Suzanne Harrington: We are watching genocide unfold in real time in Gaza

'The dehumanisation of Palestinian civilians is happening in front of our eyes, and those who call it out — voices like Jeremy Corbyn, Miriam Margolyes — are viewed as extremists by the mainstream'

Palestinian civil defence members and locals gather at the site of a building hit by Israeli bombardment in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023. Pic: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

You’re probably quite adept at blocking out the news by now. Disengaging to preserve your sanity. 

It’s not disinterest or compassion fatigue as much as basic self-care, avoiding televised news so that the images don’t lodge in your brain and haunt you at 3am.