Barkan murder musings

The Barkan slaughter (“IDF continues manhunt for Barkan terrorist,” October 9) of two innocent Israelis continues the cyclical progression of murder, apprehension of the killer and imprisonment, blowing up his house and payment by the PA to his family.

Obviously there is insufficient disincentive to become a Shahid. The killer has generally been raised in a home that espouses hatred of Jews. His immediate environment has been part of his upbringing. I suggest that another strong disincentive needs to become routine by taking his immediate family and expelling them to Syria. A house can be rebuilt, but expulsion is permanent and will be a powerful reason to avoid any action that may lead to this result.

International condemnation may ensue, but saving future Jewish blood from being spilled should overcome this hypocritical international reaction. FRED EHRMAN

Ra’anana/New York

After all the rhetoric and hopefully the capture of the murderer of innocent Israelis, it comes down to one thing: unless the Palestinian Authority condemns this attack outright and refuses to pay a lifetime stipend for such a heinous crime, any talk of peaceful coexistence is totally futile.

Words are cheap and besmirch the memory of the lives of the innocent people who perished at the hands of an enemy within.

The Palestinian leaders and their people must wake up to the fact that this war of terrorism by stealth is the road to nowhere. Only full recognition of the Jewish State and all the security that goes with it can possibly lead them to a mutually respectful future.

Anything else said is just meaningless words. STEPHEN VISHNICK Tel Aviv

When we will learn that joint ventures with Palestinians can be dangerous, tragic? How many more executions will it take?

It is time to reexamine employing Palestinians in commerce, construction, as cleaners, etc. NAME WITHHELD UPON REQUEST

Jerusalem