LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | Reflections from readers on the Israel-Gaza crisis
Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt during an Israeli airstrike on 10 October 2023. It is Gaza's only crossing that bypasses Israel; witnesses and a rights group said it was struck twice in 24 hours.
In echoes of the Yom Kippur war from fifty years ago, almost to the day, Israel was caught napping. Massacres, mayhem and a litany of war crimes have followed. Yet the Anglican church, which has been so quick to condemn violence against Palestinians, has not returned the favour regarding Israelis. Why should this matter to the Anglican church?Archbishop Desmond Tutu looms large in the annals of the history of the Anglican church and South African history.
Tutu famously would break out in dance, given the slightest opportunity, but he would not be joining in the dances we have seen in the Palestinian territories, in London, and elsewhere, celebrating the violent option. I am not glorifying violence, war or extremism. I am attempting to explain the narrative around the continuing Palestinian right to freedom, human rights and self-determination or self-rule.Apartheid Israel's"Iron swords" operation against Palestinians in Gaza and other parts of occupied Palestine will not stop the Palestinian resistance and determination to end the ruthless occupation of Palestine.
Jews of all stripes, whether on left or right, whether they support Israel or not, have reacted with visceral horror to the massacres in southern Israel. They have done so for many reasons. Some have families and friends who have been affected. Most, but not all, feel attached to Israel, no matter whether they agree with its policies or not. Many feel a sense solidarity with fellow Jews, an almost familial bond.
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