From Mr A.H. Kaufman Sir: When Europeans felt threatened by
Hitler there was no limit to their doing what they felt necessary to save themselves: Dresden, Frankfurt, Berlin. And the British press was not filled at the time with sad personal interviews with beleaguered German civilians about how their homes were ruined by those nasty British bombers.
What is there about Jewish self-defence that so offends you? The Palestinian 'militants' (you call them murderers when the Irish do it to you) hide in villages; they hide in towns; they hide in churches; they launch murderous raids against Israelis committing the offence of going to dinner, visiting the grocery or sitting down with family. And when the Israelis go to attack the murderers in self-defence, which is viscerally recognised by all civilised peoples as essential to survival, the latter hide amid their own families.
So yes, of course, Palestinian bystanders will be killed, as were tens of thousands of people in Dresden, Frankfurt, Berlin and countless other towns. The only difference really between now and then is that the Israelis are much more careful about protecting bystanders compared with the British and Americans in the second world war.
Why is it so offensive when Jewish people defend themselves, but so legitimate when Europeans do?
A.H. Kaufman
Darien, Connecticut, USA
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