Tuesday, February 14, 2012

My letter to the Guardian RE Israel accuses Iran of attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi


RE: Israel accuses Iran of attacks in Delhi and Tbilisi
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/14/israel-accuses-iran-of-attacks

Dear Sir,

Iran clearly wants to sabotage efforts to build support for a negotiated fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel-Palestine conflict and the very real plight of the Palestinians.

Iran might not have been directly connected to the cruel plot and the bombs targeting Israelis in India and Georgia, but Iran's pervasive and well publicized pro-Islamist pro-Militancy anti-Israel anti-America rhetoric most certainly is a factor inspiring misguided idiots all through out the world to invest in violence and hate mongering instead of figuring out how to help usher in Golden Rule age of reason and respect... and real diplomacy.

Islamists are not helping Palestinians find freedom or security. Would there even have been an Israeli war on Gaza but for the Islamist militants... Fact is if Hamas had voluntary stepped down years ago, in order to help Palestine realize its dream of becoming a fully free, fully sovereign, viable nation state Israel would not be so motivated and so easily able to continue on with its quest to usurp Palestinian land, rights and peace.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
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