Letter: Netanyahu has targeted almost all of Gaza’s 36 hospitals. And he complains that Iran has targeted a hospital in Israel?
FILE — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in Israel with President Joe Biden about the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 18, 2023. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Benjamin Netanyahu is a hypocrite. He recently complained loudly that Iran targeted a hospital in Israel. This is the complaint of a man who expects everyone to forget what they know about Gaza.
Netanyahu has targeted almost all of Gaza’s 36 hospitals. But that is OK, because there are bad guys in those hospitals, and there are nothing but good guys in Israel’s hospitals. This reflects a religious chauvinism that says that Judaism is far superior to Islam. This also indicates a political chauvinism that says that Israel is more politically legitimate than other Middle Eastern nations.
In fact, Islam has captured the hearts and minds of many more of the earth’s people than Judaism has, and there are despots in power in most Middle Eastern nations, including Israel. The leaders are the problem, not the people who ignorantly and wrongly tolerate their despotisms.
Kimball Shinkoskey, Woods Cross
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