Focus

The October 7 attack on Israel highlights the consequence of hubris, as Israel, in both 1973 and recent years, believed it was invincible, dismissing the Palestinian right to live and exist.

In 1938, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a lengthy letter to Jews begging them not to occupy the land of Arabs as their homeland. In his letter, as given below, Gandhi called it an unjust and inhumane act.

The attack on October 07 washed away the Abraham Accords and catapulted Palestine back on centre stage.

The reason for a separate homeland for the Jewish people does not lie entirely in the persecution they have faced; rather, it lies in the land itself.