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The Moral Injuries of Witnessing Genocide
The primary victims of Israel’s assault on Gaza are the Palestinians trapped there.
Over 20,000 people, half of them children, have been killed so far; another 53,000 have been wounded.
- Michael Schwalbe
- CounterPunch
But even wider damage is being done, damage that extends far beyond Gaza.
Around the world, people forced to witness this slow-motion genocide—while feeling unable to stop it—are being subjected to moral injuries that will reverberate for generations.
Psychologists originally used the term “moral injury” to refer to the psychic trauma experienced by soldiers unable to reconcile their deeply held moral values with the immoral acts—abusing, maiming, and…