> I write “brought about” advisedly. What distinguishes the Gaza genocide is the West’s direct responsibility.

Paid for by US tax dollars and executed with US weapons. Most Americans look at the recent genocides in Darfur and Myanmar as a billion miles away and fully unrelated to American statecraft.

Then we look at numerous photos and videos of mutilated Gaza children and hundreds of assassinated journalists knowing that Americans are directly responsible for this with our taxes and praise from most of our politicians. It’s no surprise that so many Americans feel shame and disgust. Simultaneously, Americans are also watching enablers trying to purchase our media enterprise while the most senior Israeli politicians make incendiary racist statements praising the murder of thousands of small children.