Readers sound off on marking Oct. 7, a green space’s closure and rat prevention

Remember Oct. 7 by reflecting connected what led to it

Bronx: Israel supporters had a tract time connected Monday. They pleaded for sympathy with nary acknowledgment of Israel’s atrocious behavior. First, Voicer Bruce Ticker played dumb astir Israel’s atrocities and wanted accusations “backed up with facts.” In past letters, I person done precisely that. So, I spot nary request to repetition those facts again. Bruce conscionable wants to beryllium unaware.

Then, Voicer Holly Rothkopf dragged retired boring clichés astir phony antisemitism. She thinks Israelis are blameless for atrocious things that happened to them 1 twelvemonth ago. She should effort behaving severely successful a bar, and past she tin wonderment wherefore she got a bloody nose. Last year, Israel’s atrocious behaviour had consequences. It got a precise bloody nose.

Joshua Davidson (“A supplication for bid for this Jewish New Year,” op-ed, Oct. 7) grudgingly conceded that “settler hooligans onslaught Palestinians,” (photo) but helium didn’t enactment arsenic if that was immoderate large woody due to the fact that Arabs don’t truly matter. In my much cynical moments, I wonderment if Zionist pundits matriculate successful precocious Ph.D. programs that thatch them however to gaslight to maximum advantage.

For a agelong time, Palestinians person lived miserably nether Zionists. What Israelis learned a twelvemonth agone was that it is their crook to unrecorded miserably. And it volition get adjacent much miserable for them arsenic corporations won’t privation to put successful specified a miserable place. That, and not Iranian missiles, whitethorn beryllium their undoing. Nick Smith

Have a heart

Park Ridge, N.J.: I deliberation galore radical would person a batch much sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians if, connected the day of the slaughter of truthful galore guiltless radical successful Israel, the pro-Palestinian demonstrators showed a small sympathy for them. We’re successful this satellite together. There’s nary spot other to go. Steve Ostlund

Not your forté

Brooklyn: President Biden’s telephone for a ceasefire successful Israel’s combat against coercion seems a small beyond his scope of expertise. Biden, the 1 who orchestrated our disastrous pullout from Afghanistan, is telling Israel, which has kept its enemies astatine bay for decades, however to grip a war. That’s similar Bernie Madoff telling Elon Musk however to tally a business. Biden should instrumentality to what he’s bully at: drinking tequila connected the beach. Josh Greenberger

Elect responsibly

Tamarac, Fla.: This is not the clip to elite a president who needs to beryllium spoon-fed to tally a country. Kamala Harris and the progressive enactment tin beryllium perilous to America due to the fact that they are based connected power earlier country. The ideology progressives unrecorded by, successful opposition to our own, volition weaken the state successful nary clip due to the fact that they simply bash not similar nor hold with the American way. Decision-making is important erstwhile we formed our votes, and determination is precise small country for error, particularly present arsenic we witnesser our state woody with overwhelming amounts of interior and worldwide problems. You are urged to deliberation precise cautiously earlier voting for your adjacent president of the United States. If you emotion your country, you indispensable ballot to clasp onto it earlier it is excessively late. Roberta Chaleff

Check your sources

Ridgewood: To Voicer Robert Brennan: It’s lone the malicious net rumor mill that is fueling the thought that the national authorities is not responding afloat to the Hurricane Helene disaster. Despite Donald Trump’s claims, some North Carolina’s Democratic politician and Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp person praised the national effect and the availability of President Biden, who has sent active-duty troops to supplement authorities efforts. One peculiarly ridiculous assertion is that Democrats — oregon possibly it’s the Jews, successful a classical antisemitic trope — power the weather. It’s the Biden-Harris medication that has made large investments successful our quality to combat clime alteration portion providing hundreds of thousands of jobs. FEMA is moving retired of wealth not due to the fact that it’s backing migrants, a bizarre claim, but due to the fact that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson blocked further backing and won’t telephone a peculiar league to woody with this crisis. Chandra Bocci

‘Right’ is wrong

Brooklyn: Please halt referring to anyone who doesn’t hold with unfastened borders, unisex bathrooms, defund the constabulary and each different off-the-wall argumentation that progressives instrumentality up arsenic “right wing.” Your publication, arsenic good arsenic galore others, excessively often usage the word arsenic a benignant of slander against anyone who doesn’t travel your preferred governmental ideologies. The much close word for these radical would beryllium “common-sense voters.” Jack Flynn

Show up

Phoenix: We are penning this missive to petition that everyone takes the clip to ballot successful the 2024 election. The quality of casting your ballot is lone imaginable erstwhile everyone votes for the campaigner of their prime truthful that the majority’s dependable is heard. As we person formed our votes consistently implicit the past six decades successful each election, we person witnessed the results, whether we hold oregon disagree. When constituents bash not instrumentality the clip to spell to the polls, they are often dissatisfied with the results. It is imperative to the beingness of our republic that we instrumentality the clip to formed our ballot and fto our voices beryllium heard! Should you take not to vote, you should not harbor sick feelings if you judge the predetermination was swayed successful a mode that you bash not approve. Whatever your choice, instrumentality clip to vote. John and Roberta Walgren

Records request

Bronx: In an effort to amusement helium is inactive capable to govern New York City effectively, Mayor Adams announced helium is replacing the tables and chairs astatine City Hall with furnishings from IKEA. Could the record cabinets beryllium going? Fred Smith

Paradise lost

Manhattan: The countdown to closure has ostensibly begun for the Elizabeth Street Garden, the exotic, one-acre Eden successful Nolita. Mayor Adams, seemingly undistracted by ineligible woes that whitethorn torpedo his administration, has served the fabled sculpture plot an eviction notice. The metropolis is determined to scrap the fashionable parkland successful favour of affordable lodging — contempt Elizabeth Street Garden reps having pointed retired galore alternate sites for lodging improvement close successful the neighborhood. At the aforesaid time, the Department of Transportation is touting the thought of creating pedestrian-friendly greenish abstraction connected the median of Park Ave. Wow, speech astir a clown amusement successful action. Susan M. Silver

Hard fall

Greenville, S.C.: Sad fallout from the apprehension and jailhouse developments for rap mogul Sean “P. Diddy” Combs! On Sept. 9, the hip-hop prima was charged with enactment trafficking and racketeering by a national expansive assemblage successful New York. It was adjacent demanded that helium wage a judgement of $100 cardinal to Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who accused Combs of drugging and sexually assaulting him 30 years ago. This is immoderate atrocious messiness close here! I cognize your mama, Janice Combs, and his pistillate cousins and sisters, who I cognize helium loves, are crying their damn hearts retired astir this! How could a idiosyncratic who was riding precocious person a autumn from grace truthful debased aft being 1 of the astir almighty rappers successful the hip-hop industry? This punk is soon to get the verdict from the tribunal and beryllium locked up successful jailhouse for a agelong time. Steven Hawkins

Better prevention

Yorktown Heights, N.Y.: Thank you for your editorial “Curbside composting curbs rats” (Oct. 6). It was bully to spot that integrated postulation resulted successful benefits specified arsenic elimination of trash’s odor successful households and buildings and simplification of garbage successful the city. The airtight, rodent-impervious bins with locking covers should trim the beingness of rats, who enactment and multiply wherever nutrient is available. Hopefully, this benignant of cleanliness volition besides beryllium a measurement toward eliminating glue traps, which origin terrible and prolonged agony. During futile attempts to escape, animals person their skin, fur oregon feathers ripped off. Organs get injured, bones get breached and animals chew done limbs. All this suffering tin past for days until the carnal dies from shock, humor nonaccomplishment oregon dehydration. This barbarity is wherefore galore stores stopped selling glue traps and galore countries made them illegal. I anticipation America is next. James Scotto