Occupied Gaza
TownhallMAR 2024
US Agrees to Send More Bombs and Warplanes to Israel
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The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
While the US and Israel have disagreed about how it should carry out its offensive in Gaza, Israel remains America's strongest ally in the Middle East. As such, the US must not impede Israel's right and ability to defend itself. Making Israel jump through various hoops before it receives aid is not the US policy.
Establishment-critical narrative
How can US officials call on Israel to limit the humanitarian impact of its bombing one moment, while proceeding to deliver thousand-pound bombs the next? This is obscene behavior, makes the US complicit in these crimes, and is not an effective way to get Israel to comply with international law.