Settlers in Hebron
David Wilder asks why he and his fellow settlers must leave Hebron (“Why Stay in a Place of Fear? It’s Home,” Commentary, July 11). Hmmm.
Perhaps because the settlements in the occupied territories violate international law. Perhaps because a few hundred religious fanatics should not be allowed to hold a city of 100,000 people, and the peace process, hostage. Perhaps because the Hebron settlers are largely a gang of hoodlums who love to terrorize and provoke the indigenous population.
Finally, perhaps we should simply ask the victims of Baruch Goldstein, a Hebron settler who murdered 29 Palestinians in 1994 as they knelt in prayer at Abraham’s tomb.
Kamran Pasha
Los Angeles
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