I believe the refusal of President Joe Biden’s administration to condemn the unrelenting and barbaric assaults on Gaza by Israel is appalling and unforgivable. While the U.S. seems well on the way to delivering $14 billion more in aid to Israel, ostensibly to bolster its Iron Dome defenses, Gaza has no such protections to withstand the daily bombings that kill and maim citizens.

What remaining hospitals still exist are nearly depleted of every conceivable necessity to render even the most basic care to the thousands of injured civilians, as well as expectant mothers, babies in incubators, etc. In addition, Israel’s attacks spare no location, be it refugee camps, hospitals, schools, etc., under the claim that Hamas fighters are commingled with each place.

In my view, how could any citizens of conscience support what many describe as a pogrom — but certainly, a callous disregard for 2.3 million people in Gaza, some of whom have eaten only salt for an entire day? Israel has suppressed deliveries of food, water, medicine and fuel that would relieve the suffering of the entire population.

On top of that, Israel’s increasing brutality in Gaza is a clear violation of its role as “occupier.”

I condemn our government for supporting this inhumanity, and I condemn Congress for providing billions more to Israel.

— Sid Sussman, Hallandale Beach, Florida

Like most people with a heart, I read the news daily with fear and sorrow. There is plenty of grief to go around. Even worse, many people are quick to react to world events with acts of hatred in words and deeds.

I would like to respectfully request that Tribune reporter Caroline Kubzansky, when she writes that Israel was established on land that was formerly Palestine, add “by United Nations Resolution 181, to go into effect in May 1948.”

Israel’s existence was not the result of colonialism or an invasion, as might be inferred by people who know little of the........

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