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A recent letter framed the situation in Gaza with an analogy of a terrorist group on a nearby Hawaiian island (“No easy ethical choices in Israel- Hamas war,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 15). A pretty good analogy, but it didn’t go far enough.
It forgot to mention that only a small fraction of the people on that island are terrorists; that all of the people on the island used to live elsewhere in Hawaii, but were forced from their homes and lands so others could live there; and that the terrorists and their cause did not exist until the aforementioned forced exile happened.
Things didn’t just happen on Oct. 7. History and context are important.
Tracey Scott
Wahiawa
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