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Palestinians walk next to the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, at Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
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The United States and others did a poor job of saving European refugees — especially Jews — from Hitler in the interwar period.
Now we’ve played a large and dishonorable role in creating a new refugee crisis in Gaza by failing to put any limits on U.S. aid to Israel. I hope we will be prepared to take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees.
John C. Swindle
Downtown Honolulu
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