(Spectator-UK) Brendan O'Neill - Prince William has said the "fighting in Gaza must be brought to an end." My first question is: why is William more moved by this conflict than by other recent wars? Thousands have died in the Myanmar civil war. More than two million have been displaced. Hundreds of thousands have perished in the Saudi-Yemen conflict since 2014. Then there's Russia's criminal invasion of Ukraine. So what about those wars, William? Do you believe "too many" were killed, as you now say about Gaza? If you did, why didn't you say so? The cultural elite is displaying a frankly feverish obsession with the Gaza war. Peruse social media and you'll see people saying they can't stop weeping over Gaza. Some have taken to the streets every other weekend to register their rage with Israel. Now even a royal personage has joined these ranks of the selectively outraged, those who feel a peculiarly intense grief for Gaza while often turning a blind eye to bloodier wars. No "pro-Palestine" activist or tweeter or commentator has ever given a satisfactory response to the question of why Israeli militarism horrifies them more than other kinds of militarism, and why Palestinian suffering wounds them more deeply than other people's suffering. Who elected William to say the war in Gaza must end? William's grandmother went 70 years without exposing her feelings on world affairs. He should aspire to do likewise.
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