Saturday, April 21, 2012

My letter to the Washington Post RE Mahmoud Abbas’s unhappy anniversary by Jackson Diehl

RE: Mahmoud Abbas’s unhappy anniversary by Jackson Diehl
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/mahmoud-abbass-unhappy-anniversary/2012/04/19/gIQA38LMTT_blog.html

Dear Editor,

Jackson Diehl's misleading op-ed "Mahmoud Abbas’s unhappy anniversary" certainly was not written to help inform anyone regarding how best to help end the Israel-Palestine conflict. Instead he feeds into extremism on both sides by refusing to even notice Israel's long term and flagrant violations of international law and the Palestinians' basic human rights.

What was the point? Perhaps his goal is more about undermining Middle East peace negotiations by doing what he can to dismiss and discredit Palestine, just as Israeli agents have been doing for years. Perhaps he hopes to help bully our Congress into idolizing Israel and punishing Palestine for refusing to do the same.  Perhaps he simply likes the status quo with the institutionalized bigotry, rampant injustice and cruel chaos of the ongoing conflict harming countless innocent and increasingly vulnerable people & inspiring the worst in many players.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

The Arab Peace Initiative requests Israel to reconsider its policies and declare that a just peace is its strategic option as well...

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?

Daoud Kuttab: Prisoners have the right to see parents and read books... but Israel won't let them

Palestinian Refugees (1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and their right to live in peace free from religious bigotry and injustice.

Yesterday #Israeli forces bulldozed a field of 2000 sq meters of #Palestinian land planted with beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and cauliflowers.

This is the price every Palestinian leader and campaigner is forced to pay

The Middle East has the largest number of stateless and internally displaced peoples in the world, and recent upheavals have caused these numbers to surge...

"The traffic jam is a metaphor of our life stymied under Israeli occupation." ...This Week In Palestine

Unclench your fist...

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