The Moral Vanity of “What About the Children?

Observations from a Goy on Hamas, Campus Bigotry, and the Fashionable Blood Libel

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There is a particular conceit abroad — that those who shout “What about the children?” automatically occupy the moral high ground. This conceit is undeserved. It grants sainthood by volume and posture, not by fact.

Gaza’s children are suffering — visibly, undeniably. But that suffering, far from indicting only Israel, exposes the ruthless calculus of Hamas and its patrons. To pretend otherwise is not compassion but complicity.

Palestinian suffering is real — …