Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute

Palestinians mourn the death of their relatives in an Israeli airstrike at the Al-Awda School in Abasan, east of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.

Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute