Regarding the letter to the editor by Susan Puretz “Attacking Fred Nagel” in last week’s issue of HV1 this is my response:
After reading Fred Nagel’s June 25th letter my faith in humanity was lifted somewhat by Fred’s obvious righteous indignation of the daily slaughter of innocent children and civilians being committed by Israel with the unswerving support of bought off US politicians as Fred asserted. Neither of these assertions are singularly his own speculations, but are facts on the record that can be looked up and verified. It has become a well known fact that AIPAC, the Israeli political action committee, mandates “pledges” from US politicians to be loyal to Israel or else AIPAC will finance campaigns against them upon their re-election bids with millions of dollars. This is exactly what happened to ex-congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and others who refused to be forced to sign any such pledges (https://ameu.org/2023/11/22/aipac-dark-money-and-the-assault-on- democracy/). Those that will sign these undemocratic pledges will be rewarded with financial support. This is what Fred was referring to and not a conspiracy theory invented by him as zionist/genocide supporter Susan Peretz insinuates in her attack letter.
Furthermore whether or not one was a witness or victim of the Oct. 7th Nova Music Festival massacre does not give one the right to commit war crimes and genocide against innocent children and civilians as Ms. Puretz seems to assert. I was initially horrified and shocked by what I saw happened at the music festival by roaming Hamas invaders, where 200 free spirited young Israeli attendees were unmercifully slaughtered. That being said I am even more horrified and shocked by tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian children being bombed, burned, denied medical care and now starved to death, which Fred was writing about and anyone with a conscience should be.
No Ms. Puretz, the slaughter that happened in one day at the music festival, as horrible as it was, does not compare with the ongoing slaughter/genocide happening to the Palestinian children, which has been happening for almost two years now. What has happened to our shared humanity that allows this zionist “work of darkness” to continue for this long unabated. Shame on anyone, especially US politicians, who support this genocide as Ms. Puretz’s factless letter apparently does. Genocide is not self defense and ethnic cleansing is a war crime no matter how you look at it. Ms. Puretz is the one who “needs to get a life” and stop supporting daily death en masse of innocent children, and me saying that is not anti-semitic, but pro life.
Steve Romine