War on Gaza: The world is turning, but Israel has yet to reckon with its crimes
As the father of a four-year-old daughter and a newborn baby, as I watch the international response to the genocide in Gaza, I cannot help but wonder: at what age will my children cease to be considered children, and their lives be deemed less important?
The world is shocked at the number of children being killed and starved in Gaza, but there remains no substantive critique of what Israel has done over these past 19 months to all Palestinians in Gaza. The threshold of demands has been lowered to merely alleviating the humanitarian crisis.
Israel has succeeded in destroying Gaza’s infrastructure, healthcare system, municipalities, education networks, families, mosques and churches – in short, every framework that organised human life.
But now, having exhausted its “target bank” and with nothing left to bomb, Israel is striking refugee tent camps and burning people alive. Such cruelty, along with the passage of time and mounting international pressure, have led to a turning point, both globally and within Israeli society.
