Eighty years after Hiroshima, calls to 'nuke Gaza' show how little has been learned

On the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, recent calls by US and Israeli politicians to use nuclear weapons on Gaza demonstrate that little has been learned from history. Statements from figures like Republican Congressman Randy Fine and Israeli minister Amichay Eliyahu have explicitly suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on the Palestinian territory. This rhetoric reveals a persistent dehumanization of victims of imperialist violence. This mindset enables the rationalization and repetition of mass killing in conflicts from Japan to Palestine.