The war in Gaza, slashing WLIW funding
WLIW delivers Wireless Emergency Alerts through PBS WARN to ensure geo-targeted warnings reach cellphones during hurricanes, floods, and other emergencies such as Superstorm Sandy, here hitting Southold Town Beach in Southold on Oct. 29, 2012. Credit: Randee Daddona
No one is winning with the war in Gaza
I can’t sit idly by and not express outrage at the horrific conditions in Gaza that I read about daily [“Israeli strikes kill 55 in Gaza,” World, Aug. 12]. Every day, people are killed trying to get food, not to mention those wounded and maimed and those already starving or on the brink of starvation.
I wake up thinking about this tragedy, and it doesn’t leave my mind all day. The inhumanity of these atrocities should repulse everyone with grief. There is no excuse for this suffering. No political motive warrants what is happening every day to innocent people. It is sickening and criminal.
— Diane McGuire, Northport
Hamas is an abomination. The reluctance of the world’s nations to take a stand against it is a combination of cowardice and indifference.
In electing and supporting Hamas for nearly two decades, the people of Gaza have, at the very least, exercised poor judgment. But, to paraphrase Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto after the attack on Pearl Harbor, “In laying waste to Gaza, all Israel has done is to embolden a new generation of terrorists and fill them with a terrible resolve.”
— Ed Weinert, Melville
Slashing WLIW funds a way to shush us?
WLIW general manager Diane Masciale clearly states the importance of the station [“WLIW is in peril after funding drive,” Opinion, Aug. 12].
WLIW has delivered high-quality programming to Long Islanders for years.
It was additionally vital during the pandemic, for example, when it aired educational classes for students when schools were closed.
Canceling already appropriated federal funds was cruel.
Why take away something that is entertaining, educational, truthfully informative, and reinforces that our voices matter — unless that was the goal?
— Susan Scalone, Shoreham
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