Letter: Culpability of the Israeli government and army for the Hebron massacre

Sir: The International Fellowship of Reconciliation strongly condemns the premeditated murder in Hebron of so many innocent persons gathered for prayer in a sacred place and urges that both the Gaza region and Hebron (with its immediate outskirts) be placed under a five- or 10-year UN

mandate.

We wish to draw your attention to the regrettable religious connotations inherent in the title of a report on the massacre published last Saturday: 'The slaughter of the innocents'. We hope that this overkill was chosen in all innocence.

Yours faithfully,

RENE WALDON

DAVID LITTMAN

International Fellowship

of Reconciliation

Geneva

28 February