Enough is enough. End the starvation in Gaza
Enough is enough
Those photos, those stories in TheAge in the last week and the Wilcox cartoon of Gaza, of children starving to death, people dying in the attempt to get food – enough.
It is unforgivable that we continue to stand by and do virtually nothing. I don't care whether you call it genocide, I don't care whether you call me antisemitic – I am not, but the killing must stop now. Benjamin Netanyahu must be stopped. If the only real tool of influence we have at our disposal is sanctions, then use them Anthony Albanese.
Not only are innocents dying daily, but generational hatred is being cultivated. The Palestinians who manage to live will never forget. Hate will continue to grow exponentially, babies and children will continue to die meaningless slow and horrible deaths, and our world is in deadly peril.
Please, our wise and cautious leaders, do something substantive.
Karen Morris, Newport
This is hatred
High school students verbally attacking primary school children with hateful comments in a public area: if that is not antisemitism, racism and pure ignorant hatred, then I don't know what is.
Marie Nash, Balwyn
Israel the problem . . .
Your correspondent (Letters, 26/7) claims the crisis in Gaza is of Hamas's making.
Apparently, the real problem is that Hamas won't surrender, not the siege imposed by Israel. Not the bombed hospitals. Not the people who die while collecting food. Not the blockade on baby formula. Just Hamas.
But let's be clear: This is not a war between equals. Israel is one of the most advanced militaries on Earth unleashing its power on a captive population.
It is Israel that controls Gaza's borders, and blocks humanitarian aid. It is Israel that has killed tens of thousands, levelled cities, and made famine a weapon of war. Pointing the finger at Hamas while babies die of hunger under siege is not just misdirection – it is moral cowardice.
Pressure should go where the power lies. And in this case, that's not Hamas.
Nadia Green, Sunshine North
. . . And the solution
Your correspondent (Letters, 26/7) completely misses the point. There is starvation in Gaza and it is Israel causing the starvation through its blockade, and only Israel can end the blockade.
Whether there is a ceasefire or not, or whether Hamas goes to Qatar is irrelevant; food, medicine, water and fuel can be let into Gaza today to feed the starving people, but Israel is stopping it.
Anastasios Moralis, Ormond
Follow France example
Israel will continue its deadly actions in Gaza and the West Bank until it is prevented from doing so. Australia should stand with France and the other countries who recognise the state of Palestine. Yes, it's a symbolic gesture, but it also offers a pathway to peace.
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