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...Empty Bellies, Hard Hearts "Turning Hunger into Hatred" [Oct. 16], on the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, failed to mention the reasons Israel feels so threatened. Hamas is a terrorist entity. The government of Gaza is led by Hamas, whose charter calls for the elimination of Israel. Since its withdrawal from Gaza, Israel has been the target of hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas. Maybe the Palestinians should consider a nonterrorist government to lead them to peace. Bruce S. Cooper Columbia, Maryland...
...more important than exploring Mars. Mark Sebby Carpentersville, Illinois, U.S. Empty Bellies, Hard Hearts "Turning hunger into hatred" [Oct. 16], on the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, failed to mention the reasons Israel feels so threatened. Hamas is a terrorist entity. The government of Gaza is led by Hamas, whose charter calls for the elimination of Israel. Since its withdrawal from Gaza, Israel has been the target of hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas. Maybe the Palestinians should consider a nonterrorist government to lead them to peace. Bruce S. Cooper Columbia, Maryland, U.S. I was dismayed by your article "Turning Hunger...
...Amnesty spokesman in London, who says at least 12 specific cases of alleged secret detention and torture in Algeria have been reported to his group since 2002. In August, a British court ruling struck down challenges to such deportations on human rights grounds, citing Algeria's recently applied Charter For Peace and Reconciliation - which offers pardons to security force members and surrendered radicals responsible for violent crimes - as a guarantee of fair treatment for deportees. Amnesty mocks that decision and its application in the Doha case, given British officials' own description of Doha as an active security threat rather than...
...Turning Hunger into Hatred" [Oct. 16], on the deteriorating conditions in Gaza, failed to mention the reasons Israel feels so threatened. The government of Gaza is led by Hamas, whose charter calls for the elimination of Israel. Since its withdrawal from Gaza, Israel has been the target of hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas. Maybe the Palestinians should consider a nonterrorist government to lead them to peace...
...Davis, the Government Reform Committee's G.O.P. chairman, says he "reached different conclusions" from the documents the panel received. According to his reading, the rules allow department secretaries to charter jets for meetings, conferences and speeches, which "are an important part of the job of senior officials at any agency." Davis also pointed out that the documents received from the Bush Administration showed that the cost of private aircraft travel for top officials averaged $12,000 per trip, compared with just over $13,000 per trip for the departments that produced records from the Clinton Administration. "Mr. Waxman instead should...