President Biden, is the U.S. policy regarding the Geneva Conventions and international human rights selective? It appears so regarding Israel! And the administration’s (feeble?) attempts to rein in the Israeli onslaught seems to have fallen on deaf ears. All the more galling, since corrupt Netanyahu and his ultra right-wing government have thumbed their noses at America and the rest of the civilized world. This despite substantive U.S. financial, military and diplomatic support. In fact Israel would not exist nor thrive without our aid.

True, the Middle East is a quagmire, and Hamas’ actions have been unconscionable, but that cannot justify Israel’s destruction of the Palestinian people (which began in 1948 and has never stopped). I’m sure your father told you more than once that “two wrongs don’t make a right.” Our moral leadership on the world stage is at stake. So let’s cut the malarkey when it comes to Israel. If you want to get Netanyahu’s undivided attention and his conduct to change, immediately cease all direct and back-channel aid to Israel. And oh, if you can circumvent Congress to get military aid to Israel, why can’t you do it for Ukraine?

Gregory Davis

Salem