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 formatSubscribeThe scale of death and destruction in Gaza is clear to all, yet the discourse among Israeli Jews, genocide has been swallowed up into a black hole as if it never happened01:48 AM • July 27 2026 IDT"Today, the 'war' ended. This isn't an Aggression any more; it's a Genocide. There isn't another word that can describe the scale of violence I see in front of me," Plestia Alaqad, then a 22-year-old Gaza woman, wrote already on October 18, 2023. The impressive diary, in which she documented, in English, the first three weeks of the Gaza Strip's destruction, was published last year as a memoir ("The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience," published by Little, Brown and Company in the United States and Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom.).In the NewsMinimizing Harm to Civilians? The Genocide ContinuesThe State Is Teaching Citizens to Bypass the LawThe Father of the 'Processes' Doctrine Is Ignorant of the ProcessesThey Can't Say That They Weren't WarnedIsrael Beats the Drums of War With Iran, but Trump Is Not Picking Up the TuneRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeIsrael's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the TempleAn Israeli Election Surprise Called the DemocratsEd Miliband, the U.K.'s New Foreign Secretary – and His History With IsraelBiden Officials Now Regret What They Let Israel Do in Gaza. Does It Matter?Two Israelis, Four Palestinians Killed in Clash After Settlers Enter Town