Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Quote of the Day


Israel apologists who say everything Israel is doing in Gaza can be explained by October 7 have got it exactly backwards: everything we’re seeing in Gaza explains why October 7 happened in the first place.

The sadism and psychopathy we're witnessing in Gaza didn’t just magically appear 22 months ago; everyone in Gaza has been experiencing Israel’s abusiveness in various manifestations throughout their entire lives. Israel has always been this way. October 7 just gave it the excuse to completely unleash its genocidal impulses.

Caitlin Johnstone
via social media
July 23, 2025




See also the following chronologically-ordered Wild Reed posts:
October 7, 2023: “Nothing About Today Is ‘Unprovoked’”
Phyllis Bennis: “If We Are Serious About Ending This Spiraling Violence, We Need to Look at Root Causes”
In the Midst of the “Great Unraveling,” a Visit to the Prayer Tree
Eric Levitz: Quote of the Day – October 11, 2023
Something to Think About – October 12, 2023
Prayer of the Week – October 16, 2023
Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
More Voices of Reason and Compassion on the Crisis in Israel and Gaza
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Quote of the Day – November 2, 2023
Jehad Abusalim: Quote of the Day – December 8, 2023
Christmas 2023 – Reflections, Activism, Art, and Celebrations
Sabrina Salvati: Quote of the Day – January 2, 2024
Michael Fakhri: Quote of the Day – February 27, 2024
Phyllis Bennis: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
Josh Paul: Quote of the Day – March 28, 2024
“A Genocide Has Been Normalized”
“This Is a Genocidal Project”
Outrage and Despair
Naomi Klein’s Powerful Words on Israel’s and the West’s Ongoing Gaza Genocide
Judith Butler on the Ongoing Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide
Kyle Kulinski: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2024
Something to Think About – June 28, 2024
Nina Turner: Quote of the Day – July 24, 2024
Phyllis Bennis: “We Can Never Give Up Hope”
John Cusack: Quote of the Day – July 26, 2024
Progressive Perspectives on the Presidential Nomination of Kamala Harris
Breaking Down Kamala Harris’s DNC Speech on Gaza
Yousef Munayyer: Quote of the Day – August 30, 2024
“It’s a Systematic Slaughter That We’re Funding”
Protesting Weapons Manufacturer and Genocide Enabler General Dynamics
Something to Think About – September 26, 2024
“A Year of War Against Children”
Anti-Genocide Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Reflects on the First Anniversary of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Liam Cosgrove Confronts U.S. State Department Spin Doctor Matthew Miller: “People Are Sick of the Bullshit”
“This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”
Progressive Perspectives on Kamala Harris’ Faltering Presidential Campaign
Progressive Perspectives on Where Democrats Went Wrong in the 2024 Presidential Election
Hope and Courage – Christmas 2024
Chris Hedges: “Israel Has No Intention of Halting Its Merry-Go-Round of Death”
The Lamentable Legacy of the Biden Administration
Caitlin Johnstone: Quote of the Day – January 22, 2025
Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
The Only Difference
Progressive Perspectives on Cory Booker’s Marathon Speech
Silence on Gaza Genocide Is “More Than a Mere Moral Abdication; It Is Lethal”
The Theft of One’s Soul: Omar El Akkad on the “Lesser of Two Evils” Argument
How Genocide Becomes Ordinary
Thomas Friedman: Quote of the Day – May 27, 2025
“A Holocaust, Live-streamed”
“Life Comes First”: An Interview with Thiago Ávila
Truth-telling in the Face of Systemic Power That Is Silent on Genocide


See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
“The Mistreatment and Discrimination Against Palestinians Is Not Unprecedented. It’s Baked Into the Foundation of the Political System in Israel”
Progressive Perspectives on the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian “Nightmare” (2021)
Something to Think About – July 29, 2018
Noura Erakat: Quote of the Day – May 15, 2018
For Some Jews, Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians is Yet Another Jewish Tragedy
Remembering the Six-Day War and Its Ongoing Aftermath
David Norris: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2014


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