Letter to the Editor

No Justification for holding the Strait of Hormuz Hostage by the Iranian regime

No Justification for holding the Strait of Hormuz Hostage by the Iranian regime

By Reuven Azar, Israel’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka and India. The following is submitted in response to the opinion article by Kazem Gharibabadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs of Iran, titled "The Strait of Hormuz: New Arrangements Under International Law," published in Jaffna Monitor. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most vital maritime corridors. Roughly one-fifth of global oil trade passes through this narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to th
Letter to the Editor May 2026
Reuven Azar

Reuven Azar
Letter to the Editor: Setting the Record Straight on D.B.S. Jeyaraj’s Exile

Letter to the Editor: Setting the Record Straight on D.B.S. Jeyaraj’s Exile

The Editor, Jaffna Monitor I read M.R. Narayan Swamy’s tribute to D.B.S. Jeyaraj with the respect it deserves. It was a moving remembrance of a journalist whose life and work were genuinely heroic. Precisely for that reason, it would be a disservice to his memory to allow two significant historical inaccuracies to pass without correction. On the reasons for his exile Narayan Swamy writes that LTTE extremists “forced” Jeyaraj into exile. That is not entirely accurate, and we know this because
Letter to the Editor May 2026
K.S. Lakshmi

K.S. Lakshmi
Beyond the Rubble of Simple Stories: A New Sri Lankan Consciousness Emerges

Beyond the Rubble of Simple Stories: A New Sri Lankan Consciousness Emerges

Dear Editor, For decades, the story of Sri Lanka has often been told through the distorting lens of reductionism. a complex conflict simplified into binaries of hero versus villain. Narratives were kept in protected silos: a Tamil story of state persecution, a Sinhala story of national defence, and a Muslim story of a community caught in the crossfire. These isolated accounts, while containing truths, perpetuated division. From the rubble of these siloed histories, a more complex and honest co
Letter to the Editor November 2025
Jaffna Monitor

Jaffna Monitor
Don’t Give Stones to Haters to Throw at You

Don’t Give Stones to Haters to Throw at You

Dear Editor, When I first came across Jaffna Monitor, I was flabbergasted. Here was something our Tamil community had never seen — a publication unafraid to say what the mainstream Tamil narrative refuses to say, unconcerned about being branded or sidelined. Intrigued and concerned, I reached out through my channels and met your editor, known as Kaniyan Pungundran. I expected a well-funded operation with strong backers. Instead, I met a man who had walked to our meeting, explaining that nearly
Letter to the Editor October 2025
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