Israel is the only issue where the western political-media class treats people's feelings as a matter of supreme importance.

If you're a stressed-out single parent struggling to pay bills and keep a roof over your kids' head, they don't care about your feelings.

If you're an American who's been cast into destitution and homelessness by medical bills, they don't care about your feelings.

If you're a Palestinian whose apartment complex was bombed with your entire family inside, they definitely don't care about your feelings.

But if you're a western Zionist who doesn't like the cognitive dissonance that comes with encountering anti-genocide protesters, or even if you're an Israeli who's upset about anti-genocide protests in whole other country on the other side of the planet, they're very, very interested in your feelings.

Reading by Tim Foley.