An impossible situation

Created
Sun, 15/10/2023 - 00:00
Updated
Sun, 15/10/2023 - 00:00
Pretty much says it: As Israel launches its eye-for-an-eye effort to obliterate Hamas for murdering 1,000+ civilians on its soil in a rave of bloodshed — young and old, Israelis and tourists — multiple commentators remind us that killing the idea of Hamas is quite a different thing from killing its leaders. Flattening northern Gaza and killing more even civilians in the process will not accomplish that. And yet no state cannot endure such a threat on its doorstep. Palestinians cannot endure life under tighter and tighter restrictions. Something was going to give. This is it. And yet. Those of us watching, powerless to stop the killing, would do well to heed Nicholas Kristof’s admonition: If we owe a moral responsibility to Israeli children, then we owe the same moral responsibility to Palestinian children. Their lives have equal weight. If you care about human life only in Israel or only in Gaza, then you don’t actually care about human life. CNN reports: What are the chances it will be only foreign nationals allowed to leave? See below. BREAKING: A senior Egyptian official says Egypt, Israel and the United States have agreed to allow foreigners in Gaza to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt. https://t.co/SJGO6mvCsD — The Associated Press (@AP) October 14, 2023 BREAKING — Egypt refused to allow American citizens to pass through the Rafah crossing unless an agreement permitted the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip. — Sky News Arabia — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 14,…