I object to the unfounded accusations against retired Rev. Peter Kakos, made by a recent letter writer in these pages. I stand out regularly with Rev. Kakos and have come to know him as a man of God, for whom God is love. We stand out calling for an end to U.S. arms shipments to Israel as it carries out attacks against Gaza that have leveled the landscape. The people of Gaza have been forsaken in a most terrible way. Right now, before the whole world, a mass starvation is taking place due to the restriction of aid by the Israeli government. Recently, it was reported that 14,000 babies are in danger of dying in the next few days. These are war crimes. It is not antisemitic to protest war crimes, it is in fact, standing up for peace, justice, a better world and to remind our community that the light of life and God are in all living beings, including Palestinians.
Thea Paneth
Northampton