[NZFOI: Published in the Christchurch Press, June 13]
Dear Sir/Madam
John Minto (11 June 2024) states that loss of life could have been avoided if a negotiated deal had been closed.
A negotiated deal would embolden Hamas and others to repeat October 7 type attacks. Indeed, Hamas has promised exactly that.
Hamas puts civilians in harm’s way by holding hostages among them.
There are two tangata whenua who cherish the same land. Both were offered statehood. One thought let’s give co-existence a shot and accepted. The other thought, no, and gambled on a winner takes all, fight to the death. They lost. People have been dying ever since.
Jews have lived continuously in the region for nearly 4,000 years. To brand Jews as colonialists is to rob an indigenous people of their right to return.
Misusing the term genocide to mean any mass killing, is attention seeking exaggeration and disrespects the victims of genuine genocides, the Armenians, the Tutsis and the Jews.
Hamas wanted war when they attacked on October 7, they got it. They wanted shahids (martyrs) for their propaganda war, they got that too. They wanted humanitarian aid to store in tunnels and sell. They got that too. They want to destroy Israel, they won’t get that.
Regards
Tony Kan
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