Questions remain to be asked of Israel

In response to my letter on the reconstruction of Gaza and the necessity to end Israel’s impunity for its crimes against the Palestinian people, Ciarán Ó Raghallaigh writes a confused reply seeming to ascribe responsibility for obstacles to the rebuilding to Hamas rather than to Israel’s siege which has been condemned by the UN, the EU and many human rights organisations.

He neither mentions the perpetrator of 52 days of murder, maiming and destruction in Gaza, namely Israel, nor does he exhibit one shred of empathy or sympathy for the more than 2,200 people killed, the thousands injured and the hundreds of thousands made homeless. How is it possible that Israel is allowed to act with impunity while it continues to maintain both apartheid and siege, and is in constant breach of international law?

Zoe Lawlor