If there were ever a just war it is Israel against Hamas in Gaza. The 7 October invasion is an example of what Israel would face if it hadn’t the power and determination to retaliate on all fronts for its survival.
I’ve read and reread the history of the Jews from Abraham to the present day and they have fought off many nations more formidable than their present enemies, plus 2,000 years of pogroms in every European country ending with the Holocaust, which was aimed at total obliteration of their race. But miraculously the Jews are still here.
The Palestinians and their world supporters’ jubilant chant ‘from the river to the sea’ will not be the fate of this brave tenacious new nation and very ancient race of people. Israel has my full sympathy and moral support in this ongoing battle for survival.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
