Michael Visontay describes Hamas as a “militant Palestinian Islamist organisation” responsible for “terrorist attacks” [July 18]. That’s one version. Another is that it is a group formed to resist the Jewish state’s illegal occupation of Palestine, and the terrorism experienced every day by the occupied population. Brigid Mullane, Killara NSW
I couldn’t help but think that while the women in this story moved on to successful lives in Manhattan and Sydney, the Palestinians are still being radicalised by illegal Jewish settlements, 25 years later. Andrew Barrs, Prospect, NSW
These letters appeared in ‘Good Weekend letters: August 1’ in The Sydney Morning Herald and came in response to Michael Visontay’s article.