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RE: Touring Terror in Jerusalem
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/touring-terror-in-jerusalem.html?_r=1&ref=global
Dear Editor,
Suicide attacks are all over the Middle East, with misguided idiots and Islamists cajoled into thinking it is a necessary and effective and noble tactic. Touring 'terror' in Jerusalem is a horrible idea that sends the wrong message, as if fear of terror will convince Israelis to free Palestine. Suicide attacks are despicable- and totally counter productive.
Readers, tourists and residents seeking to take motivational tours to inspire actual sympathy for peace and Palestine (and the rule of fair and just laws) should be exploring some of the hundreds of Palestinian villages destroyed by Zionist terrorists when modern Israel was first created- and then tour at least some of the many refugee camps today, crowded with Palestinian men women and children cruelly denied their inalienable legal, moral, natural right to return to their original homes and lands. Notice too that Palestinians continue to be pushed into forced exile.
And then take a tour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights- and figure out ways you can apply those truths to everyday life and every interaction: "Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world..."
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
Jerusalem is an international city, not Israel's possession
Account of ‘a Lynch’ in Jerusalem on Facebook
Guardian News: Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians listed as 'terrorist incidents' by US
Time Magazine Video: How Palestinian Bloggers Cover Protests in Their Own Villages
We Palestinian are locked in a fierce struggle for our independence....to make the matter straight and simple this is not a clash of religions...
Israel, Iran and the Nuclear Challenge... Since Israel has nuclear weapons, other countries in the region want them, too.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Cohen minimized the corrosive effects of the Israeli occupation on Palestinian economic life...."
Zahi Khouri: The Palestine Romney doesn’t know
Another Look at Palestinian Culture:"Palestinians deserve the opportunity they've been denied for so long, to build their own state and develop their culture in independence and freedom"
Violent attacks by settlers on Palestinians and their property, mosques and farmland had increased by 150% over the past year.
Palestinian officials point out that US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is undermining peace... "What this man [Mitt Romney] is doing here is just promoting extremism, violence and hatred"
'Separate and Unequal' is Unacceptable to Palestinians
"If you have to modify it, it isn't really a democracy."
Do you support as a solution to this conflict the emergence of a fully sovereign state of Palestine on the territory occupied in 1967, including East Jerusalem? Yes or no?
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The Office of
International Religious Freedom (
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/irf/
) Given the U.S. commitment to
religious freedom, and to the international covenants that guarantee it
as the inalienable right of every human being, the United States seeks
to:
Promote freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countries
Refugees and the Right of Return: "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."
"It is in Israel's vital interest to come to a
complete resolution
of
the conflict between it and the Palestinian people sooner rather than
later, relieving the weight of this tragic conflict from both of our
peoples' shoulders. We owe it to ourselves. We owe it to the world." Maen
Rashid
Areikat: The
Time for a Palestinian State Is Now
"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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