Corporate-owned television has shown us the recent breakup of the student encampments at our nation’s colleges and universities protesting the ongoing killings in Gaza by the state of Israel with the full complicity by our U.S. government.
Are the tents the problem, or is the problem 2,000-pound bombs supplied with billions of our U.S. tax dollars working in complicity with Israel to eradicate a people?
Over 35,000 Palestinians have been killed, where some 70% are women and children. Over 70,000 have been wounded, some requiring amputations without anesthesia. Their homes have been reduced to rubble with our U.S. bombs.
They have been driven south to Rafah, where some 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation and living in tents. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening an attack on those remaining in Rafah.
I see the students reflecting a mirror look at the actions of our government and the investment of the endowments the colleges receive, that invest in companies that support such oppression and genocide. The students rightfully want their colleges to divest from such companies.
We have seen city after city destroy homeless encampments. Are the homeless the problem, or are our priorities as a government screwed up? We spend billions on wars, but we don’t have enough money to provide drug, alcohol and mental health services.
Having a home should be a human right; unfortunately, we point to their tents as a problem. They are merely a reflection of our priorities as a society.
Larry Gilbert Sr., Lewiston
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