Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeWhile shedding justifiable tears for Lucy the dog after it was abused by a settler in the West Bank, Israelis keep on not perceiving Palestinians as individuals, but as a dehumanized mass labeled by words like 'Amalek'11:24 PM • May 20 2026 IDTThe shock of the "Lucy the Dog" story was real. On Friday, Lucy was tied up in a yard in the West Bank village of Atara, when a masked settler was filmed savagely beating her with a club. The Israeli public was shocked by the violence directed at Lucy, sympathized with her pain and demanded justice for the dog. In the NewsIsraelis' Selective Compassion: Empathy Toward a Dog but Not Palestinian KidsOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but TruthHaaretz CartoonMKs Propose Unprecedented West Bank Antiquities Authority Operate in GazaBDS, but Not as You Know It: Sally Rooney Knows How to Identify a 'Good Israeli'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by IsraelisICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli OfficialsEverybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence CompetitionIsraeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West BankWelcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish CalendarIsraeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked