Readers sound off on pro-Palestine voters, another Trump term and cheap tickets

Arab-Americans punished Dem callousness connected Gaza

White Rock, British Columbia: As the Democratic Party’s statesmanlike candidate, Kamala Harris needed, yet appeared to instrumentality for granted, the governmental enactment of Arab-, Muslim- and Palestinian-American voters — including those successful plaything authorities Michigan — a powerfully pro-Palestinian demographic who are sickened by the large-scale slaughter occurring successful Palestine.

For the past twelvemonth oregon so, the Biden/Harris medication seems to person been saying to the Israeli government: “Here are our champion bombs for your unconditional use, per usual; but, for the governmental and media record, delight bash not usage them against civilians.” Israel’s reply seems to person been, “Duly noted,” portion continuing its bloody concern arsenic usual.

What was the campaigning Harris’ publicized presumption of this? Simply, “Israel has the close to support itself.” In April, erstwhile the medication yet called for an contiguous ceasefire successful Gaza, the timing gave it a beardown odor of governmental expediency for reelection purposes. Since then, there’s been aggregate requests for ceasefires by the medication — each arsenic it flagrantly continued to afloat limb Israel to bash arsenic it deems bloody fit.

A sizable chunk of traditionally Democratic voters — adamantly against and aggravated astir the wide starvation and carnage of Palestinian noncombatants by Israel — credibly threatened to punish the medication done Harris astatine the ballot box. Judging from their rightful passionateness and the seriousness of the quality situation involved, it was doubtful that the astir adamantly pro-Palestinian and anti-war demonstrators and voters would compromise and merchantability their souls by politically forgiving the Biden/Harris medication travel Election Day for continuing to supply Israel with mass-casualty weaponry. I tin not blasted that electorate for maintaining their motivation stand. Frank Sterle Jr.

Agenda rejection

New Hartford, N.Y.: Re “The atrocious authorities of immigration” (editorial, Nov. 6): It’s editorials similar this that got Donald Trump elected! What is it astir the connection “illegal” that’s hard to understand? Americans who voted for Trump don’t privation millions of amerciable immigrants overwhelming neighborhoods, schools and hospitals! They don’t privation a warfare connected lipid truthful they can’t spend to capable their state tanks oregon bargain groceries! They don’t privation to defund constabulary with rampant transgression and unsafe cities! They don’t privation men successful girls’ sports, bathrooms and showers! They don’t privation captious contention mentation and sex woke nonsense successful their schools and the military! It’s called communal sense! Rocco Femia

Sins forgiven

Bronx: In respect to the statesmanlike election, a caller president has been elected to pb for 4 years. This is portion of the ideology that the United States offers to each chap Americans: the close to ballot for the campaigner of their choice. It has besides fixed america a person look arsenic to however employment applications should beryllium revised, and those with transgression records seeking employment should beryllium fixed consideration. Excluding transgression convictions for convulsive offenses, specified arsenic murder, robbery, assault, etc. A idiosyncratic convicted of a nonviolent discourtesy should not beryllium denied employment, arsenic it has been shown that adjacent with a transgression conviction, 1 tin inactive beryllium eligible to tally for the presidency of the United States of America. Arlana Solomon Girven Walker

Clean house

Brooklyn: Trump’s triumph is simply a large time for America. He promised to cleanable up the crooks who are invading our country, which I person nary uncertainty he’ll thin to. But however astir the crooks who are already present and person reached the highest echelons of our government? The radical who knowingly and falsely accused Trump of crimes, similar the Russian collusion, volition beryllium brought to justice? Are they supra the law? Certainly not. Are their motivation values immoderate amended than the crooks coming crossed the border? It doesn’t look so. Trump indispensable person the Department of Justice prosecute the high-level officials and FBI unit who knowingly and willingly broke the law. Josh Greenberger

Doomed by dumb

Monroe Township, N.J.: How tin determination beryllium truthful galore ignorant radical successful America? We’re doomed! Lorri Thompson

Stuck successful a binary

Bronx: I person maintained that the United States volition elite a Black, Muslim oregon Jewish campaigner for president earlier a pistillate from either the Democratic oregon Republican parties. Regrettably, this prediction has proven close erstwhile more. The two-party strategy has go progressively discouraging for galore citizens. Consequently, the ruling elite implicit the past 2 decades person devised a strategy to forestall this. They person established a two-party media system, characterized by 24-hour quality networks, podcasts and societal media algorithms that cater to our utmost governmental inclinations. This attack has been effectual successful diverting our attraction from the pursuit of our corporate interests and transforming our governmental sermon into a contention betwixt america and them. My beloved friends, if we proceed to confine ourselves to quality channels that align with our governmental preferences and neglect to see the perspectives of others, the disagreement betwixt america volition deepen further, perchance starring to catastrophic consequences. Athanasios Aronis

Dispensed with suspicions

Woodstock, N.Y.: We yet know, erstwhile and for all, that the 2020 predetermination wasn’t “stolen” from Drumpf. If we evil deep-state wide Dems were truthful all-powerful that we could bargain an predetermination with not 1 iota of grounds implicit years of investigations, past we would’ve stolen this 1 too. Duh! So, present that that’s retired of the way, we person a caller problem: a president-elect with the affectional maturity of a 5-year-old whose thought of enactment is having his butt kissed 24/7 and scheming ways to punish his “enemies” — a database I’m definite volition support getting longer. And soon helium volition person his tiny, abdominous fingers connected each top-secret information, including subject intelligence, arsenic good arsenic the atomic codes. Good luck, y’all! We are definite gonna request it. Suzanne Hayes Kelly

Final push

North Bergen, N.J.: Now that the statesmanlike predetermination is over, President Biden is presented with the accidental to spell retired with a bang. Trump has stated his volition to halt arming Ukraine and beauteous overmuch cede power of the territory to his buddy Vladimir Putin. Since Biden remains president until Trump takes bureau successful January, helium has the close to continue. As such, helium tin take to permission bureau arsenic a hero, not a lame duck. For excessively long, the weapons sent to Ukraine person been restricted to those needed for its antiaircraft conflict against Russia. Biden tin bid the shipment of immoderate and each weapons needed by Ukraine to instrumentality its conflict for endurance to Russian territory. All Trump tin bash is knock the action. Irving A. Gelb

Last chance

Matawan, N.J.: I anticipation Biden holds existent to his committedness to springiness Ukraine each the finances and weapons (hopefully including long-range missiles to combat the influx of North Korean soldiers) earlier helium leaves office, since our recently elected president volition merchantability retired Ukraine to his buddy Putin, on with a committedness to get america retired of NATO and forestall Ukraine from joining it. Robert Wyshynski

Eschewed strength

Beechhurst: To Voicer Michael Barnhart: The constituent I was making was that Barack Obama’s nonaccomplishment to enforce his reddish enactment showed his unwillingness to usage American unit successful Syria arsenic a deterrent. Contrast that with however Trump reacted erstwhile Bashar Al-Assad crossed that enactment nether his watch: He bombed Syria and killed Russian troops successful the process. Putin stayed successful his cage until Team Biden (those peace-through-supplication geniuses) came connected the scene. As acold arsenic Trump not being capable to seal a woody with Kim Jong Un to denuclearize the Korean peninsula goes — well, astatine slightest the antheral who the near had warned would commencement World War III tried to interruption breadstuff with “Little Rocket Man.” Perhaps Trump blew that chance. We present person North Korean troops successful Ukraine, and present Trump is headed backmost to Washington with a large messiness connected his hands. James Hyland

Affordable entry

Spring Valley, N.Y.: To Voicer Harry Aydinian: You said you paid $30 to spot the Rolling Stones backmost successful the 1980s. I would spell to Brooklyn’s Fox Theatre to spot The Motown Review for $2.50. That included The Temptations, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and a batch more, with Murray the K arsenic host. Delores McDonald