Letter to the editor: Act justly, for children's sake
This pediatrician knows that an Israeli child is as innocent as a Palestinian child, and conversely a Palestinian child is as innocent as an Israeli child. I also unequivocally condemn the heinous murder by Hamas of over a thousand Israeli civilians, including young children.
Terrorism against any one group is a crime against all of humanity. Unjustified, however, is the blanket reaction by the Israeli government of displacing hundreds of thousands more Palestinians, half of whom are children and who have nothing to do with Hamas. Widespread bombings have destroyed hospitals, refugee shelters and places of worship in the Gaza and have killed many more civilians.
The spiritual head of my Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, his Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has appealed to all parties to follow the sage advice of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, which is that even if bitter enmity exists between one another, act in a manner that is just. If for no one else, do it for the sake of the innocent children on both sides.
Dr. Sohail Husain
Mountain View, Calif.
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