I doubt that anything good can come from expressing my disgust with the foreign policy of my own country, especially in Gaza. Caitlin Johnstone does a better job than I could.
And yet there are hopeful signs that many in the Western world are becoming more critical of Israel. Hope? That is what interests me today. Hope, naivete, delusion, wishful thinking, and escapism overlap and become so confusing.
A person can be well-educated and well-read, but does it really help them understand the overlap between these terms, when applied to a specific slaughter like Gaza? Perhaps the only thing that seems certain is the notion that it is important for people in a 'free' society to actively and courageously confront mass-slaughter.
We also need to be realistic about our ability and stamina to consider such grim and horrible events without giving up. We all have our limits. If we overshoot and then surrender our attention to easy and cheerful subjects, then Evil (the Trump-anyahu regime) automatically wins.
Therefore, whether any bit of hopeful optimism is rational or not, we need to give ourselves some hopefulness as if we were taking necessary medicine.
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