Kiwis for Balanced Reporting on the Middle East

Dec 5, 2007

The Press gets it almost right.

The Press of Christchurch continues to offer a balanced view of the Mideast with an excellent editorial and cartoon — except for one small problem. The following letter by the KBRM chairman, was published on Dec. 5, but with the KBRM affiliation omitted from the signature:

Dear editor,

Your editorial ‘Peace plays ’ (Nov. 30, 2007) was spot on — until the last paragraph. The real ‘hard stuff ’ — as illustrated by Moreu in his excellent cartoon of Dec. 1 — is the ongoing intention to destroy Israel by Arab terrorist groups such as Hamas. If these suicide bombings and rocket attacks can be permanently stopped, Israel will be happy to reach a compromise on the issues you listed. Even the separation barrier will come down. Lacking that, no peace is possible, as the world should have learned from trying to appease Hitler in 1938.

Rodney Brooks, Chairman
Kiwis for Balanced Reporting on the Mideast