RE: Boston Globe Editorial: Hamas’s charmless PR offensivehttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/12/23/hamass_charmless_pr_offensive/
Dear Editor,
I am sincerely concerned about the very real plight of the Palestinians. I very much agree that "Hamas’s imposition of conservative Islamic stances on social issues, its repression of its political enemies" and "the extent to which it has hampered the chances of a peace deal with its militant anti-Israel rhetoric" are a huge problem but I do not think "reformation of the group’s hardest-line tendencies" will help Palestine or peace emerge.
In my opinion- for Palestine's sake Hamas should volunteer to step down, and all Islamists and militants and Zionists should individually work on reform in order to help usher in a fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel/Palestine conflict.... for everyone's sake.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Jewish refugees must not be neglected in peace talks, There are two sides to the refugee story, and the Israeli side is one of the best-kept secrets of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/22/peace-talks-jewish-refugees
Dear Sir,
Refugee return is a universal basic human right that needs to be FULLY respected. The Arab Initiative with its promise of peace opens the way for the natural return of what Danny Ayalon, Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, says are "Jewish refugees subsequently expelled or forced out from Arab lands" when Israel was established in 1948.
For all of modern man made Israel's history Zionists have been quick to refer to Jewish immigration to Israel as "return". Obviously, with this recent official revelation about Jewish refugees Israeli leadership is now aware that Zionist immigration to Israel really is not and never was true "return". That is a progress for sure- but not if Israel's motivation for this revelation is about all continuing to ignore the Palestinian refugees inalienable, legal, moral and natural right to return to original homes and lands.
The Arab Peace Initiative
Emanating from the conviction of the Arab countries that a military solution to the conflict will not achieve peace or provide security for the parties, the council:
1. Requests Israel to reconsider its policies and declare that a just peace is its strategic option as well.
2. Further calls upon Israel to affirm:
I- Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the June 4, 1967 lines as well as the remaining occupied Lebanese territories in the south of Lebanon.
II- Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194.
III- The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since June 4, 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
3. Consequently, the Arab countries affirm the following:
Sincerely,I- Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter into a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the states of the region.
II- Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of this comprehensive peace.
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Roadblocks to Mideast peace By Aaron David Miller
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-miller-mideast-20101223,0,2508896.story
comment i left online
AnneSeldenAnnab at 03:51 AM December 23, 2010
Aaron David Miller is wrong to be so dismissive of the Palestinian refugees inalienable legal, moral and natural right to return to original homes and lands. I like the PLO Delegation's approach to this difficult and confusing situation as they make it quite clear that Palestinian refugees need options- and " What is important is that individual refugees decide for themselves which option they prefer – a decision must not be imposed upon them."
"Refugees and the Right of Return
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-3December 2010: [Israeli] Settlers [for the umpteenth time] attack [Palestinian] shepherd
Towards a two-state solution and regional peace
The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Core Issues
"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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