To the editor: Mohamad Bazzi clearly summarizes the current actions of Israel towards 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 warfare with Israel. Similar to the U.S. helps Israel, Hezbollah helps the Palestinians and has stated it can 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 previously. 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 strange 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 carry freedom to the Palestinians.
Israelis and Palestinians need to reside in peace, however their leaders have their very own pursuits in conducting this warfare. Netanyahu should settle for a cease-fire, and Hamas can by no means govern the Gaza Strip.
Israel could have peace solely when the Palestinians have their very own state and dignity. The Israeli proper wing’s try and 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 warfare.
There may be solely a lot Biden can do to carry a cease-fire to Gaza. A number of different international locations, together with Qatar and Egypt, have additionally made makes an attempt to carry house the hostages held by Hamas in alternate for a cease-fire.
There are solely two individuals who can carry this about: Netanyahu and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. With out their sincere participation, there will probably be no hostage alternate 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 season 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 might be when discussing problems with hatred and warfare, stun me. It would take a heck of much more than phrases to carry peace to that lovely however troubled a part of the world.
First finish the hatred, and possibly then peace will comply with.
Ellen Goldenberg, Seal Seashore
