Context, moral shock, and the protests: Israel – Palestine

Ultimately, we will all be hurt, one way or another. Some of us, way more than others.

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza was bombed on the night of October 17, killing more than 300 civilians—citizens who were wounded, sick, or had taken shelter since there was nowhere else to go.

Israel stated that the incident was caused by an errant rocket fired by Islamic Jihad. Conversely, both Islamic Jihad and Hamas contended that Israel deliberately targeted the hospital, citing ongoing Israeli bombardments in Gaza since October 7.

The truth has no bearing anymore. This is different from fake news or disinformation. Encountering continuous disinformation and being misled is one thing; purposefully shutting one’s senses to all but one kind of knowledge is another thing: Epistemological dysfunction. People have decided what to believe. The truth, even when presented with irrefutable evidence [as of 18 October 2023, no such confirmation], does not hold sway over how people feel or react. The bombing of the hospital bombing was the last nail in the coffin of the human atrocity that has b…