The war in Gaza 'serves mainly political and personal interests, not security interests'

Nearly 1,000 current and retired members of the Israel Air Force Reserve published a letter yesterday calling for the return of all hostages and an end to the fighting in Gaza.

They wrote: "Currently, the war serves mainly political and personal interests, not security interests. The continuation of the war does not contribute to any of its declared goals and will lead to the deaths of the hostages, Israeli soldiers and innocent civilians, and to the attrition of the IDF reserve forces."

Unfortunately newspaper readers in Europe are often unaware that this fighting has never been about destroying Hamas, something which is impossible and which Netanyahu is not even trying to achieve. Yet it was common sense from the start.

The IDF Chief of Staff said that most of the signatories were not in the active reserve list but those that were would be dismissed if they did not retract. 25 signatories did so.

Netanyahu blames the letter on foreigners. I wonder whom he has in mind. Soros? Could be but probably it's a spontaneous plea for common sense and humanity.