To the Editor:
The article by Mika Zacks in Thursday's Herald ("Beasts of the southern wild," Sept. 20) should not get a free pass without a balanced comment.
Beginning with the atrocious and bewildering title "Beasts of the Southern Wild," she speaks about Israeli apartheid and "ethnic cleansing" as if they were certitudes written in stone. She attaches numerous examples of criminal actions directed at the Palestinians, but makes no reference to the countless murders of settlers over the years. She recommends reading Ilan Pappe, who has decided to take a self-imposed exile from Israel and live in England. Pappe has stated many times that Zionism is worse that Jihadism. He has demanded a universal boycott of all Israeli universities and colleges and is known in Israel for his support of a false claim concerning a massacre of Arabs in the 1948 War of Independence. Her article contains all the talking points of the Palestinian Authority.
Trashing Israel is no way for an Israeli to win friends and influence people. I hope your student body can reach out and get beyond her naive and simple remarks.
Sy Dill
