Never again, except for Palestinians: The moral realignment

Western leaders readily rediscover moral language when horror arrives on their own shoreline. After the murderous attack at Bondi Beach, Australia’s political class, rightly, denounced terrorism and mourned the dead. A nation gathered. Candles were lit. The grammar of moral clarity briefly returned to public life. That clarity evaporates the moment the victims are Palestinian. On any given week, despite the so-called ceasefire, Gaza and the West Bank produce images so grave that they should end political careers and place their perpetrators behind bars. Hospitals are starved of fuel. Children are killed in places the world once called “safe.” Settlers drive civilians from their homes. Unlawful attacks and the use of starvation as a method of warfare, long recognised as […]