PA rewards killers handsomely

“PA has paid almost NIS 3.2 million to Sbarro terrorists” (August 9) reminds us that the barbarians that carried out that heinous crime 18 years ago have prospered greatly from their murderous actions.

It also appears that the passing years have done nothing to change the mind-set of the Palestinians, as demonstrated by their welcoming last week’s slaying of yeshiva student Dvir Sorek just prior to his 19th birthday.

It is the paramount duty of any government to protect its citizens. Therefore in respect to the forthcoming election, unfortunately it will once again (and with clear reason) see the public place defense as a priority and will therefore seek a party that can best meet that need.

On another topic, regarding “How pro-Palestinians manipulate facts” (August 9), drawing from his deep knowledge on the subject, Manfred Gerstenfeld clearly identifies numerous instances of veiled and not-soveiled outpourings of antisemitism from politicians, mainly on the Left, in various countries around the world.

Much of their rhetoric is couched in overtly sympathetic tones for the “plight of the Palestinians” laying blame directly at the door of the “mighty Israeli aggressor,” which in panders in many instances to their base following.

I join him in imploring our prime minister, the government and ministries to be more proactive in outing these one-sided calumnies – which one would think should already be a priority for our embassies abroad, and to have pre-prepared action to fight the good fight against these individual perpetrators of false narratives. STEPHEN VISHNICK Tel Aviv