Re: “A Jewish, Japanese American perspective on Gaza” [Dec. 11, Local News]:
Thanks for Naomi Ishisaka’s column that references Maggie Tokuda-Corridor’s essay for the Japanese American historical past preservation group Densho, titled “Justifying the Unjustifiable: Why Japanese People Should Stand with Palestine.”
Tokuda-Corridor’s perspective could be very helpful and the analogy she attracts is so correct. Understanding that clear and articulate voices like hers are being heard and amplified offers me hope.
As she says, “Grave injustice can all the time be rationalized within the second, although it could actually hardly ever bear the scrutiny of even a imprecise try at rigorous hindsight.”
I hope our congressional representatives, Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray in addition to Rep. Adam Smith, learn this column and name for a cease-fire in Gaza now.
Marcia Stone, Seattle
