Letter

In response to Food aid or firing squads?

Chilling words

The headline and last words of Jamal Kanj’s piece on the lethal shooting of unarmed, starving Palestinians are chilling. “Firing squads” and “Gaza assassination trap” are shocking phrases, as is Haaretz’s “Killing Field”. They’re what we need after being numbed by Israel’s relentless mantras of “the most moral army in the world”, “we were targeting Hamas militants”, and “the IDF will investigate”.

It’s a wonder that there are enough personnel to produce the hundreds (or is it thousands?) of reports into deadly incidents involving Israeli forces. One report that we really need is an analysis and exposé of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Who are its investors? Who are the power-brokers? Who are the profit-takers? They need to be stripped of their anonymity and put to shame.

— Tom Knowles from Parkville Vic