Children carry family belongings after Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza city on Sunday. On a sliver of land smaller than Co Louth, families endure lives punctuated by violence, aggression and daily humiliations. Photograph: Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times One of the tragedies of the Israel/Palestine conflict is that up to this horrific weekend, it could have defined the term compassion fatigue. A friend who togs out regularly in a T-shirt with the year 1948 writ large above a depiction of an old-world doorkey often has to explain what it means. News items showing rage, grief and howling sirens from Gaza...