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Letters | Gaza war: a 4-day truce is not good enough in the face of catastrophe
- Readers discuss the continuing calls for more lasting peace, and the rise of antisemitism amid Palestinian suffering
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day truce in the first major diplomatic breakthrough in the Gaza war, but this is not enough. Even after Hamas releases all civilian hostages, the war is still on as Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas in Gaza.
The temporary truce agreement cannot avert a humanitarian catastrophe, as a ceasefire for only four days is insufficient to tackle a crisis in which tens of thousands have already died and many thousands more are injured and/or displaced.
A more lasting solution is needed. In his first public speech about the conflict, President Xi Jinping called on Israel to stop imposing “collective punishment” on the people of Gaza, and on Hamas to release civilian hostages. He is right to say that only a two-state solution can bring lasting peace.
Chi-keung Man, Sha Tin
Do not blame an entire people for the acts of a few
For many years I’ve been, and likely will continue to be, a critic of the maltreatment of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel – i.e. its government and security and defence agencies– and, with few exceptions, mainstream Western media’s tokenistic coverage of it. By doing so, that media has done a disservice to its own reputation and the Israeli/Jewish people themselves.
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