Dear Mr Murray, your recent statements contain factual inaccuracies and misleading assertions.
First, claims that Israel deliberately targets schools and hospitals ignore the fact that Hamas has long used civilian infrastructure to launch attacks – turning those places into military targets. This tactic has been well documented by independent sources apart from Israel.
Allegations of genocide are not only inflammatory but legally unsubstantiated. Even the International Court of Justice – no friend of Israel, found no evidence of genocide or intent to commit it. If they, as legal experts, couldn’t prove it, how can you?
Your claim that most deaths in Gaza are women and children, but Hamas itself has said that 72 per cent of the casualties are men of combat age. Civilian loss is tragic, but distorting figures doesn’t help the truth.
What ‘Australian Jewish lobby’ are you referring to? And what ‘arms deal’ with Israel? These sound more like conspiracy theories than credible claims. If you have real evidence, present it.
Meanwhile, you seem eager to vilify Israel while ignoring actual despots like Putin, Assad, the Iranian regime, Hamas and so many more since Hitler.
Lastly, even if you oppose Israeli actions, how does that justify the rise in antisemitism in Australia? Criticism of a state never excuses hate against a people.
Please ground your arguments in facts, not fiction.
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. 
