RE: David Harris: Partners for peace, Despite differences, US and Israel have common goalshttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/05/26/partners_for_peace/
Dear Editor,
Israel certainly does have many loyal citizens and advocates, as does America.
But as the years go by it becomes more and more obvious that America and Israel have been on two very different trajectories: We dismantled Jim Crow type laws and institutionalized bigotry whereas Israel has been foolishly investing in such backward thinking.
Modern times call for more enlightened practices... "The time is always right to do the right thing" — Martin Luther King Jr.
Israel and Palestine can and should live side by side in a cooperative two state sovereign and secure peace, with the rule of fair and just laws shaping a better future for all men, women and children- regardless of supposed race or religion.
A FULLY secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel/Palestine conflict depends on understanding and fully respecting universal basic human rights, including but not limited to the Palestinian refugees very real right to return to original homes and lands.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Growing Gardens for Palestine
Annie's New Letters (& notes)
"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
Growing Gardens for Palestine
Annie's New Letters (& notes)
"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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