The Israeli occupation divided cities, towns, and villages. Families were separated… and brides were unable to cross over the divide to join their bridegrooms. Palestinians in enemy prisons were tortured. Tamam Al-Akhal, 1999 PalestineOnlineStore.com.
RE: Does the Mideast Need a Therapist? (letters) concerning Talking-Cure Diplomacy by Carlo Strenger
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/opinion/lweb06mideast.html?ref=opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/26/opinion/26strenger.html
Dear Editor,
Interesting that none of your letter writers (Does the Mideast Need a Therapist? ) noticed a glaring flaw in Dr. Strenger's theory. Yes collective trauma is very much a factor in the Israel/Palestine conflict... but Dr. Strenger is seriously deluded himself if he thinks that a two state solution depends on forcing the Palestinians refugees to forfeit their inalienable legal and natural right of return to original homes and lands.
UN Resolution 181 called for the partition of Palestine in 1947. UN Resolution 194 clearly affirming the Palestinian refugees right to return followed in 1948 when the two state solution approach was already very much in place- and so did the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... "Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,"
Talking-cures designed to misrepresent the facts will only make matters worse.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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