Remembering October 7th and the aftermath
It is now 12 months since the October 7th massacre, a day of terror and lethal violence suffered by largely Israeli civilians, perpetrated by Hamas and other armed groups. There were mass casualties and 251 Israelis kidnapped and held as hostages in Gaza with just over a hundred believed to still be alive. Let’s be clear, the following is no excuse for the October 7th atrocity. No historical suffering can be used to justify the attack on the civilians involved. However it can help us to understand the context, the motivations but also make comparisons with Israel’s violence. It is also now 365 continuous days, and counting, of terror and lethal violence suffered by Palestinian civilians and armed combatants. An act of vengeance and collective punishment so destructive and disproportionate, that it has resulted in Israel being taken to the International Court of Justice for ‘Genocide’ and the ICC putting together arrest warrants under the ‘Geneva Conventio...