Cultural Contradictions / To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability. Smoke billows during Israeli strikes on the Mushtaha Tower in Gaza City on September 5, 2025. “Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is quite explicit, open, and unashamed,” he wrote. Nonetheless, it was a choice many of my peers made—some for days, some for weeks, and some for nearly two years of slaughter in Gaza. It’s the very least we owe to the Palestinians of Gaza.