Sir, – It was very impressive to hear on the radio during the week an interview with the compassionate army chaplain, who forgave the young man who attacked him with a knife at Renmore Barracks. Fr Paul Murphy has a clear message: “We have to combat hatred with reconciliation and not with more hatred!”
If leaders in the Middle East could in some way adopt this message, surely we would see a rapid end to the unspeakable suffering of the people of Gaza, who are besieged without food, water or a safe place for themselves or their children to lay their heads! – Yours, etc,
EAMON FITZPATRICK,
Sligo.
