Gaza condemnations

The United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Nikolay Mladenov, is a murderous hypocrite (“Death of 15-year-old Gazan draws EU, UN criticism of Israel,” April 22). He condemned Israel for the death of a 15-year-old child incited by Hamas to join the violent protest movement intent on breaching the Gaza Strip border fence.

If the protesters succeed in breaching that fence, tens of thousands of enraged civilians from Gaza, accompanied by thousands of trained Hamas fighters, would pour into Israel. The ensuing bloodbath of both Jews and Arabs would make the previous weeks of violence seem minor by comparison.

The true enemy is Hamas, the fanatic religious and rejectionist force that keeps the Palestinian Authority from making concessions to Israel that might resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. If there is going to be a resolution of that conflict, it will come only after Hamas is no longer propped up as a legitimate power by the UN, the EU and the rest of the western world.

The pragmatic Arab world has already delegitimized it. BARRY LEONARD WERNER Netanya

Nikolay Mladenov singles out only Israel for the death of a 15-year-old Palestinian. Is he living in a fantasy world?

Mr. Mladenov definitely needs to see the films, short and long, that Hamas and Islamic Jihad put on the Internet showing how they indoctrinate their children from kindergarten and up to killing Jews and Israeli soldiers. No wonder kids like Muhammad Ibrahim Ayyoub are willing to disobey our army’s warnings not to try to destroy the security fence.

All the blame is on Hamas. Until the UN and EU admit this, these attacks will continue – not only on the Gaza border, but in Judea and Samaria as well. MURRAY JOSEPH Kiryat Motzkin