What follows was published two weeks after October 7, 2023. It was almost immediately pinned to the top of the feed there, and it has remained there atop the dormant husk of that account ever since. At some point this week, I encountered a couple shitheels on the social media site to which I have migrated who proved entirely capable of characterizing my views as singularly Zionist — supportive of Netanyahu, his government, his policies or his or his coalition’s role in the horror show that has engulfed the Levant. False. Rather, the criticism that I am “both-sidesing” this disaster would be precise. Simplistic and empty, but precise. If ever there was a century-old tragedy that encouraged — no, demanded — that civilized human beings refuse to sign up for the bloodletting of Hamas or the brutalities of Netanyahu, it’s this one. There is a singular, shared and grievous history here and if you know it in full, you know that both sides have...