To the editor: Mohamad Bazzi clearly summarizes the latest actions of Israel in opposition to Lebanon. (“Israel’s rising battle with Hezbollah is traumatizing Lebanon. There’s just one path to peace,” Opinion, Sept. 23)
First, Hezbollah doesn’t wish to begin a battle with Israel. Similar to the U.S. helps Israel, Hezbollah helps the Palestinians and has stated it should cease bombing Israeli territory as soon as there’s a cease-fire within the Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nevertheless, has no intention of stopping the bombing for his personal political life.
Lebanon has suffered so many disasters prior to now. 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 peculiar civilians.
Israel won’t discover peace by persevering with its uncontrolled aggression. So long as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian lands, Hezbollah will battle for so long as it takes to deliver freedom to the Palestinians.
Israelis and Palestinians wish to reside in peace, however their leaders have their very own pursuits in conducting this battle. Netanyahu should settle for a cease-fire, and Hamas can by no means govern the Gaza Strip.
Israel can have peace solely when the Palestinians have their very own state and dignity. The Israeli proper wing’s try and drive out the Palestinians by means of 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 battle.
There’s solely a lot Biden can do to deliver a cease-fire to Gaza. A number of different nations, together with Qatar and Egypt, have additionally made makes an attempt to deliver house the hostages held by Hamas in alternate for a cease-fire.
There are solely two individuals who can deliver this about: Netanyahu and Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. With out their sincere participation, there will likely be no hostage alternate and no peace in Gaza.
Jacquie Sampson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Possibly 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 discuss peace, and the way childlike individuals will be when discussing problems with hatred and battle, stun me. It’s going to take a heck of much more than phrases to deliver peace to that stunning however troubled a part of the world.
First finish the hatred, and perhaps then peace will observe.
Ellen Goldenberg, Seal Seaside
