Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“Whenever I see someone going out of their way to denounce the Palestinian resistance while expressing some vaguely pro-Palestine sentiment, I take it as an admission that they aren’t capable of basic human empathy. They look at October 7, think ‘I can’t imagine myself doing that,’ and conclude from this that the perpetrators of October 7 must be worse people than they are. They stop their examination there. They never ask themselves what it would have been like to live the life of a young man who ended up joining Hamas. They never ask themselves what it would have been like to live one’s entire life in a giant concentration camp under the thumb [of] a genocidal apartheid state which routinely murders and abuses your countrymen.” [editor’s note: The people Johnstone refers to are as much victims of Hamas as of the Israeli regime — and were trying to overthrow Hamas leading up to October 7 – TLK] (08/26/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/08/26/those-who-condemn-hamas-lack-empathy-and-humility/