Genocide in Gaza

[Introductory comment from BenIndy Contributor Roger Straw]

It’s been too long on these pages. I am remiss in not speaking out again and repeatedly. Enough! Stop! In the days and months after Hamas so brutally attacked Israeli citizens and Israel then so brutally attacked Palestinians in Gaza, I detailed on these pages the excesses of the Netanyahu regime at least 10 times. I even published a Palestinian author who feared the beginnings of genocide as early as October 13, 2023, just 6 days after the horrific Hamas atrocity.

But the Donald Trump show and the very real threats to our democracy have overshadowed everything. It’s too easy to tire of calling an atrocity an atrocity. We turn our thoughts to other things.

But here we are. What is going on right now in Gaza is genocide. The Israeli governing regime is wiping out a people, a culture, and intentionally starving a population of human beings. It’s not right and it must stop!

I highly recommend the following 18-minute interview on The Daily Show. John Stewart interviews Peter Bienart, a fiercely dedicated American Jewish author. Beinart is passionately articulate.

The Daily Show on Youtube – 1.4mil views (as of 8/3/25) Jul 28, 2025 #DailyShow #Israel #Gaza

Editor-at-large of “Jewish Currents,” who writes “The Beinart Notebook” on Substack, Peter Beinart sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning,” and speaking out against Israel. They talk about learning from Jewish history to be the saviors rather than the oppressors, America and the U.N.’s failure to hold Benjamin Netanyahu accountable, the urgency of engaging in critical discourse with other Jews, and how listening to Palestinian stories can illuminate the dehumanizing conditions. #DailyShow