To the editor: I’ve misplaced 11 family within the Gaza Strip to this insanity. Greater than 100 of my colleagues on the United Nations Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees have been killed. I fear about my family and friends each hour of on daily basis. (“Stop hearth now. Killing in Gaza should cease,” Chief, November 16)
To be Palestinian and skim American information is to battle day by day with the nightmare of understanding how little your life issues, how little your reality issues, and whether or not media sources care that they’re conditioning folks to easily want you useless. It’s a deeply disorienting and terrifying feeling.
However with The Instances editorial board’s sturdy and clear name for a cease-fire in Gaza, you’ve got proven {that a} main publication can nonetheless be on the fitting facet of historical past. That Palestinian life can matter. That journalists can do what they need to.
Thanks. Could all of us see an finish to this insanity and peace in our lives.
Nahed Elrayes, New York
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To the editor: Due to the editors for his or her brave condemnation of the Israeli authorities’s siege of Gaza.
Sure, the Hamas assault on non-combatants in Israel was reprehensible, however as you write, “Hamas’ atrocities don’t justify atrocities in variety.” The chief factors out that “it’s incumbent on the Biden administration now to keep away from complicity with Israel [mistakes].”
Not solely ought to there be a ceasefire, there must also be a cancellation of the US’s $3 billion annual reward to Israel and a right away withdrawal of the administration’s plan to supply an extra $14.3 billion to assist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s destruction of Gaza. .
Judith Remy Leder, Fullerton
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To the editor: Thanks for publishing the chief calling for a ceasefire.
There isn’t any army answer to the present battle within the Center East. Violence begets extra violence and extremism. We realized that from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When does it finish? Why ought to People assist such struggling with our tax {dollars}?
It’s nonsensical to assume that slaughtering extra innocents will result in safety for Palestinians or Israelis. Nor will it assist our place on the planet.
An enduring peace requires self-determination and state formation for all. Thanks for watching and making your opinion public.
Mohammed Husain, Los Angeles