Dear Editor:
RE: ‘Hindrance to peace,’ Oct. 31.
Barbara Cooper states there is no greater hindrance to peace than Palestinian terrorism. Was it not terrorism when Israel expelled thousands of Palestinians from their homes in 1948? Many of these refugees now live and are dying in a place which some would say, with some justification, is the largest prison in the world.
Is it not terrorism what is happening in the occupied West Bank, where again Palestinians are being expelled from their villages to make room for an ever increasing number of Jewish settlements, which is against international law?
Would it be fair to say that the bombing of schools, universities, sewage works, not to mention the many journalists and aid workers that have been killed, is an act of terror?
After being under a military occupation for over 50 years is it any wonder that the horrendous act perpetrated by Hamas happened on Oct. 7?
When one is properly informed about the history of this troubled land one can only concur that the Palestinian people have endured persecution and denial of basic human rights for far too long.
Mark Purshouse,
Puslinch