It is inevitable that we judge situations through our own experience and prejudices, but to pick a side in this conflict without accepting the possibility of doubt is dangerous. Israel and Palestine has never been simple, so to treat it as such is to frame this great narrative in a lie. It’s beginning to feel like October 7 never happened. A rigid “Israel bad, Palestine good” not only imperils individuals but undermines our social fabric if, for example, we can’t even find consensus on what Hamas is. As someone said to me, “If you put a Palestinian flag in your car people will honk their horns in support, if you put an Israeli flag in your car you get a brick through the window”.
