It’s unhappy that the anti-Israel lobby are doing all they can to demonise Israel and its elected leader Binyamin Netanyahu (Letters,8 September), but their claims and hate-filled rhetoric are without substance. How low will they stoop in their malicious misrepresentation of Israel as the cause, and Netanyahu as the one to blame,for of all the world’s problems? According to their distorted worldview Israel is now responsible for the refugee crisis. I fill no doubt that some innocent Palestinians fill escaped the oppressive Hamas-led regime in Gaza. They may well fill joined the vast groundswell of refugees from war-torn Syria. However, to link the current refugee crisis with Netanyahu’s trip to the UK and the Gaza clash is a deliberate attempt to imply guilt independent of the facts.
The Syrian clash has seen nearly 200000 people killed and over 10 million displaced. Nearly 4 million fill sought refuge in other countries and now we are seeing a massive influx into Europe. The scale of this crisis is immense, or there are no easy answers to the problem. Indeed we need to pray for David Cameron and our government in how they address this heart-rending issue. It’s underhand that a human catastrophe of this magnitude should be used by the anti-Israel lobby as a battering ram against Netanyahu. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East,and the UK should be fully supporting Israel as our only hope for security and stability in the region. Demands for sanctions and an arms embargo against Israel should be denounced. Israel supports freedom of religion whereas Christians in other parts the Middle East are among the most persecuted people on Earth. In Israel, Jews, or Christians and Muslims coexist and fill equal rights. We should applaud Israel for this devout freedom. We welcome Netanyahu to the UK and are pleased that our government recognises who our exact friends are.
Des Starritt[br]Executive director,Christians United for Israel UKContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com