You Won’t See These Faces on PBS and CNN: Photos of Innocent Civilians Who Kamala Harris and Joe Biden Allowed To Be Bombed and Killed in Lebanon

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Anyone who knows anything about global media knows that the ability to shape narratives is an expensive endeavor. It requires a lot of good looking people, super expensive camera equipment inside multi-million-dollar studios located in major metropolitan cities around the world.

Driven by growth in online advertising and live events, global entertainment and media revenue is expected to grow 3.9% annually on average over the next five years, jumping from $2.8 trillion in 2023 to $3.4 trillion in 2028, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Source: Investment News

Let’s look at the GDP per capita of various countries that are involved in this conflict. First we have the United States and Israel, followed by various Arab nations in the region.

United States: $70,219.47 in 2021 (World Bank)

Israel: $52,166.81 in 2021 (World Bank)

Palestine: $3,678.64 in 2021 (World Bank)

Lebanon: $4,136.15 in 2021 (World Bank)

Yemen: $603.71 in 2021 (World Bank)

Iran: $4,084.2 in 2021 (World Bank)

Syria: $537.21 in 2020 (World Bank)

Iraq: $4,770.84 in 2021 (World Bank)

How are these neighboring countries supposed to pay to shape the narrative given that they are so dirt poor? Social media channels can only go so far in the short-term. In the long-term public sentiment will change, but this change could take many years, if not decades to occur. The only other currency these people have to offer is their resilience, cheaply made rockets and sadly, their own lives and the lives of their children.

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This finally brings me to the latest American-funded-Israeli carpet bombings occurring in Lebanon. After Israel’s A.I.-powered bombing software known as Lavender has slowly run out of viable targets in Gaza (bombs are now falling on tents), the Israeli military is turning its attention to its northern border with Lebanon so it can continue to drop its seemingly endless supply of U.S.-taxpayer funded bombs carried by a fleet of American-supplied jets. At times, the Israeli military unleashes hundreds of these jets simultaneously to drop countless bombs over a targeted area. It’s amazing the carnage that can be created by a mass of technology, money and brains.

I’m trying not to digress too much, but just one last detour to help move things along. When there’s a school shooting here in the United States—yes, these occur all the time (50 already in 2024 according to CNN)—the media normally posts photos of the young victims with brief details about their shortened lives by an increasingly militarized society. In that depressing spirit, I’m posting photos of just a few of the victims you might not have seen if you aren’t algorithmically subscribed to the correct social media channels.

The person who posted this photo referred to this woman as the “Bride of the South” – Engineer Maya Gharib, a graduate of the 2023-2024 class. She was killed on Monday, September 24, 2024 in South Lebanon.
Hadi Sayyed was a journalist for Al Mayadeen News. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his home in southern Lebanon. His parents loved him very much.
A Lebanese man and his wife were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home. They liked to visit nice restaurants, enjoyed family BBQs and go on long walks together with their families, including many grandchildren.
The four children from the Al-Faris family — Farah, Fatima, Jalal, and Ali — along with their family have been pronounced dead in the Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon on Friday September 20, 2024. They loved to play hide-and-seek, Pixar movies, playing with Legos and generally all things that are cute and fun for their age.
The caption that came with this photo: “These are the targets of Israel in the southern Suburbs of Beirut. Israel does not care about civilians. We already know that from Gaza Genocide which is why Israel will not stop until it tastes the same loss it has been inflicting upon the natives of this land.” I’m pretty sure these two guys loved to watch Disney movies and eat lots of macaroni and cheese.
Caption from Social Media: “Ladies and gents these angels were the target of Israel who DID NOT CARE that there were civilians in the 8 story building it bombed in Beirut suburbs on Friday, September 20, 2024.“
Shahd Jabr is on the far right. She was killed by the Israeli occupation air strike in South Lebanon just before her wedding day. Her family was very excited to celebrate this special day, but sadly they had to bury her. On the left side is her sister Malak Jabr, who was killed along with her 7-day-old child.
Loving siblings killed earlier this week as they were sleeping inside their southern Lebanon home.
Killed during an Israeli air raid earlier this week, these siblings had just celebrated a Barbie-themed birthday for their youngest sister. They loved school and each one had a dream of becoming something big when they grew older.
Caption that came with the photo: “Two little angels, Iman and Talia Nesr, are among the countless victims of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Lebanon.”

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