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Letters to the Editor, January 5 2024

Lord Carlisle, Israel and Hamas

January 4, 2024 15:34
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Smoke billowing over the Gaza Strip on January 4, 2024, amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas (Photo: Getty)
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Hamas’s propaganda war

Most of Lord Carlisle’s article (Israel is losing the propaganda war to Hamas, 29 December) is admirable in its sympathy for Israel. But the last few paragraphs are a kick in the teeth to Israel’s efforts to rid itself of Hamas.

First he suggests that many innocent lives could have been spared (leaving aside the fact that innocent lives are being sacrificed because of the actions of Hamas on October 7) “when strategic and tactical alternatives are available”. It surely behoves Lord Carlisle to spell out those alternatives if his argument is to have any traction at all, before he criticises Israel’s actions.

The argument about proportionality has been demolished, particularly by Douglas Murray. How many Gazans does the noble lord wish to be raped, tortured, and murdered in order to satisfy the requirement of proportionality?

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