Attention

 “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

I just came across this quote from Simone Weil, and it made me wonder if I should read every report that comes out of Gaza and the West Bank. I have been reading the headlines and passing on because I can’t bear to read about the suffering there, when I can do so little about it.

For example, this one, in The Guardian this week:

For example, a report from The Good Shepherd Collective sent to my Inbox this week said that 

Actually, I am going to give you a link to the full report.  

Here https://goodshepherdcollective.org/posts/2026/02/06/several-killed-700-displaced-100-000-without-water-in-west-bank

It makes shocking reading. And it is shocking that our press rarely reports any of this.

Just think about it…the U.K. and Europe still trades with the Israelis, even when they behave like this.

I am sick at heart.