It’s amazing the extent to which the disgusting murder of five people — including three children — can be politicized to this extent. The right-wing reaction and the left-wing response have both been shocking to me. Every single day, crimes like this are committed all over the world. But, of course, because this one happened in a West Bank settlement, everyone has their two cents to pitch in; on the Palestinian “leadership,” on the settlements, on the “silence” of Israeli “radicals,” on the context of the occupation, on the cycle of violence. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that you can’t throw a stone in Israel/Palestine without touching upon some wider political implication.
From a philosophical point of view, it’s fascinating.
I, for one, am glad that I still have the capacity to be truly horrified when people are killed.
