To the editor: So, greater than 15 months after Hamas’ brutal assault on Israel, a cease-fire is reached. In spite of everything this time, President Biden now claims, “In the end, I can announce a cease-fire, and a hostage deal, has been reached between Israel and Hamas.”
Sorry, Mr. President. Your cease-fire pointers had been offered months and months in the past however didn’t deliver the 2 sides collectively. Now, with Donald Trump able to enter the White Home, a deal is reached. Coincidence?
This story factors out two salient info. The primary is that Hamas realized the laborious method you can’t mess with the Israel Protection Forces. The second is, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt mentioned, “In politics, nothing occurs accidentally.”
Joseph Lea, Mission Viejo
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To the editor: The relentless anguish of the Palestinians and the colossal magnitude of the calamity in Gaza are past something seen in human historical past.
Life situations are deplorable. Hospitals are destroyed. Meals is scant. Clear ingesting water is nonexistent. Public well being is shattered to items. Malnutrition, vaccine-preventable illnesses and infections are rampant. Kids, ladies and the aged are deeply traumatized and want pressing medical, humanitarian and psychological help.
The worldwide group has failed the folks of Gaza. Allow us to hope that the cease-fire will pave the way in which towards a sustainable peace and to safety within the area and the broader world.
Munjed Farid Al Qutob, London