Mark O’Connell: On Instagram I see the body of a Palestinian toddler, an ad for a wetsuit, Oprah talking

How can we just go about our business – having coffee with friends, booking family holidays, watching Netflix – while Gaza’s overwhelming horror unfolds within our field of vision?Children photographed in Khan Yunis this week: I saw one small boy filming himself singing a prayer to the prophet Mohammed, his sweet voice trembling, until his song was cut short by the flash and blast of the Israeli missile that took his life.

The last time I went on Instagram, I took conscious note of what I was seeing, of the contrast between these things, and of the effect it was having on me.

In an obvious sense, there is nothing new about this: the world has always contained terrors and delights, banalities and wonders. And there is nothing new, either, about lives of comfort and heedless privilege lived closely alongside experiences of abject suffering and injustice. But the current savagery inis happening right in front of our eyes, unfolding in real time on the tiny screens in our hands.

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