I am astonished that any reader would criticize the Tribune’s editors for choosing to publish letters critical of the Israeli government that happen to have been written by Jews, or at least by people with Jewish surnames (“Supporting Israel,” Voice of the people, Feb. 21).
I am even more astonished, however, that letter writer Howard Brenner seems to state that people’s political opinions should be based primarily on their own ethnic origins, rather than on their own informed interpretations of past and current events.
There is right and wrong on both sides in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and as long as people involved in the conflict focus on blaming those with the “wrong” opinions rather than finding a workable solution to the very real issues at hand, the violence will continue indefinitely.
