Fiona, spare us the melodramatics about people’s families serving in past wars, you are not the only person whose family has gallantly served in past Australian conflicts, fighting fascism, racism, and expansionist expansion, some of us who served in more present-day conflicts are still here today, so don’t lecture us on the injustices and brutality of wars.
Fiona, you need a serious lesson in reality regarding the 70-year conflict in Gaza; there are two peoples at each other’s throats vying for ownership of the same patch of land, both carrying out atrocities, and showing no sign of compromise, only the complete destruction of each other.
The conflict has moved to be between Iran, a country with a shocking human rights record, especially against women, and the sponsor of the terrorist groups (Hamas and Hezbollah, that have vowed to wipe Israel off the planet), and Israel, that understandably is somewhat sensitive about that.
Fiona, with Trump in the White House calling the shots, this conflict is probably going to get even worse for the Palestinian people, and all of the procrastinations and protesting you and your humanitarian groups can organise is going to achieve little, so toughen up and hope for the best, maybe a miracle.
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
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. 
