Editorial: May 3, 2024: Complicated Conflict, Complicated Reactions [Video]

OUR APP, AND HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A WCVB CHANNEL FIVE EDITORIAL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD. WCVB PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER KYLE GRIMES. CLEAR ACROSS AMERICA, COLLEGE CAMPUSES HAVE ROILED WITH PROTESTS OVER GAZA. DISAGREEMENTS RAGES WELL OVER HOW SCHOOLS SHOULD BE HANDLING THIS INCREASINGLY INCENDIARY ISSUE. AFTER ALL, THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT IS AMONG THE WORLD’S MOST INTRACTABLE. WHY SHOULD WE EXPECT UNCOMPLICATED REACTIONS TO ITS MOST RECENT VIOLENT CONVULSION? SO A SMALL STEP BACK TO TRY AND ACKNOWLEDGE SOME TOUGH BUT SIMPLE FACTS. LAST OCTOBER 7TH, HAMAS PERPETRATED A DAY OF DEATH FOR — UNLIKE ANY SINCE THE HOLOCAUST. THAT SINGLE DAY IN WHICH 1200 WERE MURDERED AND 250 MORE WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE, IS THE IMMEDIATE ORIGIN STORY FOR THE CURRENT CONFLICT THAT CANNOT BE FORGOTTEN. ALSO, ISRAEL’S ONGOING RESPONSE HAS RESULTED IN OVER 30,000 CIVILIAN DEATHS IN GAZA AND HAS SPAWNED A WORSENING …