Displaced Palestinians in Gaza (left) and a Jerusalem protest about hostages held by Hamas, 2025. Abed Rahim Khatib, Anadolu, Getty Images/Abir Sultan, Getty Images

Friday essay: ‘whose agony is greater than mine?’ Testimonies of Gaza and October 7 ask us to recognise shared humanity

Survivor testimonies hope for understanding, empathy – and change. From the Yoorrook Commission to Gaza and Israel, they build a case for justice in a shared future.
Israelis with photos of people killed and taken captive by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival in southern Israel, displayed at the site of the event. Ohad Zwigenberg/AAP

‘Dark tourism’ is attracting visitors to war zones and sites of atrocities in Israel and Ukraine. Why?

People have long visited places like Auschwitz-Birkenau and, more recently, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now we’re seeing ‘solidarity tours’ to Israel’s October 7 sites and war tourism in Ukraine.

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