Evil of antisemitismmust be taught
Re: “Antisemitic display brings calls for more understanding” (Web page A1, Dec. 12).
The current occasions at Branham Excessive College are exceptional. The scholars who participated on this antisemitic act want to know the magnitude of their actions. Hopefully, they understood that the image they portrayed was offensive to many.
Nobody must be shocked by this occasion or comparable occasions, although. That is what occurs when our governmental faculty system fails to show historical past.
Thomas BakerSan Jose
Response to Australiaattack affirm religion
Re: “Grief, resolve follow attack” (Web page A1, Dec. 15).
As a Muslim, I unequivocally condemn the Bondi Seashore Hanukkah terror assault in Sydney, Australia.
Within the wake of the tragedy, my religion chief, the worldwide head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Group, declared that nothing justifies violence and that Islam upholds the sanctity of human life. He additional emphasised that opposition to the insurance policies of the Israeli authorities relating to the Palestinians doesn’t justify or excuse violence towards harmless civilians.
I provide my prayers and heartfelt sympathy to the victims and their households.
I additionally commend the heroic actions of a Muslim bystander who, at nice private danger, intervened by tackling one of many perpetrators. The phrases of the chief of my religion and the actions of a Muslim Good Samaritan embody the essence of religion and affirm our shared humanity.
Sohail HusainMountain View
Future generations willquestion fallen state
“Welcome to the White House archaeological dig,” an indication may proclaim on the entrance of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. Maybe a modest payment will probably be advised upon entrance, because it appears the president’s “destruction/construction” website should stand as is.
Possibly subsequent administrations will merely go away a plaque, “What happens when you allow a less-than-adequate president to run our nation’s affairs.” It may very well be instructive to anybody who seems on the state of our nation when the legislative department takes a protracted vacation, and the judiciary is ignored. Evidently, what may go fallacious clearly did.
Will of us generations after ours look in surprise at how the nation went from a mannequin for a lot of the world, to change into a really troubled and declining state of misplaced alternatives?
Mike CaggianoSan Mateo
Let’s be taught to stay withwolves, not kill them
Re: “Bid to find 3 young wolves curbed” (Web page B4, Dec. 18).
“Euthanized” is a pleasant-sounding phrase, like one thing being gently put to sleep. As a substitute, it actually means mercilessly capturing wolves and cruelly leaving their pups to starve. Wolves had been right here first and have each proper to be right here. We drive them from their land, and when they’re merely attempting to outlive, we hunt them down and kill them.
Wolves are noble creatures who take care of each other and bond with their pups. Since they’re sentient beings, additionally they really feel overwhelming terror when they’re being chased and slaughtered. We have to be taught to stay with nature, not merely destroy it when it turns into inconvenient.
I don’t know what “nonlethal efforts to stop them from preying on local cattle” had been tried, however I believe it was merely cheaper to kill them than try different measures. Not like people, wolves don’t kill for enjoyable and have each proper to exist right here.
Jerry GudemanSanta Clara
Hamas, neighbors holdkey to waste removing
Re: “Mountains of garbage threaten health of Gaza” (Web page A6, Dec. 19).
In her letter, Rosemary Everett requires reduction for the folks trapped in Gaza. That humanitarian concern shouldn’t lose sight of who’s answerable for the entrapment.
Probably the most concrete proposal for addressing Gaza’s waste disaster hyperlinks rubbish removing to large-scale reconstruction. President Trump’s plan to remake Gaza into an financial improvement zone, whereas requiring the short-term relocation of refugees, acknowledges the size of the issue and the necessity for out of doors sources. Neither Gazans nor the Palestinian Authority possess the monetary, logistical or institutional capability to handle large particles and waste removing on their very own. Pretending in any other case delays an actual resolution.
Accountability for lifting the restrictions on Gaza doesn’t relaxation with Israel. Hamas, together with Egypt and Jordan, additionally bear duty to alleviate the restrictions that hold Gaza sealed and unlivable.
Fred GutmannCupertino
Trump’s dismantling ofUS establishments is unhappy
Re: “Our petty, hollow, grotesque ogre in chief” (Web page A7, Dec. 18).
Is there no finish to Donald Trump’s disgusting ego, placing his identify on the Kennedy Middle and naturally, above JFK’s? He’s petty, hole and grotesque, as Bret Stephens says.
Beginning with Dwight Eisenhower, each president has expressed the worth of immigrants to our nation; has maintained the dignity and decor of the White Home and Oval Workplace; has given medical and meals assist to any nation in want; has honored our commitments and assist of our allies and NATO; has spoken out on dictators like Vladimir Putin. That’s, each president however one, Donald Trump.
In 11 months, he has managed to destroy our management and status in science, medication and schooling. He is a humiliation. So unhappy.
Sandy FoehrSan Jose
