After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editors of numerous Western news agencies have suddenly spoken out strongly against Israel’s attack on Gaza.

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The first straw came last week from The Financial Times in an editorial titled “ The West’s shameful silence on Gaza ,” condemning the US and Europe for “barely uttering a word of condemnation” about their ally’s crimes, and saying they “should be ashamed of their silence and stop allowing Netanyahu to act with impunity,” writes Caitlin Johnstone .

Then The Economist came out with an article titled “ The War in Gaza Must End ,” arguing that Trump should pressure the Netanyahu regime to declare a ceasefire because “the only ones who benefit from continuing the war are Netanyahu, who is keeping his coalition intact, and his far-right allies, who dream of evacuating Gaza and rebuilding Jewish settlements there.”

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On Saturday, The Independent published an editorial titled “ End the deafening silence on Gaza – it’s time to speak out ,” arguing that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer “should be ashamed of himself for not speaking out, especially now that Netanyahu has announced new plans to expand the already devastating bombardment of Gaza,” and that “it’s time for the world to wake up and demand an end to the suffering of Palestinians trapped in the enclave.”

On Sunday, The Guardian editorial board joined in with an article titled The Guardian’s position on Israel and Gaza: Trump can end this horror. “ The Guardian’s position on Israel and Gaza: Trump can end this horror. The alternative is unthinkable ,” stating: “The US president has the power to enforce a ceasefire. If he does not, he will be giving implicit approval to what appears to be a plan for total destruction.”

“What is this if not genocide?” asks The Guardian. “When will the US and its allies take action to stop these atrocities, if not now?”

To be clear, these are editorials, not op-eds. This means that they do not represent the opinion of one person, but the position of the entire newspaper or medium. We have seen occasional op-eds in the Western mainstream media criticizing Israel’s actions during the Holocaust in Gaza, but for the media to now be so aggressively condemning Israel and its Western allies at the same time is a very new development.

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Even some longtime supporters of Israel have unexpectedly changed their tune.

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard told the House of Commons last week that he had supported Israel “at all costs” for decades but that he had “been wrong” and publicly retracted his support for Israel’s actions in Gaza.

“I have been in this House for 20 years and I have supported Israel, quite frankly, at almost any price,” Pritchard said. “But today I want to say that I was wrong and I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and also in the West Bank, and I want to withdraw my support for Israel’s actions, for what they are doing in Gaza, immediately.”

“I really worry that this is a moment in history where people will look back and see that we got it wrong as a country,” Pritchard added.

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Pro-Israel commentator Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, who aggressively campaigned against campus protesters during the Holocaust in Gaza and accused critics of Israel of “ blood libel ,” has now publicly admitted that Israel is committing a genocide that must be fought.

“It’s taken me a long time to get to this point, but it’s time to face the truth. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,” Ephraim tweeted recently. “Between the indiscriminate bombing of hospitals, starving the population, plans for ethnic cleansing, slaughtering of aid workers, and covering up the truth, there is no way around it. Israel is trying to wipe out the Palestinian people. We can’t stop it unless we admit it.”

It is strange that it has taken all these people a year and a half to get to this point. (ER: Not really.) I myself have a much lower tolerance for genocide and the mass murder of children. When you have been on the genocide train for nineteen months, it is a little strange to suddenly start screaming about how terrible it is and demanding that the brakes be slammed on.

These people have not suddenly acquired a conscience, they just smell what is in the air. Of course, once the consensus passes a certain point, there is a stampede to avoid being one of the last to oppose it, because you know that you will carry that stigma in public for the rest of your life once history has clearly shown what you have done.

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After all, this comes at a time when the Trump administration is beginning to antagonize Netanyahu , prompting the Israeli prime minister to say recently, “I think we need to get off American security assistance,” when Washington went over Tel Aviv’s head and negotiated directly with Hamas to secure the release of an American hostage. The US is reportedly increasingly leaving Israel out of negotiations on international affairs in countries like Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Something is changing.

So if you still stand with Israel after all this time, my advice is to change now, while you still can. There is still time to be the first of the villains in the insane rat race to avoid being the last to start pretending that you were always against the Holocaust in Gaza.

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