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    Commentary: Has American support for Palestinians reached a turning point?

    by Hala Alyan, Los Angeles Times May 14, 2024 4 minutes
    California Highway Patrol officers clear a pro-Palestinian encampment, with a police helicopter above, as a a Palestinian flag waves after dispersal orders were given at the University of California, Los Angeles campus, on May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.

    In psychology, there is a phenomenon we refer to as “psychic numbing.” It occurs during times of staggering catastrophe, when it seems however we try, we cannot prevent a tragedy. Indifference and defeat set in. Systems of oppression rely enormously upon this kind of detachment, banking on the burnout of dissenters.

    The utter devastation of Gaza — and the impunity of its assailants — is a strong example of psychic numbing: six months in and . Nearly half of them children. Neighborhoods flattened, aid trucks blocked, unearthed. This comes even after huge numbers of Americans have made calls to U.S. representatives, participated invasion, which President Biden back in March a “red line.”

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