I refer to the article “Hamas responsible for Gaza war: EU” (The Jakarta Post, Jan. 27, p. 12).

For such news, The Post gave almost half a page of coverage with bold letters and large font?

Here. I would like to comment on statements made by the European Commission for Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Louis Michel, in the article.

Doesn’t Michel remember who in 1947 partitioned the land of Palestine and gave it to the Zionists? It was Europe! Doesn’t he remember how the Zionists expelled the Palestinians from their houses and lands in 1948?

By terror! Terrorizing the Palestinians! Doesn’t he remember who started the 1967 war and took the lands of Gaza, the Golan Heights, Sinai, the West Bank and Jerusalem? Doesn’t he remember who helped the Sabra and Shatila massacres? Doesn’t he remember who blockaded Gaza?

Why don’t people remember what happened and is happening to the Palestinians? Why are they always blaming the Palestinians when they have to fight the occupiers by any means, as the Zionists did in the past, for their land, their houses and their farms that have been occupied, through acts of terror, for such a long time?

Why do people (who do know the precise history) never give the slightest assistance to the Palestinians in their fight for their freedom and independence?

The Palestinian problem can only be solved by returning the lands of the Palestinians and by the West telling the world the Palestinians have such a right. Michel must remember the cause of the Palestinian problem and have a fair perspective toward the Palestinians.

Massaruddin

Tangerang, Banten

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