In Tablet Mag, Edward Rothstein explores the moral ground that has been awarded to terrorists, first in reaction to 9/11 and now to “10/7”. Relativism and symmetry are being manipulated to rationalize Hamas’ actions, shattering Rothstein’s initial hopes that extremism and atrocity would spark a general rethinking.

Catalyst for Civilizational Collapse
There’s no longer any doubt, writes Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill: the radical left, “keffiyeh-adorned lowlifes”, Islamofascists and the Green Party of England all want the same thing. Not “to end the war in Gaza but to end Israel.” Their behaviour shows they actually enjoy Jewish suffering. If anti-Semites get their way, O’Neill warns, “7 October [will] look like a tea party.” And as Hannah Arendt famously warned, generalized Jew-hatred becomes the catalyst for civilizational ruin.
For more on this topic, check this C2C article by Lynne Cohen.


