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Interesting perspective, though it required a couple of readings! But I think your insight is correct that the sheer enormity of the violence and destruction, so much of it captured in real time and amplified by interested parties, triggered an outpouring of solidarity with the Palestinians. It would be worrying if it did not.

On the other hand, given your extensive analysis, it is pretty hard to explain the ferociousness and overwhelmingly one-sidedness of this response without recourse to perhaps an at least implicit bias against something having to do with the existence of the Jewish state. We see very similar images and reports from Ukraine of such devastation and civilian casualties, but I haven’t seen any huge demonstrations on the streets or campuses against Putin and his war to destroy the very idea of Ukraine and of aspirations for self-determination, not to mention liberty and justice.

Is it possible that what we see here, as we have seen for centuries, is an ongoing at least implicit bias against the fact and the idea of “powerful” Jews?

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