Why do Western powers and the media struggle to show the same level of compassion for children in Gaza as they clearly express for those in Ukraine? Why can't we straightforwardly label the leveling of entire neighborhoods, places of worship, and schools as war crimes? If we in the West continue to stay silent when members of the press in Gaza are disproportionately killed while doing their jobs, we remain complicit in the atrocities described in this editorial.
@ExcludedOctopusRepublican4mos4MO
In part it is because the people of Gaza are not entirely innocent. There is widespread support for Hamas in Gaza. The people of Gaza let Hamas become what it is.
The total length of the tunnel system under Gaza seems to be close to that of New York City, a massive civil engineering project that cannot have been hidden from the populace. Of the thousands of tunnel entrances, most are in homes; the people living in these homes must have conspired with Hamas. Surely medical personnel must have known about the military structures beneath their hospitals, imams about work under their mosques, and… Read more
@L1bertarianTacosGreen4mos4MO
"we remain complicit in the atrocities described in this editorial." ,
because feckless politicians and AIPAC prevent meaningful action. No amount of hand-wringing will lead to change.
The entire US government has been suborned to oligarchs and their lobbyists, since at least the mid-1960's. You just sat by and let it happen. Yes- you are all complicit in these atrocities, just like all those "good Germans" who knew nothing from 1936 to 1945.
