A heartfelt thank you to John Lazarus for being one of the only balanced voices in our region, who like me, feels the pain for both Palestinians and Israelis in this ongoing conflict.
We all see the rising death toll in Gaza as nothing less than a tragedy, but the ‘activists’ in this area, rarely if ever mention or point any blame to Hamas and their ongoing disgusting policy of using Gazan children as human shields. Never in all of history has an armed force wanted their own civilians dead, like Hamas does as they prove time and time again that they have no regard for Palestinian life let alone Israeli life.
Organisations like the Peace Summit do show hope for the future. Israel coming second place in Eurovision (even with all of the rabid hatred shown by a small minority) show that the bulk of the world can still see the truth.
Yes, Israel is making horrible mistakes as all countries do in war, but where is the local voice of support for the huge Palestinian protests in Gaza against Hamas and these Palestinians that are literally risking their lives daily to tell the world that they want Hamas out once and for all?
Where is the local outrage at the genuine ethnic cleansing of the defenceless Druze community in Syria by the new Ahmed al-Sharaa regime? No Jews, no news yet again. Guess who is protecting the Syrian Druze? Israel.
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. 
