Here is a really good discussion between Ezra Klein and Philippe Sands about Gaza and genocide: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-philippe-sands.html
Sands pretty much has the same position I have: it is pretty clear that it is genocide but endlessly debating the matter is a distraction from the daily horror and might even be counterproductive. Obviously, nobody cares what I think and why should they, but Sands, as both a prominent human rights lawyer and author of several books on the matter, including one about the "inventors " of the words "genocide" and "crimes against humanity", has a bit more weight to throw around.
A propos de rien: Hannah Arendt seems to be all the rage in certain circles of the US intelligentsia, which is great since we need eclectic but sharp and principled thinkers now more than ever, but please learn how to pronounce her name correctly: the stress is on the the first syllable, not the second.
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Here is a really good discussion between Ezra Klein and Philippe Sands about Gaza and genocide:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-philippe-sands.html
Sands pretty much has the same position I have: it is pretty clear that it is genocide but endlessly debating the matter is a distraction from the daily horror and might even be counterproductive. Obviously, nobody cares what I think and why should they, but Sands, as both a prominent human rights lawyer and author of several books on the matter, including one about the "inventors " of the words "genocide" and "crimes against humanity", has a bit more weight to throw around.
A propos de rien: Hannah Arendt seems to be all the rage in certain circles of the US intelligentsia, which is great since we need eclectic but sharp and principled thinkers now more than ever, but please learn how to pronounce her name correctly: the stress is on the the first syllable, not the second.