Residents of Gaza Are Paying Hefty Price for Support of Hamas
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The letter to the editor in the Feb. 13-19 issue from Maryam Fatouh (“New Castle Officials Must Show Greater Empathy After March for Peace”) suggests that town officials, and indeed all residents, should be more empathetic to the residents of Gaza who first accepted and tolerated the hostile acts of Hamas launched from their midst, and who celebrated with the knowledge, if not the encouragement of the United Nations relief agency, under whose main offices Hamas built their central communications network.
The Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis? I must have missed her letter condemning that attack and the hundreds, if not thousands, of missile attacks on Israel launched from Gaza in recent years. If Israel intended a genocide, there would have been no warnings to the population that attacks were imminent.
Hamas continues to resist and fight from their bases in hospitals, mosques and their underground tunnels. The tunnels were built with the foreign aid intended for Ms. Farouh’s innocent civilians. If they want Hamas and continue to vote for them in elections, as recent published polls seem to indicate, they are complicit and are paying a terrible price for their participation.
Perhaps we could agree on the failure of our own federal government to protect our country, both physically and financially? There should be no barriers between neighbors on those issues.
Paul Jaffe
Chappaqua
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