military

This column first appeared in the 7 April 2009 print edition of the Purdue Exponent
The domestic press has largely ignored Amnesty International's call for an arms embargo on Israel, Hamas, and other militant groups, even after the human rights organization's recent report that Israeli forces had used US-supplied weapons, including illegal white phosphorus artillery, against civilians. While several mainstream and student papers, including the Exponent, carried heated debates about the justification for Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip, that this attack was almost entirely subsidized by the US government was largely overlooked.