To the Editor:
I write this as I mark Israeli Independence Day within the modified panorama of my neighborhood.
Throughout the road: the house of a soldier killed in Gaza. Up the block: these of three extra fallen troopers. The park subsequent to the grocery retailer: devoted to the reminiscence of one other fallen soldier. Inside, an amputee carries yogurt together with his elbow as a result of his decrease arm is gone. Across the nook: the house of a younger man murdered on the Tribe of Nova music competition on Oct. 7.
Close by: the house of my former pupil who defended Kfar Aza kibbutz till Hamas terrorists shot him. He’s been within the I.C.U. for seven months. Previous the park: the house of Noa Marciano, a soldier and hostage who was murdered in Al-Shifa Hospital. Overhead: the drone of warplanes.
We’re nonetheless underneath assault from Hamas and Hezbollah. Nobody in Israel is out of the cross hairs. We’re not sleeping soundly at evening. We received’t breathe deeply till the hostages and our troopers come residence.
I need to begin a faculty for spiritual Muslim and Jewish women. I plan to spend subsequent 12 months learning Arabic. I dream of a two-state resolution.
I believe your protection of this battle would look completely different in the event you took a stroll in my neighborhood.
Sarah Greenberg
Modiin, Israel
To the Editor:
We help the protests towards Israel that happen on many campuses in the USA and name on the varsity administrations to accommodate these protests fairly than try to crush them, though they disrupt regular actions and annoy individuals who help Israel’s basic insurance policies concerning the Palestinian folks.
Supporting the protests doesn’t imply agreeing with each slogan or opinion that’s voiced or held by a few of their individuals. It means agreeing with their core calls for, which, within the instant time period, name for an finish to the brutal Israeli assault on Gaza and a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territory.
In the long run, the decision is for an inexpensive and secure decision of the Israel-Palestine battle in a method that will enable members of each nationalities to dwell in peace and with dignity.
We maintain these truths to be self-evident: The struggling of generations of Palestinians doesn’t justify the massacres by Hamas on Oct. 7. Nor do these massacres justify the brutal assault that Israel launched on Gaza following that day.
Oded Goldreich
Anat Matar
Tel Aviv
Dr. Goldreich is a professor of pc science on the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Matar is a senior lecturer on the division of philosophy at Tel Aviv College and a political activist.
Trump’s Cheer Squad
To the Editor:
Re “Loyalty in Trump’s Trial Guest List” (Political Memo, Might 15):
The Trump election-interference trial (for that’s what it’s) has seen a parade of high-profile Republicans within the courtroom to help their chief. We’d assume that members of Congress (together with the Home speaker, Mike Johnson) would have higher issues to do, like legislating, than to junket to Decrease Manhattan to take a seat in on a legal trial involving makes an attempt to maintain related info from voters.
However even when the attendees don’t have precise work to do making the nation’s legal guidelines, have they no disgrace? Do they not notice that by abasing themselves on this method they’re being dragged right down to Donald Trump’s degree? I suppose they don’t care, however their constituents and the remainder of us ought to.
Jonathan J. Margolis
Brookline, Mass.
The author is a lawyer.
To the Editor:
Not solely has the parade of bootlickers parroted Donald Trump’s lies, the mini-Trumps all dressed like him with darkish blue fits and purple ties. It will be humorous if this cult of persona weren’t so harmful.
Michael E. Mahler
Los Angeles
Hmm, Perhaps A.I. Ought to Take Over the World
To the Editor:
Re “New Polls Find Trump in Lead in Swing States” (entrance web page, Might 14):
Once I learn that just about 20 p.c of polled respondents blame President Biden greater than former President Donald Trump for overturning Roe v. Wade, I am going from dreading A.I. taking up the world to rooting for it to take action.
Saul Janson
Venice, Calif.
A Name for Bipartisan Motion
To the Editor:
Re “Amid Air Travel Turmoil, Senate Passes Legislation to Reauthorize the F.A.A.” (Enterprise, Might 10):
After months of negotiations, the bipartisan F.A.A. reauthorization is almost prepared for takeoff — however solely as a result of the Home and the Senate have been working out of runway. The shortage of motion on this vital funding sadly wasn’t a singular occasion, however as a substitute a paradigm of how Congress features nowadays.
Upticks in close to misses and shortages in security inspectors and air visitors controllers ought to have been cause sufficient to reauthorize the company months in the past. However lawmakers put politicking earlier than policymaking, as they used short-term extensions to stop funding lapses and authorities shutdowns. This isn’t how Congress ought to legislate, no less than on points as vital as air transportation security.
It’s time that our elected officers change the dynamic. They will do that in the event that they usually establish and prioritize win-win areas the place bipartisanship is each doable and wanted. Because the November elections inch nearer, Congress shouldn’t shirk its duties and shrink back from crucial bipartisan collaboration.
Liam deClive-Lowe
Paolo Mastrangelo
Washington
The writers are the co-founders and co-presidents of American Coverage Ventures, a company that helps policymakers work collectively.
Enjoying Catch
To the Editor:
Re “Quiet Joy in Games of Catch,” by Jessica Shattuck (Opinion visitor essay, Might 12):
Anytime a dad and his son can play catch is, for me anyway, a treasured and an nearly non secular time. Too unhealthy so many people are too busy to take pleasure in such a easy enjoyable factor to do.
Jack Murray
Raleigh, N.C.
To the Editor:
In a month I’ll be 81. My well-worn, decades-old baseball glove and two hardballs, one sitting deep in its pocket, sit on a low desk close to my entrance door.
To the Editor:
Re “Subtle Change in Street Signs Arouses English Towns Sticklers” (information article, Might 12):
The North Yorkshire Council is just not the one entity — and much from the primary — to attempt to get rid of the apostrophe. An obscure authorities company established in 1890, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, banned the use of the possessive apostrophe in U.S. place names underneath its authority for effectively over a century, granting 5 exceptions.
Most individuals have heard of Martha’s Winery, one of many 5, however not the opposite 4: Ike’s Level, John E’s Pond, Carlos Elmer’s Joshua View, and Clark’s Mountain.
If these little-known locations have the coveted punctuation mark, why not Pikes Peak, Harpers Ferry, Toms River and others?
James P. Finnegan
Chappaqua, N.Y.