Olmert’s revisionist history

Regarding Liat Collins’s excellent observations in “The apartheid label and libel” (June 24) about the Knesset committee looking into allegations of “racism” in Israel, let me tell you that I grew up in South Africa during apartheid. I what racism is – what it smells, tastes and feels like. If anyone thinks that Israel has even an ounce of racism in its bones or culture, I ask them to contact me and I will open their eyes to the reality of what racism is truly about.

DR YAAKOV BAGLEY Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Regarding the latest diatribe by Ehud Olmert (“A New Beginning,” June 25), on the basis that he is a convicted crook who served time in jail, he does not have any right to preach to or about anyone – especially the weekly polemics demonizing our former prime minister.

I am pleased to read that Olmert has decided to take a break from his regular columns and just as he wishes for Benjamin Netanyahu never to return to power, I wish to never again see Olmert return to The Jerusalem Post. HILTON SHARE

Netanya

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