A lot of the blood spilled in Gaza would be on the hands of the outgoing mass murderer president of the US, George W Bush. Isn't it time we started calling the Israeli action another ‘holocaust'?
On Dark and cold Gaza waits for help
Maniam Sankar: Isn't it time we started calling the Israeli action in Gaza as another ‘holocaust' as well?
The Israelis go to any lengths to make sure nobody ever forgets about the concentration camp treatment of the Jews.
I, personally, see little difference in their treatment of the Palestinians who are being killed wantonly like flies by the Israeli sledgehammer without adequate or even credible ability to respond.
And a lot of the blood spilled would be on the hands of the outgoing mass murderer president of the US, George W Bush.
There can be no doubt the Israelis are giving him a last hurrah.
David: We must always remind ourselves that we can be bestial and animal-like. Yes, the holocaust did take place with a the great loss of lives of Jews, Russians, and others.
But we, too, must remember not to inflict a similar genocide or condone oppression of helpless peoples the world over.
Whatever the Israelis are doing now in Gaza, and no matter what their justifications, this humanitarian disaster will, unfortunately, breed more intolerance, more anger and more suicide bombers.
They would have been converted because some loved ones had been killed senselessly as 'collateral damage'. ‘An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind', so said the great Mahatma Gandhi...
Let's all pray some good sense and tolerance will settle in soon over this very sad affair. Aren't we no different from animals? Can't we aspire consciously to be better humans in this 21 st century?
CK : Reading letters like 'Two-state solution' only answer for Mid-East and Gaza has every reason to retaliate made me feel that the writers 'agree' to some kind of two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. especially when the letters emphasise Hamas as the elected gevernment of Gaza.
I want to ask these writers, where on earth did they get the idea Hamas just wants to be on Palestinian land and Israel just wants to stays on theirs? Have you read and understood the terms between Israel and Palestine during the Clinton period, striving for a two-state solution?
Do you know what is Hamas' constitution? For the Palestinians, Fatah wants a state as well just like Hamas but both are not the same. Fatah is willing to live side-by-side with Israel, much like Egypt and Jordan.
However, Hamas wants all Israelis buried in Mediterranean Sea - wipe Israel off of map! I do support Hamas' spirit of freedom but not the method.
We already know that the Hamas figthers lure the Israelis to fire when they (the Hamas fighters) are hiding amongst the children. I cannot agree with this kind of tactic.
If you found out someone sneaking into your house, would you hide your children and old folk and pick up your weapon to fight or would you place them in an exposed area to trick the 'enerny' into appearing?
Rambu Tan: With Israel now pounding the Gaza strip, it is so easy for Malaysians to sing to the politically correct tune of rallying for Palestine. If someone would care for another more macro- perspective:
It's important to understand how the Palestinian versus Israeli situation is used in the Arab world. Arab leaders make a great show out of speaking out in defence of their so-called Palestinian brothers and sisters.
In fact, the Palestinians are viewed in much of the Arab world as the red-necks of Arabia. The whole issue is used by hate-mongering preachers in the local mosques as a rallying cry, as a way to exact control over the easily influenced and uneducated.
And when we're talking about ‘easily influenced' and ‘uneducated', there are no shortage of these groups in the Arab nations.
If only Arabs cared as much about public education as they claim to care about Gaza. If only they cared about women's rights, or the rights of religious minorities. Imagine if some of the effort spent rallying, marching, and flag-burning was spent on building a respectable civil society...
But it's much easier to must blame the ‘Zionists' and their ‘American allies', isn't it? Arabs, wake up. You are your own worst enemy. You were once the cradle of civilisation, but now nothing. Ask yourself why.
On 'Palestinian ambassador a disgrace'
Dawei Shine:
Azhar Mohd Salleh chided the writer of a letter to the editor, saying, ‘If you are not the believer of any of the three world's major faiths (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) then stay away from commenting.'Well, the Middle-East conflict is not one between the three major faiths. There are also Christians among the Palestinians and there are conservative Jews who still discriminate against Jews who are Christians.
Rather it is a conflict over land between two groups of people who have lived for many centuries in the same geographical area. So, one may say to you, ‘If you are neither an Israeli nor a Palestinian, then stay away from commenting.'
Azhar also accused the writer of ‘blatant words riding roughshod over reason'. It seems to me that Azhar is himself guilty of one-sided views. How did he know that there was no rocket attack by Hamas on southern Israel?
Does he not know that Hamas does not represent the entire Palestinian people and that the group has continuously rejected peace initiatives in the Middle-East?
Shankar: With regards to Azhar Mohd Salleh comment, if all news agencies are ‘owned by Jewish lobbyists' then should I be reading Utusan Malaysia for the correct news?
If you don't have evidence don't write.
On 'Police have no right to torture Indian youths'
Disappointed: I was indeed horrified over the recent police abuse of fellow Malaysian Prabakar. I hope his defence counsel will be able to seek justice for him and all innocent Malaysians who are now arrested and under investigation.
I just read Dr M's letter criticising the Israeli attacks on the Palestinians in Gaza. I pray we do not see so much hostility amongst our own people.
What is important now is to make sure our own rakyat gets enough police protection on the streets.
The Police are here to protect our rakyat and hence, they should be our saviours. If our own police cannot protect us then who can?
Thayakugan: I agree with Yuvan's stand on police brutality against Indian youths while in police custody
However, one should refrain from blaming the MIC before clarifying and checking the records.
MIC, particularly the Youth wing, has made tireless efforts to have dialouges with the authorities on polce brutality.
Our records may not be comprehensive but we have dealt with majority of the cases right up to the courts.
MIC has always viewed police torture of Indian youths seriously and it is a familiar arena for us.
On Open letter to Indian leaders in Pakatan
M'sian: I would like to ask all the Indian leaders who are under the Pakatan coalition to dig deep into their souls for once.
On the day when you all stood up and contested as a Pakatan representative, you all knew the country needed a change, you all knew that the current government was not doing enough for Indian Malaysians.
You all knew that by voicing out through another coalition, you all stood a chance but yet now our Kapar MP is putting all these behind by using the bus station as an excuse to create disharmony among us.
As a Malaysian I was proud that for once, we were able to forget all the racial issues and form the coalition that we call Pakatan Rakyat.
If the bus station issue is enough for you to pull out from PKR then what happens to those Indians that have suffered for so long under the previous government? Stay strong and we will better than the previous government.
On K adazanDusuns not 'natives' of Sabah
Mahawiras: With regards to Sang Kancil's comment , it also applies to our very own West Malaysian ethnic Malays as well. We don't see Malay names anymore.
It has all changed to either Arabic (so-called Islamic) names or Westernised names. Hence, sadly it goes both ways.
And as for religious influence, it applies to all communities and not only those in East Malaysia. West Malaysians also was practised animism, prior conversion to Hinduism then to Buddhism and finally to Islam.
It is best that religion be left to the individual to determine how they want to answer to the All Mighty. This rather than having governmental influence in our daily lives.
