Worthy and Unworthy victims: Why Rep. Scholten is a hypocrite and complicit in genocide

It seems like there is a report of Israeli bombing and killing Palestinians on a daily basis. One recent report states:

The Israeli military killed nearly a dozen people Sunday in its latest bombing of a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip, an attack that came amid limited pauses aimed at allowing relief workers to vaccinate Palestinian children against reemergent polio.

Another recent report provides some sobering numbers on the number of Palestinians that have been killed by Israel since October 7, 2023:

Israel’s war on Gaza has been described as a “war on women.”  Two mothers are killed every hour.  Of the reported 40,786 (2 September) killed since 7 October,  70 percent have been women and children, leaving families anguished and their children with diminished protection. 

Now, the 40,786 Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli military is likely an under-reported number. Some sources put the number much higher, as was reported by Democracy Now! in early July, stating:

But a new report in the British medical journal Lancet estimates the actual death toll could be 186,000 or even higher — that’s roughly 8% of Gaza’s population.

The point being that Palestinians are being killed on a daily basis by the Israeli military and in some cases Israeli settlers. This fact is just not contested.

Despite this reality, Rep. Hillary Scholten has never condemned or expressed outrage over Palestinian deaths, which have been mostly women and children. This fact is even more absurd when you read what Rep. Scholten wrote on her Facebook page earlier this week, where she cited a Washington Post article. Here is what Rep. Scholten wrote:  

I’m outraged over the news of Hersh’s murder, moments before his potential rescue. His family has worked with international leaders non-stop to secure his release and bring their son home. I’m praying for Hersh’s family and the other victims’ families today as they receive this devastating news.

Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization that poses a threat to peace everywhere. They must be stopped. 

Claiming outrage over the death of these Israeli hostages, while Rep. Scholten has voted for billions in US weaponry to Israel, weaponry that has killed anywhere between 40,000 and 200,000 Palestinians is nothing short of hypocrisy. In fact, Rep. Hillary Scholten has demonstrated once again that she is embracing the Zionist narrative about what is happening.

It is also hypocritical for Rep. Scholten to call Hamas a brutal terrorist organization, when the real terrorists are the Israeli government/military and their primary accomplices – the US government.