![]() ![]() ![]() I empathized with that Palestinian family despite my being Jewish. The man charged with committing the attack, an Israeli settler, had graffitied the outside of the Dawabsheh’s home with a Star of David and the Hebrew word nekama, meaning “revenge.” Within weeks, both parents, Saad and Riham Dawabsheh, succumbed to their wounds and died. Another son, 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh, had already burned to death. He was also badly burned, but they managed to get him to safety. Four-year-old Ahmad Dawabsheh was standing in the living room, yelling for his mother. Local people heard cries for help, and when they got to the house they found the parents outside, on fire. Recall the awful events: Just before dawn a firebomb was thrown inside the home of a Palestinian family, the Dawabshehs. When I read about what happened in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, 2015, I immediately felt empathy. AGAINST EMPATHY The Case for Rational Compassion By Paul Bloom 285 pp. ![]()
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