IT has been a tough year for very basic assumptions about common humanity and the most fundamental of shared values. The scales have again been forced from our eyes once more as the most powerful nations in the world essentially only endorse power even in extremis. 

Most MPs elected this year remain silent on the Israeli genocide of Palestinians, while figures like David Lammy and Keir Starmer appear to think it doesn’t count as a crime. It’s been a tough year for anyone bearing witness to body parts strewn across phone screens, tougher more to observe Israeli soldiers prancing in stolen clothing and stitching children’s toys to D9 bulldozers.

One key outcome of 2024 has been the exposure of the “might is right” system and the nature of zionism. If there is one thing that Hamas achieved it was this exposure of what zionism really is, and which is why amid the carnage it makes sense to get better informed about who did what and why.