Letters to the Editor: Why must we normalise genocide and arrest those who protest?

One letter-writer struggles to understand why millions demanding freedom and justice for Palestine are ignored by their governments; another says Israel’s attack on Lebanon using pagers was terrorism

Irish leaders 'talk the talk' about Palestine but don’t sanction Israel.  Picture: Mohammed Dahman/AP

As a US citizen and long-time resident of Ireland, I am deeply disturbed by the latest Israeli massacre at the al-Mawasi encampment near Khan Younis in Gaza in which three massive MK-84 2000lb bombs were dropped on families in tents during the night of September 10.

The MK-84 is an American bomb produced by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. The MK-84 bombs have a lethal history from Vietnam to Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and now Gaza. The MK-84 causes a supersonic pressure wave so intense that, as well as destroying buildings, it exterminates life within a 365-metre radius.