Uganda, Feb. 12 -- Dear Tingasiga:

The war between Israel and Hamas has triggered great angst among many Africans. Many on social media platforms to which I belong have engaged in passionate debate about the horror in Gaza.

Most have expressed sympathy with the Palestinians in Gaza, and anger with the Israelis. They are not alone in their reaction to the daily images of unimaginable death, destruction, and displacement of civilians in that tiny strip of land in which more than two million people are trapped.

Whereas I am as horrified by the war in Gaza as are other civilised people, I refuse to take sides in that conflict.

I am as horrified by the death and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as I was horrified by the terrorist attack o...