My position on Israel's war in Gaza has been the same for quite a while: while a military response was appropriate in the wake of October 7th, the war should have been over a long time ago. It has gone on for far too long, and cost the lives of tens of thousands of Gazans—probably near 70,000. About one in twenty Gazans are dead.
About one in twenty Gazans are dead. Life in Gaza has been hell since the start of the war. One cannot in good conscience continue carrying out a war until the last vestiges of radicalism have been stamped out from an almost entirely radicalized population.
One cannot in good conscience continue carrying out a war until the last vestiges of radicalism have been stamped out from an almost entirely radicalized population. At this point, I predict the historical record will judge Israel's assault on Gaza as similar to the U.