Editor,
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna recently at two synagogues said there has been genocide by Israel in Gaza, and explained he would defer to the United Nations finding of genocide. Genocide is defined as deliberate, organized destruction of a group of people, the killing of civilians in Gaza is accidental and regretted by Israel, so that is not genocide.
However, Hamas is guilty of genocide by its massacre in Israel 10/7/2023 and by its charter. Ro should recognize the long history of bias against Israel by the UN. From 2015 to 2023, there were about 154 UN resolutions criticizing Israel and 71 against all other countries combined. One of the 3D definitions of antisemitism by Sharansky is a “double standard, singling out Israel while ignoring worse civil rights abuses elsewhere. Ro should make his own determinations and not defer to the UN, whose history is shamefully anti-Israel.
Norman G. Licht
Palo Alto
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Thanks for your letter, Mr. Licht. As President Trump posted today, “The United Nations must start getting active and involved in WORLD PEACE!” The Unitied Nations shouldn’t be fomenting division and accepting of Hamas’s genocide by its massacre in Israel in 2023. Ro Khanna doesn’t speak for all of us, not even close. Perhaps synagogues should stop inviting Mr. Khanna to speak until Mr. Khanna can promote unity rather than division.
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