When we condemn Hamas for its October 7 attacks in Israel, we’re not accused of anti-Arab bigotry. Nor should we be. Nothing could possibly justify the atrocities that Hamas committed against hundreds of civilians, who were the majority of the 1,200 people killed as a result of the attacks.. And nothing can justify the taking of civilian hostages.
But when we condemn Israel for its actions since then, we run the risk of being accused of antisemitism. Meanwhile, nothing could possibly justify the atrocities by the Israeli government in Gaza, where the death toll is now estimated at 32,000, while uncounted thousands of other Palestinian people remain buried under rubble. Seventy percent of the victims, a UN committee found, have been children and women.
