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Readers respond to Rob Delaney’s article about understanding the desire for revenge after the Hamas atrocities of 7 OctoberRob Delaney’s article gave voice to many who are horrified by the recent slaughter in Israel and Gaza (If someone killed my child I’d want bloody revenge. But I’d be wrong – as is the Israeli government, 17 October).Any sane person should struggle to understand why people kill and why some fanatics join organisations to kill. Rob gave an airing to an uncomfortable truth – that governments do not represent their people as they struggle to make sense of this horror. An Irish immigrant, I lived in London through the 1970s and 80s and watched, albeit from a distance, as people – ostensibly in my name and in the name of my ancestors – killed, maimed and destroyed lives in Northern Ireland, Britain and Ireland, promoting hatred through terror and mistrust. This insanity by fanatics in Gaza and Israel will prolong the suffering. Continue reading...