To the editor: I attended the California Democratic Celebration conference in Sacramento final weekend and was appalled by the willful refusal of state celebration officers to acknowledge the conflict within the Gaza Strip. (“Democrats break up on Israel, race for Feinstein’s Senate seat as 2024 approaches,” Nov. 19)
They fastidiously staged an meeting the place there was no dialogue of a truce till their zombie conference was interrupted by a vocal refrain demanding a right away finish to the careless slaughter of harmless civilians with nowhere to run and nowhere to cover.
State celebration chairman Rusty Hicks presided over the cowardly debacle and may resign for his incompetence. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) and Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank) have been merely diminished by their very own ethical cowardice to handle the killing.
Till Democrats confront the ethical urgency of this unhappy disaster, they too will discover that there’s nowhere to cover. Ethical cowardice is what stands in the best way of celebration unity, not discord inside the ranks.
Jordan Vannini, Pasadena
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To the editor: Your article says, “Israel’s lethal invasion of Gaza within the wake of the October 7 Hamas assault dominated the conference.”
Claiming that Israel entered Gaza after an “assault” misrepresents the Hamas pogrom that inflicted rape, sexual torture, dismemberment and burning the residing that ended the lives of 1,200 civilians and left 240 others Hamas’ prisoners. It’s this bloodbath and these abductions that pressured Israel into this conflict.
The article additionally says, “In 2018, the California Democratic Celebration despatched a transparent message when members voted to endorse then-state legislator Kevin de León over [then-Sen. Dianne] Feinstein.”
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) might have garnered essentially the most delegate votes on the conference, however this story omits that regardless of celebration help, cash and “clear” messaging, De León misplaced to Feinstein in 2018.
The celebration bubble does not all the time replicate the preferences of odd voters, who proper now have Lee in final place among the many prime three Democrats within the race.
Jo Perry, Studio Metropolis
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To the editor: The topic of Israel has by no means been a consensus builder, however the present conflict has made it unimaginable to discover a center floor.
Sure, Israel has a proper to exist. Sure, Israel has the appropriate to defend itself. The brutality that Hamas inflicted on harmless Israelis was sickening and appalling.
“A watch for a watch” is one factor, however latest occasions in Gaza are nothing wanting collateral harm on steroids. Many Hamas fighters have been eradicated, however at what price?
The scorched earth method has moved the needle not for Hamas, which is a terrorist group, however quite for Israel, which can quickly discover itself with just one ally – the US.
So long as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the appropriate wing rule Israel, there might by no means be peace in that space. Hamas should go, however Netanyahu should cease this bloodbath of Palestinians.
Homer Alba, Glendale