The Echo’s studied indifference to the plight of the Palestinians and its reluctance to publish letters on the subject reveals the moral fibre of its editorial team. Clearly there is an intention to ignore the local concern about the appalling human rights abuses being systematically perpetrated by Israel in what looks like genocide against the Palestinians.
The complicity of silence in the West has enabled Israel in its genocidal objective ever since a coalition of Zionist terror groups ethnically cleansed Palestine and declared themselves the Jewish state in 1948. The current killing spree is the inevitable culmination of the prolonged permissive attitude towards Israeli war crimes and the unending illegal occupation of Palestine.
The editorial decision to refrain from any mention of the momentous developments regarding Palestine over the past few months is a failure to represent the local community and reflects poorly on The Echo’s editorial ethics. Many of us are deeply disappointed by The Echo’s failure to take a moral stance on this issue.
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. 
