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Responsibility for the Fighting in Gaza
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Jimmy Carter evidently believes there is credibility to the claim that the Palestinians in Gaza are being starved (as reported by a U.N. agent), and Mr. Carter iterated the Hamas claim that rocket attacks upon Israel are the only way for Palestinians to "respond to their imprisonment" ["An Unnecessary War," op-ed, Jan. 8].
What Mr. Carter failed to account for is the paradox that while Hamas leaders are unable to provide food or medical supplies to Palestinians in Gaza because of the Israeli blockade, they are able to provide the rockets and the launch infrastructure to continue missile attacks on Israel. The Palestinians of Gaza seem to have achieved modernization in rocket technology, their "imprisonment" notwithstanding.
The plight of the residents of Gaza may well be a result of decisions by Hamas leadership to devote Gaza's resources to the sword rather than the plowshare.
MARTIN B. NASS
Silver Spring
