Time to look at the context

Skewed reporting: What many people don’t realise is that the current conflict started when several Palestinian families were forcefully evicted from their homes by Jewish settlers who claimed that they belonged to their families before the 1948 war. — Reuters

I SPENT Monday between rage and a sense of loss. I watched the Israeli government and security forces make one decision after another to escalate an already bloody situation. My family’s WhatsApp text thread pinged again and again:

– They are talking about red alert alarms and sirens at nine.