The circumstances around this particular crisis are spiritually difficult to process. I'm cynical, but not cynical enough to have imagined the political alignment that we currently ('the west') hold, to enable/allow this level of suffering to occur, in Gaza. When an _entire_ (state/state-less) population is displaced, facing famine, disease, with no functional infrastructure- is it not reasonable to suggest that historical/political differences of opinion around the conflict are not the pressing matter? That even the most cynical interpretation of the 'human shield' argument can not justify this level of collective suffering? That there are other options, least of which simply minimise suffering? Over a million people are lacking basic human needs. We could easily help but, for political reasons, do nothing.
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The circumstances around this particular crisis are spiritually difficult to process. I'm cynical, but not cynical enough to have imagined the political alignment that we currently ('the west') hold, to enable/allow this level of suffering to occur, in Gaza. When an _entire_ (state/state-less) population is displaced, facing famine, disease, with no functional infrastructure- is it not reasonable to suggest that historical/political differences of opinion around the conflict are not the pressing matter? That even the most cynical interpretation of the 'human shield' argument can not justify this level of collective suffering? That there are other options, least of which simply minimise suffering? Over a million people are lacking basic human needs. We could easily help but, for political reasons, do nothing.