Astounding distortion of fact and history

I OBJECT strongly to Steven King’s column (January 7). The distortion of fact and history that it embodies is astounding.

To take just one glaring example, Hamas did not break the recent ceasefire — Israel did when it killed six people in November at the end of what had been six months of serious attempts by Hamas to engage in a dialogue and during which time Gazans were still coping with horrendous living conditions imposed on them by Israel.

As with Iran and the US, Hamas has repeatedly sought to enter into genuine negotiation and dialogue — they are not the evil terrorists of popular (and racist) caricature.