My letter to the LA Times RE Clinton praises Israel stance on peace talks

A Palestinian man rides a camel along the Mediterranean sea side as dark clouds travel in the sky in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

RE: Clinton praises Israel stance on peace talks, In the Mideast to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls Israeli offers on Jewish settlement growth 'unprecedented,' but the Palestinians insist on a freeze.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-us-mideast1-2009nov01,0,6461818.story

Dear Editor,

"Israeli actions, such as the expansion of illegal settlements, building of the wall, internal closures, ethnic cleansing of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, and the siege of the Gaza Strip are meant to torpedo any prospects for peace. Israel refuses to implement U.N. resolutions. These policies have increased tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, derailed attempts to broker a peace agreement and emboldened extremists everywhere." Ambassador Maen Areikat, PLO representative to the United States http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/27/ED3H1AB8QM.DTL#ixzz0VHGZLm7B

Israel needs to end its illegal occupation, stop oppressing and displacing the people of historic Palestine- and reverse its segregation policies and investments in institutionalized bigotry... for everyone's sake.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

Palestinian Bedouin Umm Ghalib Al-Azzazneh, prepares traditional Arabic bread outside her tent on top of a mountain on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)