“That doesn’t mean empathy isn’t a start, though. Which is why the retraction of the article is more than an act of cowardice and a betrayal of a writer whose work the magazine shepherded to publication. It’s a betrayal of the task of literature, which cannot end wars but can help us see why people wage them, oppose them, or become complicit in them.” #Guernica #TheAtlantic #Publishing #Literature #JoannaChen #PhilKlay #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #CeasefireNow https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/03/guernica-retracted-essay-joanna-chen/677738/