Peres on a Pardon for Katsav

Sir, - While on a state visit to Vietnam, Pres. Shimon Peres was queried by interviewers of an other paper about granting a pardon to former Pres. Moshe Katsav. Although no request for a pardon has yet been made, Peres responded by saying that he "tends to view harshly crimes committed against women."

Although I take no issue with the above response, I and many others felt the appalling lack of a clearly stated public declaration of abhorrence concerning his awful task of having to sign pardons for the hundreds of blood drenched terrorists released in the Schalit exchange.

ZEV CHAMUDOT
Petach Tikva