RE: Israel, Palestine and the United Nations, Yes to Palestinian statehood:Efforts to stop the Palestinians from winning statehood at the UN are misguided and self-defeating
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Dear Sir,
YES, I totally agree- yes to Palestinian statehood! Great to see the headline "Yes to Palestinian statehood" (can't repeat that bold phrase enough!!!)... BUT I am horrified by your editorial approach which foolishly attempts to swat away the Palestinian refugees' individual and inalienable right to return to original homes and lands.
UN Resolution 194 from 1948 quite clearly and specifically affirms the very civilized notion that all people should have free access to Jerusalem and that the Palestinian refugees "wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors 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"
Can't unring that bell. Furthermore never forget that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood..." The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel/Palestine conflict ends the conflict, whereas a religion based formula crafted to empower Jewish immigrants (at the expense of the native non-Jewish men, women & children) only perpetuates existing injustices and the very real plight of the Palestinians.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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"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
"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://plodelegation.us/palestine/core-issues/
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