U.S. Support for Israel Is Open to Question
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Re “U.S. Tilts to Israel for Good Reason,” Commentary, May 2: Norah Vincent’s columns are like a game: How quickly can you spot the logical error? In this case she says the U.S. favors the Israelis because, quite simply, “They don’t murder children.” But the rash of suicide bombings is only a year old. How does she rationalize our support of Israeli oppression from 1967 to 2001? In the 19th century, Vincent would’ve exhorted the U.S. Army to exterminate the Indians who fought back and sometimes harmed “innocent” settlers.
Rob Schmidt
Culver City
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The Times was correct to point out that there was risk in the U.S. keeping silent about the U.N. Security Council’s resolution to investigate what happened in Jenin (editorial, May 2). The U.S. should have loudly demanded an explanation as to why one of those chosen to investigate Israel’s actions was Cornelio Sommaruga. As former head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Sommaruga made sure that Israel was the only nation on Earth to be refused admission. “If we’re going to have the Shield of David,” he said, “why would we not have to accept the swastika?”
The U.S. should also demand an investigation into where support for terrorism comes from and why the U.N. has historically voted against Israel but never against those nations that support atrocities committed against it.
Merlin Bird
Torrance
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Well, I see the U.S. Congress did not let the president’s foreign policy dissuade it; it stepped right up to the plate and pledged allegiance to the state of Israel (May 3). If there was ever any question in my mind as to whom my elected representatives really represent, that question has been amply answered.
Dennis Farley
San Dimas
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I am appalled that The Times refers to the people who brought food to Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants in the Bethlehem Church of the Nativity as “international peace activists” (May 3). They are, by their actions, international terror supporters, and should be treated as such.
Mark Warschauer
Irvine
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