Many of these online voices claim that attacking Israeli civilians amounts to justice for the suffering of the Palestinian people. “Let the Jews suffer as the Gazans did,” they say. In doing so, they make clear that their conception of morality is defined by vengeance and collective punishment. This is an odious framework, and one that pro-Palestinian voices only selectively endorse, because its universal application could just as easily excuse Israeli punishment of Palestinian civilians, given the crimes committed by Hamas.






