My letter to The New York Times RE Yousef Munayyer's PUBLISHED letter regarding Bill Clinton's ode to Rabin

Lydda Palestine 1932

RE: Recalling Rabin, and a Mideast Quest
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/opinion/l06rabin.html?ref=opinion

Dear Editor,

Good to see Yousef Munayyer's letter regarding Bill Clinton's ode to Rabin. I am grateful that Munayyer, whose family was ethnically cleansed from the Palestinian towns of Lydda and Ramla by then Lieutenant Colonel Rabin, stepped up to gently remind Americans of what the Palestinians must endure due to Israeli policy:

"Darker, underdiscussed work" politely sums up quite well what Zionism has been for generations as the people of historic Palestine continue to be harassed, impoverished and displaced from their homes and land. (Maps http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/0_pal_facts_MAPS.htm)

This week Israel, with the assistance of several international companies (Russia's government-owned Moscow Metrostroy construction company and the private Italian firm Pizzarotti are involved in building the line, along with Israeli firms), is quietly and officially usurping even more Palestinian land in the West Bank for a $2 billion high speed rail from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_railway_wrangle

Meanwhile Palestinians living under a punitive Israeli occupation are prevented from freely traveling anywhere. Israel's pervasive crimes against the people of historic Palestine- Israel's ongoing violations of international law- Israel's institutionalized bigotry and Israel's cruel refusal to respect the Palestinians basic human rights, are enough to convince many reasonable people that no peace should ever be made with Israel.

DCI-Palestine released a new report on settler violence directed against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The report - Under Attack: Settler Violence against Palestinian Children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, documents 38 incidents of settler violence against children during a two year period, in which three children were killed, and 42 injured. http://www.dci-pal.org/english/home.cfm

The Israel/Palestine conflict needs to end- for everyone's sake.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

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