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My tears for the 17,000 Palestinian children killed in Gaza | Brief letters

A moving leader | Unsurprised by inflation rise | Vegan staycations | Beard taxIn 35 years of reading the Guardian, a leader has never made me cry – until this one (The Guardian view on the children of Gaza: when 17,000 die, it’s more than a mistake, 15 July). Those last six simple words – “They were children. They were loved” – should haunt every elected member who has been complicit in this genocide. Thank you for your humanity.Mark WhitfieldLiverpool• Thank you for the moving leader. Alas, neither that nor the advert from Médecins Sans Frontières in your 11 July print edition headlined “We’re witnessing a genocide in Gaza. And the UK government is complicit”, nor the voices of millions in this country, have moved the government to declare an arms embargo on Israel or recognise the state of Palestine.Rae StreetLittleborough, Greater Manchester Continue reading...

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