To the editor: “Zero Zone” director Jonathan Glazer's comments at the Academy Awards on Sunday have sharply divided the Jewish community into a convenient but distorted framework: one is pro-Israel or one is anti-Israel. This distortion is counterproductive.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have condemned their own government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, both before and after the Hamas attack on October 7. His government has failed Israel and continues to do so.
This division ignores the realities of Hamas's atrocities, its stranglehold on the Palestinians, its use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, the millions of dollars Hamas spent building tunnels instead of caring for its people, and, most importantly, the threat that Hamas represents to Israel. existence itself.
There is no lapel pin that can represent this debacle.
Louis Lipofsky, Beverly Hills
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To the editor: I loved Glazer's brilliant film, but his acceptance speech at the Oscars was a disaster.
Believing that the attack on Israel by terrorists requires a defensive war by Israel against Hamas does not “hijack” the Shoah or anyone's Judaism. Jews existed in Israel long before 6 million people were murdered in lands foreign to them.
Hamas knew the war would be hell when it incited this horror, but its leaders didn't care. If they released the rest of the hostages they took from Israel on October 7, this war would be over.
I want the war to end. I want Palestinians to have peace, food and education that is universal and does not include brainwashing.
Hamas, which is aligned with Iran's leaders, wants to eradicate the Jewish people. Judaism does not try to convert. He never has. Peace is there if we respect each other.
Netanyahu will go down in history in the next elections. Hopefully the Palestinians will also get better leaders.
Lisa Boyle, Pacific Palisades
