With each new episode of the Gaza diary I feel deep relief that Ziad is still alive. By the end of each episode my eyes are wet. How will anyone ever put this country and its people back together after such utter destruction? What on earth does Israel think it is achieving here, other than to create an even more aggrieved and determined Hamas?
I’m 76. I lived through decades of the IRA’s horribly violent attempts to draw attention to the lack of human rights for Catholics in Northern Ireland; the absence, even, of universal suffrage, while all the time politicians declared that they “wouldn’t talk to terrorists”. Peace talks now, for humanity’s sake, please, for Gaza. Thank you for sourcing and publishing this human insight into a tragic tale.
Jacqueline Cassidy
Poynton, Cheshire
• I am sure I’m not alone in wanting to tell you how profoundly affected I have been by reading Ziad’s Gaza diary over the past weeks. Politics are one thing, but the effect of conflict on people’s lives is quite another. Please let him know how ordinary people who live in troubled but safe times do not forget those who are striving to survive in the aftermath of Hamas’s appalling attack and Israel’s appalling response.
Kirsten Cubitt Thorley
Sheffield
• Thank you for the Gaza diary columns. They bring home the horror of civilian life in Gaza very powerfully, but it is the kindness (towards people and cats) and resilience of Ziad and his family and friends which never fails to move and impress me. Please forward my appreciation and best wishes to him.
Linda Oswin
Warley, West Yorkshire
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