Letter in the G&M: Hamas=Likud

This delightful missive appears in today's paper:

It was remarkable to see your editorial referring to the charter of Hamas, without referring to the platform of Likud, which refers to the settlements being a “clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.” Likud’s coalition partners show even more intransigence in accepting moves toward peace. Is it not enough that Canada has a government that supports Israel, right or wrong, that our national paper has to editorialize in this manner?

Masud Sheikh, Oakville, Ont.

My unpublishable response:

Letter-writer Masud Sheikh finds it "remarkable" that your editorial mentions the Hamas charter but neglects to cite the Likud platform--as if there's any equivalence at all between a document calling for the outright murder not only of Israel's Jews but of all Jewry and a political position that, agree with it or not, essentially aims to keep one miniscule portion of the Middle East Jewish.

What was most "remarkable" about the editorial wasn't the failure to draw a false parallel. It was the tepid adjectives with which you described the charter. Calling it "combative, angry and disturbing" instead of, say, "hateful, venemous and jihadist, " grossly misrepresents the charter's actual words and vastly understates Hamas's genocidal intentions.