RE: Our view on the Middle East: Israeli settlement push hurts U.S. interests, peace process, Support for Israel doesn’t mean accepting its misguided policies.http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/04/debate-on-the-middle-east-our-view-israeli-settlement-push-hurts-us-interests-peace-process.html#more
Dear Editor,
Good to see USA Today taking the stand that the Israeli settlement push hurts U.S. interests and the peace process. I very much agree with that headline and I hope it helps prod more people into putting more energy and thought into calming down and ending the Israel/ Palestine conflict.
Dr. Hussein Ibish of the American Task Force on Palestine, wisely points out that the Obama administration is taking a more holistic approach to the Middle East and has "rightly identified Palestine and the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 as the center of this dynamic pattern because of its political and symbolic importance throughout the region." http://www.americantaskforce.org/in_media/pr/2010/03/31/1270008000
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Divided, the Palestinians won't risk a third intifada By Hossam Ezzedine
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=113476#axzz0kJzsOEFE
Dear Editor,
I totally agree that Israel is trying to provoke Palestinians. However I think Israel is trying to provoke much more than the potential violence of a third intifada: I think Israel is doing all it can to provoke radicals and empower religious extremism in hopes of completely destroying Palestine.
By seriously working towards a secular two state solution to end the Israel/Palestine conflict, Palestinians are positioned to gain serious mainstream support and real political power. Radicals and religious extremists are eager to derail a negotiated end to the Israel/Palestine conflict and their bellicose stupidity shifts mainstream sympathy and support away from Palestine.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Israelis must integrate to survive, The increase in ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs is a social timebomb that threatens the Jewish state's long-term survival
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/06/israel-integration-orthodox-jews-arabs
Dear Sir,
I very much appreciated the forthright honesty of "Israelis must integrate to survive, The increase in ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs is a social timebomb that threatens the Jewish state's long-term survival"
I wish I could object to the way the author lumps ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs into one category, but I can't since his main point is that "We at the mainstream must change our view of the growing minorities and treat them as the next frontier of economic opportunity and growth. If they prosper, we will all prosper"
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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