Elaine Kahaner’s June 15 letter, “Remember who the real enemy in Gaza is,” would have us forget the history of Israel’s foundation.

A recent quote that appeared in the comments section of Paul Krugman’s June 26 Substack post, “Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness,” seems an appropriate response to what the letter had to say. The commenter, identified only as Jerri, posted: “And that too applies (to) the Muslims you refer to — a few do something cruel and stupid and you start your generalizations. Honesty requires we face it. Israel has fault too in its apartheid and slaughter of citizens. The fighting didn’t arise from love, it was the direct result of the U.N. taking lands from one people to give to another, and Israel’s subsequent failure to work from that perspective. Drop the broad and inaccurate brush of hatred, and blacklisting of all for the actions of a few. Please.”

I couldn’t have said it better.

Jonathan Mitschele
New Gloucester