(Mirrors.)
People in Gaza are literally starving, especially children because their bodies are not able […] to withstand that […] level of malnutrition. Even some of Israel’s staunchest allies are now coming out to criticize Israel for its starvation campaign. It’s not because they’re having these big epiphanies […] that mass slaughter of Palestinians is wrong
There’s a great liberal centrist tradition of standing on the right side of history only when the relevant moment to do so has significantly passed. We are seeing that grand liberal tradition be repeated now by Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, and other leaders who are only willing to condemn but indeed not stop Israel’s activities at this point.
I think future-proofing of reputation to say ‘oh, but we did indeed speak up’ might very much be in play here. But those of us who have been paying any attention at all for the last year and a half plus are all too aware that these very governments have been funding and ideologically enabling Israel’s actions.
One day every liberal will say they were against this genocide