RE: In Israel, the Noble vs. The Uglyhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/opinion/08kristof.html?ref=global
Dear Sir,
Regarding Nicholas D. Kristof's fawning "In Israel, the Noble vs. The Ugly": In short, an American Rabbi moving to Israel gets to be a hero because Israel is cruel to Palestinians.... The vast majority of Palestinians are refugees with most already living in forced exile as home wrecking Israel intentionally fragments and impoverishes Palestinian families in many different ways.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Trudy Rubin's Worldview: Politics come before peace: Domestic pressures are working against meaningful talks in the Middle East.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100708_Worldview__Politics_come_before_peace.html
Dear Editor,
Obama was warm towards Abbas too- just last week... but Rubin did not write about that, or acknowledge it in her op-ed about Netanyahu's recent visit to the White House. Perhaps she did not get the memo that yes indeed there really is such a thing as a Palestinian- and there is a dire need for a real Palestinian state.
Actions speak louder than words: Israel's ongoing investments in projects that destroy Palestinian homes and communities are a rather obvious sign that Zionists will continue to destroy Palestine and Palestinians rather than working towards justice and peace. It is not just about leadership. Fact is every Israeli settler in the illegally occupied territories has chosen to violate international law and scorn the necessity of shaping a two state solution to end the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: After the Meeting Between Obama and Netanyahu
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/opinion/l08mideast.html?ref=opinion
Dear Editor,
Good to see the excellent letter by Mohamed Khodr calmly and clearly stating the facts regarding Israel's refusal to respect UN Resolutions and peace plans.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: President Obama's new Middle East course has promise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/07/AR2010070704479.html
Dear Editor,
What has more promise than anything Obama might say, is the fact we live inundated by the information age and Israeli propagandists can no longer get away with what they once did: More and more Americans know beyond the shadow of a doubt that there really is such a thing as a Palestinian- and that Palestinians are being systematically oppressed, persecuted, impoverished and displaced by invading Zionists who want the land but not the people of that land.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
In 1948 United Nations (page 4 on the PDF file http://unispal.un.org/pdfs/AC1SR207.pdf ) Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte pointed out that "It would be an offence against the principles of justice if those innocent victims [Palestinian refugees] could not return to their homes while [Zionist] immigrants flowed into Palestine to take their place."UN Resolution 194 from 1948 : The refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible
"The United Nations had certainly not intended that the Jewish State should rid itself of its Arab citizens" 5 May 1949 Application of Israel for admission to membership in the United Nations http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/85255e950050831085255e95004fa9c/1db943e43c280a26052565fa004d8174?OpenDocument
"Palestinian refugees must be given the option to exercise their right of return (as well as receive compensation for their losses arising from their dispossession and displacement) though refugees may prefer other options such as: (i) resettlement in third countries, (ii) resettlement in a newly independent Palestine (even though they originate from that part of Palestine which became Israel) or (iii) normalization of their legal status in the host country where they currently reside. What is important is that individual refugees decide for themselves which option they prefer – a decision must not be imposed upon them." http://www.plomission.us/index.php?page=core-issues-3
Refugees, Borders & Jerusalem...
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."Eleanor Roosevelt
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