Readers Write: Israel and Palestine, violence in Minneapolis Not the way to statehood. May 19, 2021 5:45pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Violence does not happen in a vacuum. As the catastrophic humanitarian crisis mounts in Gaza and the obvious disparity in human and infrastructure costs between the two sides is starkly highlighted in the press, I have paradoxically grown angrier with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority s handling of the Palestinian cause, not just now, but also over the past decades.
Let me first clarify that I am in no way justifying or supporting the grossly disproportionate use of force by the Israeli side, and Israel certainly bears a heavy responsibility in this long-standing conflict through its continued brutalization, marginalization and humiliation of the Palestinian people. What angers me even more, however, is the disturbing failure by Palestinian leaders to understand that violence is no