Speak Up: To understand Mideast conflict, consider the history

Journalist and veteran Reid K. Beverage wrote an Opinion on Oct. 22 chronicling the history of Israel and Palestine.

• I want to thank you for breaking down the history of Israel and Palestine. I tried doing research myself to understand it, but everything I could find was skewed to either make the Jews or Palestinians evil. It is a complicated past, and my heart breaks for the Israelis and Palestinians, who want to simply live their lives in peace. — Jeanine Losino