Re Because I See Hope, September
Thank you, Laura Ashfield and thanks to the Record for publishing this thoughtful article. When we were the same age as Laura is now, and aware of the immense suffering of Jews in much of Europe under Nazi Germany, we admired the dedication and energy in Israeli kibbutzim, which attracted not only Jews but also non-Jews of our age. We applauded the way Jewish settlers made the desert bloom — or so it seemed. However, we knew nothing then of the suffering of Palestinians. The events of the kind Laura describes are evidently just the tip of the iceberg of what is happening and has happened for a long time.
