‘American Genocide’

To the editor,

I am disturbed by the publication of the letter to the editor “The American Genocide.”  The editorial decision to publish it, place it in a prominent place on the page and use a very large font for the headline is irresponsible. The letter contains contested and inflammatory claims: “prisoners who have been raped and tortured,” and supports the idea that Israel has committed genocide. The cry of genocide is a political maneuver used by anti-Zionists to condemn the State of Israel. Neither the International Criminal Court (ICC) nor the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has completed a trial and found Israel guilty of genocide.

BONNIE GELLER

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