Many voices in your newspaper, along with protesters, have called for a ceasefire in Gaza for humanitarian reasons (“Sit-in at Schatz’s office urges ceasefire,” Star-Advertiser, Nov. 8).

They call for humanitarian relief, aid and a political solution in Gaza.

All that existed up to Oct. 6. The United States and other countries have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into Gaza to help the Palestinians. It all went into the hands of Hamas, which turned it into missiles and training for the Oct. 7 massacre of innocent people.

Two things I never hear these people talk about. First, how does Israel not get attacked again, by a group who wants it extinguished, if it goes back to the status quo of Oct. 6 and before? Second, I never see the protesters’ signs completed. The signs say, “Free Palestine.” What they never say is, “from Hamas.”

Glenn Emanuel

Kakaako

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