Objections to photo

During my wonderful visit to Israel, I read a copy of your July 23 edition, which I found to be extremely informative and of great context. The Jerusalem Post seems to be an outstanding newspaper. However, I found somewhat reprehensible the bloody photo splashed across the front page accompanying the article “Halamish family massacred at Shabbat dinner.”

Although it was clear that the heinous crime demanded frontpage coverage, that gruesome picture was out of order and served no constructive purpose in the extremely difficult process of peaceful coexistence. GUSTAVO MADRIGAL

Doral, Florida

I still have difficulty wrapping my head around the picture that appeared on your front page. So much blood and sadness. I have been wondering why your editors chose it. Was it to invoke in your readers a sense of foreboding or to encourage us to stand up and say never again?

Never again – it’s a nice thought, but the familiar carnage that litters our landscape is not confined to a single incident. Some of them are quite recent. Perhaps we are encouraged to consider a solution to the problem? The expulsion or even killing of all Palestinians in a gross act of “self-defense” comes to mind.

Since we’re not going to do these things, tragedy will (God forbid) strike again. I hope there is something to be said for maintaining our humanity in the process – something our Palestinian neighbors clearly lack.

On a more practical note, how do you deter someone who is socially conditioned to murder and is happy to die in the process? I am sure that all answers are welcome. Until then, I hope for better and happier news. BARRY LYNN Efrat