Letters to the Editor: Protesting the killing of 34,000 Palestinians isn't antisemitic
Los Angeles Times - 2024-05-11T10:00:00.624Z

To the editor: Don't invoke, as Seth Greenland does, solemn Holocaust remembrance to tar the college protesters as antisemitic and privileged. Rather, acknowledge the difference between 1,200 Israeli victims of Hamas terror on Oct. 7 and the more than 34,000 dead Palestinians in Gaza since then. Remember the Israeli bombardment underway in Rafah, a final killing field in what had been the last refuge for Palestinians fleeing the destroyed north. Student protesters see war crimes happening in...

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Letters to the Editor: Have pro-Palestinian protesters forgotten Hamas' Oct. 7 attack?

Letters to the Editor: I was at Kent State in 1970 when my friend was killed. Why are we still using force against college protests?

Letters to the Editor: To the protest decriers — would you rather students didn't care?