Thursday, November 29, 2012

My letter to the Phil Inq RE letters 11-29-2012 Folly of Palestinian cause- What might have been- Conditions for peace


The case for Palestine: As Abbas has said, the upcoming General Assembly vote is not aimed at de-legitimizing Israel. It follows the Palestinian National Council’s declaration in 1988 of a Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel. It also follows the Arab Peace Initiative, adopted by the Arab League at its Beirut Summit in 2002 (and to which Israel has yet to respond)

RE: letters- Folly of Palestinian cause
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20121129_Letters_to_the_Editor_.html

Dear Editor,

Sad to see today, November 29th, the day that Palestine is to address the United Nations regarding upgrading Palestine's status in hopes of achieving actual sovereign statehood soon, that your letters column is so very very anti-Palestine.

I agree that Islamists, including Hamas, are a huge problem- but demonizing and dismissing mainstream and secular non-violent Palestinian efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict with a two state solution makes the situation even worse... Hussein Ibish of The American Task Force on Palestine wisely points out that " How we choose to influence Palestinian political realities will have a profound impact on our vital national interests. Like everybody else, we have to decide which group of Palestinians we want to empower based on our own values and national interests, and act accordingly" The Palestinian Choice—And Ours

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

NOTES
The Palestinian Choice—And Ours

Palestinians warn: back UN statehood bid or risk boosting Hamas

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People


Verbicide: Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti resists the political language of stupidity and hate.

Why Americans Don't Understand Palestine

The Brotherhood’s true colors

Gaza: no lessons learned





The Golden Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

The Arab Peace Initiative

"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 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

".... it being clearly understood that nothing
          shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious
          rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..."

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