To the editor: There are not any phrases to precise the disgust I felt as I labored by way of Rabbi Aryeh Cohen’s op-ed article, “I’m a rabbi and a former IDF soldier. This Yom Kippur I’m atoning for my part in the occupation.”
As we collect to hunt atonement for our sins, I’m stricken by the existential risk to not solely the very existence of the Jewish state of Israel, however for each Jew worldwide. I do know that my European household of 6 million wouldn’t have been slaughtered had there been an Israel — and my life is enriched, dare I say potential, by the very existence of Israel.
We aren’t an ideal nation, there’s none on this world, however we do attempt to conduct ourselves in a godly method. I might quite see this rabbi improve that endeavor quite than complement Jew hatred.
Alyse Golden Berkley, Encino
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To the editor: Israel is a killing machine. It has violated dozens of United Nations resolutions. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main response in rebuttal is to make accusations of antisemitism.
Why are so many elected officers afraid to have a look at the information? The overwhelming majority of the greater than 40,000 folks killed within the Gaza Strip has been civilians. Israeli forces have additionally destroyed the vast majority of infrastructure in Gaza.
How a lot is sufficient revenge for the assault on Oct. 7, 2023? Israel should be stopped now. Please assist cease killing folks.
Craig Brod, Santa Monica
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To the editor: I agree with Fox Information reporter Trey Yingst that the Israelis are ready the place they’ll wage struggle aimed on the destruction of their enemies, or they’ll have a deal and get again the remaining hostages. I additionally agree that Palestinian struggling is tragic. (“After a year of reporting on the Israel-Hamas war, here’s what I know,” Opinion, Oct. 7)
However I problem his conclusion that the Israelis ought to abandon their combat. I consider he, and many people within the safe West, have forgotten the fact of a seemingly unattainable struggle.
Not possible wars should be waged to safe peace. Winston Churchill’s phrases function a reminder that when dealing with an amazing terror, the reply is “victory in any respect prices, victory regardless of all terror, victory, nevertheless lengthy and onerous the street could also be; for with out victory, there isn’t any survival.”
Gideon Askowitz, White Plains, N.Y.