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I originally included the following in this post's title: "The atrocities did not begin on October 7th: Gaza before and after the establishment of the State of Israel," with the intention of making clear what should be obvious but what is instead, especially in the United States, not widely known context. I'll make clear another fact that's already obvious to anyone who's still capable of applying elementary moral reasoning to their assessment of the situation: Though it may or may not be possible to comprehend what leads people to commit atrocities, atrocities cannot be justified. That said, I removed my addition to the video's title because the MIT Center for International Studies' title as posted to YouTube is better left unaltered. I didn't receive a complaint; I just decided that the title should remain as posted by MIT and that it's better to add my comments in my introduction.   Today, October 21st, 2025, as I edit the introduction to th...