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”
“Essential Viewing for All Who Care to Understand the Plight of the People of Palestine”
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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