The World Is Watching Gaza Burn — What Does That Say About Us?

In a time of unspeakable suffering, silence isn’t neutrality — it’s permission.

“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.” — Attributed to Joseph Stalin

A Generation Numbed by Horror

Each morning we wake up to a new count of the dead. The numbers are staggering, the pictures more so. Flattened homes. Children in morgues. Parents wailing in disbelief. And yet… somehow, we keep scrolling.

Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, was one of the most barbaric acts in recent memory — over 1,200 Israelis killed, many burned alive or executed, and hundreds kidnapped. Israel’s anguish and right to defend itself are indisputable.

But what followed has become something that looks like annihilation.

Over 35,000 Palestinians have died — most of them women and children. Entire cities have been reduced to dust, and famine is imminent.

Apocalypse by Normalization

Psychologist Paul Slovic describes the phenomenon of “psychic numbing,” where we lose emotional capacity as numbers increase. The more people who suffer, paradoxically, the less we seem to care.