 7 have tugged at the heartstrings of Americans. By that, I don’t refer to the charred ruins of Israeli communities in southern Israel that were devastated by the Hamas pogroms. Nor do I refer to the horrifying evidence of that terrorist rampage of murder, rape, torture and kidnapping that is too graphic for most people to bear. As far as the international media is concerned, those victims were quickly forgotten almost as soon as the murder spree happened and then erased from the collective memories of the West. The pictures and videos of the Palestinians of Gaza, however, who have suffered as a result of the war started by the organization that most of them supported have been a staple of the corporate media’s coverage.
This woman @HonestReporting brings my 🧵 to life.
On Tuesday I will say to Congress what Swiss FM Ignazio Cassis said: “UNRWA has become part of the problem. It supplies the ammunition to continue the conflict. By supporting UNRWA, we keep the conflict alive. It’s a perverse… https://t.co/l7RyTagos8 pic.twitter.com/XY09xaeTBC
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 25, 2024
Note the pic is for illustrative reference it concerns an earlier UNWRA expose.
