After the 20th century, the Holocaust and apartheid, what ethical context does the tragedy of Gaza place us in? Is there a before and after? The philosophers Victoria Camps—under the title Gaza, an extermination camp– and Santiago Alba Rico –A simple question of scale?– answer the questions.

Gaza has become a killing field. Israel's revenge for the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, has surpassed all imaginable limits. In the apartheid that de facto The Israeli state has been practicing this for decades against the Palestinians living on its territory, or in the West Bank and Gaza, and has now added an unequal war against the population of the Strip, to whom it has been subjected to brutal military punishment: not since Vietnam and World War II have so many so many populated areas fallen on such small and populated areas. Netanyahu's Israel is unleashing its absolute anger, based on a historical sense of victimhood exacerbated by the harsh terrorist blow from Hamas.

Abu Salim, a journalist from Gaza, explained to Cristina Mas, a journalist from ARA and author of the book Palestine from within (Now Books), who returned home one day to find his wife and sister arguing over which library books they would burn so they could cook something: "They couldn't agree because, to one or the other, everyone was important." There are countless passages in the book that are much harsher and more shocking, from unspeakable torture to the cold-blooded murder of minors by snipers, but due to a professional flaw, this moment in the book has stayed with me. I think the same thing would happen to us at home. Like the women of the Salim family, books are the last physical object I would want to get rid of in a dire situation.