To the editor: Mohamad Bazzi clearly summarizes the latest actions of Israel in opposition to Lebanon. (“Israel’s growing war with Hezbollah is traumatizing Lebanon. There’s only one path to peace,” Opinion, Sept. 23)
First, Hezbollah doesn’t need to begin a conflict with Israel. Similar to the U.S. helps Israel, Hezbollah helps the Palestinians and has stated it’ll cease bombing Israeli territory as soon as there’s a cease-fire within the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nonetheless, has no intention of stopping the bombing for his personal political life.
Lebanon has suffered so many disasters up to now. The indiscriminate pager explosions introduced excessive trauma to civilians and the concern that Israel will once more invade Lebanon. The pagers weren’t solely bought by Hezbollah, but additionally peculiar civilians.
Israel won’t discover peace by persevering with its uncontrolled aggression. So long as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian lands, Hezbollah will struggle for so long as it takes to convey freedom to the Palestinians.
Israelis and Palestinians need to reside in peace, however their leaders have their very own pursuits in conducting this conflict. Netanyahu should settle for a cease-fire, and Hamas can by no means govern the Gaza Strip.
Israel can have peace solely when the Palestinians have their very own state and dignity. The Israeli proper wing’s try to drive out the Palestinians via terror and killings won’t ever succeed.
George Mouro, Rancho Mirage
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To the editor: I disagree with Bazzi about President Biden pushing for an finish to the conflict.
There’s solely a lot Biden can do to convey a cease-fire to Gaza. A number of different international locations, together with Qatar and Egypt, have additionally made makes an attempt to convey dwelling the hostages held by Hamas in trade for a cease-fire.
There are solely two individuals who can convey this about: Netanyahu and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. With out their sincere participation, there will probably be no hostage trade and no peace in Gaza.
Jacquie Sampson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Perhaps as a result of I’m older, I query Bazzi’s piece.
In the summertime of 1981, I spent a month on a kibbutz close to Kiryat Shmona, near the border with Lebanon. The fixed nightly rocket assaults from the Palestine Liberation Group in Lebanon ruined the summer time peace and terrorized me for the ten nights I slept in a bomb shelter.
The naivete from all who speak about peace, and the way childlike folks could be when discussing problems with hatred and conflict, stun me. It’s going to take a heck of much more than phrases to convey peace to that stunning however troubled a part of the world.
First finish the hatred, and perhaps then peace will observe.
Ellen Goldenberg, Seal Seashore