My letter to the LATimes RE A Museum of Tolerance we don't need by Saree Makdisi

RE: A Museum of Tolerance we don't need, The Simon Wiesenthal Center should abandon its plan to build a facility on the site of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-makdisi12-2010feb12,0,1055476.story

Dear Editor,

Excellent to see Saree Makdisi's revealing op-ed "A Museum of Tolerance we don't need, The Simon Wiesenthal Center should abandon its plan to build a facility on the site of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem."

I totally agree with him that "Peace will come to Palestine/Israel only when the blind insistence on displacement ends and both peoples are allowed to belong to the same land."... but I think that land really does need two different sovereign names and two different futures- two different identities side by side: Israel and Palestine shaping a peaceful transition to a better way forward using partition as a firm step up away from Zionist land grabs and home demolitions.

Both Israel and Palestine need to be free and both need to be focused in on being the best that they can be- two nation states, Israel AND Palestine side by side, fully respecting international laws, borders and basic human rights.... fully respecting the dire need for peace and progress for everyone's sake.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab