As a viewing universe is confronted by the Israel-Hamas conflict, most individuals find themselves with this default thought — "what is to be said then what is to be done."  While in this orgy, the genocidal rage continues reminiscent of something far worse than the infamous 9/11.

Most everyone from all walks of life enters the derby of what we may call a  "war of statements" that made one keen observer wonder whether, in fact, such "statementese" as much as carries any talismanic power that could stop the bombs. Like it or not, it has become a global exchange of discordant narratives. 

Interestingly for this modest piece, dear readers, by "statementese" is understood to be an idiom in the past tense — "lamenting from afar what cannot be stopped, what has already come to pass. It produces helplessness even as it is conditioned by it" (Sam Adler-Bell). While more can be said, less can be done to end the war.

In terms of timeline, this unholy event appears to be the culmination of a 60-year period after World War II. Let us pluck some scenes of terror that most viewers can "identify" with to put the worldview in context, viz.:

"A bomb exploded at a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. Hamas blamed Israel; Israel blamed a wayward rocket fired by Palestinian militants. About 1,400 Israelis were killed in the 7 October attack; the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 4,000."

And the war plays out in yet unseen proportions — "depopulating" as it were not just Israelis or Palestinians but even more so foreign nationals from around the world as innocent victims or collateral damage. Perhaps, just like the Russia-Ukraine conflict, nothing is over until it is.

At the US Congress, it appears that most Democrats stand by the position taken by the Biden administration, that of backing Israel unconditionally via the unprecedented influx of military aid. Still, some members of the House have opted for a ceasefire. One vocal Eva Borgwardt did say thus: "Jews are descending on the Capitol by the thousands, refusing to allow our leaders to use our pain as a weapon against Palestinians."

This may have compelled a State Department official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs to resign in protest of the Biden administration's approach to the conflict. In a letter in Linkedin, said he: "I cannot work in support of a set of major policy decisions, including rushing more arms to one side of the conflict that I believe to be shortsighted, destructive, unjust, and contradictory to the very values that we publicly espouse."