Letter

In response to Sidoti and Saul on what we can and must do to stop the killing

Sidoti needs to study comparative genocide

Chris Sidoti should study comparative genocide. His claim that Rwandans and Jews could somehow escape genocide is historically incorrect. Australia, the US and other Western nations restricted Jewish immigration from Europe. The US infamously turned back the St Louis ship carrying German Jews. Many of its passengers were exterminated in Nazi concentration camps.

As for Rwanda, I recommend Sidoti reads Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. Sidoti might want to explain to where these people fled, and what happened to them.

Gaza shares a border with Egypt. It’s not clear why they refuse to assist Palestinians.

— Simon Tatz from Melbourne