Once again, Israel is in a rage, bombing a weaker Arab neighbor, one that would be hard pressed to face the most powerful armed force in the Middle East. And once again, the U.S.is playing the unconvincing role of neutrality, arms and shields one side – using the dual weapons of war and words – to batter and pummel the other.
In the American mind, especially after 9/11, to be Arab (as are Palestinians), is the media equivalent of evil, and ipso facto, the Israelis must be good; and so the corporate media plays it, as drama.
But Israel is no David here; they are Goliath, armed to the teeth, bristling in armor, and able to whip anybody in the neighborhood. In fact, they are the Middle East’s only nuclear power (although undeclared).
Palestine, embattled, impoverished, sliced in twain Palestine, is like the prey before a hyena – and the U.S. is dousing the prey with barbecue sauce.
The U.S. is Israel’s greatest enabler, and sends over $5 billion a year to keep their military in shape.
Israel has the 10th most powerful army on Earth.
They have 3,501 battle tanks, and almost 400 fighter jets and military aircraft. (Gaza has none of these things – just a few thousand rockets).Israel has over 175,000 active troops. (Gaza has several thousand militia and police.)
Israel is Goliath – on steroids!
And guess which side the U.S. Empire is supporting?
Not Gaza.
Gaza (which used to be called the Gaza Strip), about the size of Detroit with double its population, has been occupied by Israel since 1967 – and Israeli power controls and limits it economy, its population movements, its water and its contracts with foreigners.
Some have called Gaza and its separate neighbor, the West Bank, little more than open air prisons.
The jailer?
ISRAEL.
When this war is over, and perhaps thousands are dead, the peace that emerges will be a false peace; nothing but a prelude to the next war.
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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