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| 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
only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future
for our children free of man-made tragedy. This means making
peace fully, completely and without reservation, between
Israel and Palestine."
Clarifying why Arab and Muslim Americans should be smart rather than stupid
Clarifying why Arab and Muslim Americans should be smart rather than stupid
The Golden
Rule... Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
The Arab Peace Initiative
Palestinian
Refugees(1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and
their right to live in peace free
from religious bigotry and injustice.
"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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