On October 4, 2023, with the writers’ strike newly in the rearview, NBC announced that Saturday Night Live was finally returning from its extended hiatus. Just a few days later, a profoundly tragic chapter in world history began to unfold. In the eight and a half months since, the show has had a weekly decision to make about how to cover it — or whether to cover it at all.
While plenty of stand-ups have found ways to process what they’re seeing in Israel and Palestine with humor...