Palestinian Protest Photos: Palestinian children from UNRWA school carry flags as they salute and sing the national anthem to commemorate Nakba near the port-city of Sidon in south Lebanon May 14, 2011. Palestinians will mark "Nakba" (Catastrophe) on May 15 to commemorate the expulsion or fleeing of some 700, 000 Palestinians from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho 
RE: Palestinians storm into Israel, 15 reported killed during unprecedented demonstration
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/15/palestinians-storm-into-israel/?page=1
Dear Editor,
Religious tyranny of every type flourishes with the Israel/Palestine conflict: Both Zionists and Islamists are very eager to sabotage reasonable efforts to create a fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the cruelties of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Both Zionists and Islamists seek to turn the Palestinian refugees very real right to return to original homes and lands into a weapon of war- it is not a weapon of war. The refugees right of return is a universal basic human right and a very reasonable expectation as well as a necessary part of civilized life in a modern world. Every time you leave your home to go shopping or to school or to work you know you can return to your home and things. It is a simple as that.
I agree with Dr. Ibish (of the American Task Force on Palestine) that President Obama deserves credit for his efforts so far... I very much hope that Obama (& Ibish) continue to support the idea of empowering real freedom, justice, peace and progress in the Middle East.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Hamas in Gaza: End Zionist project in Palestine
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-05-15-hamas-gaza_n.htm
Dear Editor,
Two peas in a pod: Islamists and Zionists both want their own religious tyranny and extremism to be empowered with guns and state funds.
The people of Israel and Palestine deserve better than that.
A fully secular two state solution is the only way to stop the Israel/Palestine conflict- for everyone's sake.
Start a just and lasting peace in the Middle East by FULLY respecting basic human freedoms and rights, including but not limited to the Palestinian refugees very right to return to original homes and lands.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Israeli Troops Fire as Marchers Breach Borders
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/world/middleeast/16mideast.html?_r=1&ref=world
Dear Editor,
The Palestinian cause has indeed been abused by many- but that is only because the Palestinians really do have just cause for complaint: 63 years of an ongoing Israeli made Nakba has destroyed many Palestinian homes and families and jobs.
Innocent and increasingly vulnerable men, women and children are already being harshly oppressed, impoverished, displaced and tormented time and time again by this cruel situation, which will only get worse as religious tyranny of every type takes over the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Zionists and Islamists are both trying to turn the Palestinian refugees right of return into a weapon of war- but it is not a weapon of war at all, it is a universal basic human right that most people world wide take for granted. A just and lasting peace depends on fully respecting basic human rights, including but not limited to the Palestinian refugees very real right to return to original homes and lands- as soon as possible.
Wake up America- right now firmly supporting a fully secular two state solution to once and for ALL end the Israel/Palestine conflict is the only way to avoid continued catastrophe through out the Middle East.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab, American homemaker & poet
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RE: Israeli troops fire at Palestinian protesters on borders, killing at least 12
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/israeli-troops-fire-at-palestinian-protestors-on-borders-killing-at-least-12/2011/05/15/AF9lnF4G_story.html
Dear Editor,
"It was a moment, a day of pride for us all. And it was validation that Palestine’s refugees, the usurped homes and land and the years of exile will be forever etched in each and every Palestinian soul until the day comes when this huge injustice is finally rectified." Proud to be Palestinian By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
Bravo to all the many Palestinian men, women and children who help empower The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by being non-violent resistance to Israel's brazen institutionalized bigotry and ongoing violations of international law.
It is obvious to me at least, and many others, that Zionist as well as Islamist propaganda very much undermines America's ability to understand what is really going on, and the situation keeps going from bad to worse. The Nakba needs to end- for everyone's sake.
Seeing the photos of the undercover Israeli policemen dressed as Palestinians I have to wonder how much and how often Israelis infiltrate and influence Palestinian resistance in order to sabotage inspiring and noble Palestinian efforts to find justice and peace.
A fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel/Palestine conflict ASAP really is the best way forward... Start the process of building a just and lasting peace and real progress in the Middle East by fully respecting the Palestinian refugees very real right to return to original homes and lands.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
"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
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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