Wednesday, November 21, 2012

My letter to the Washington Post RE The never-ending war in the Middle East By David Ignatius

 A Palestinian boy walks past a destroyed building on which a painting depicting the Dome of the Rock can still be seen after what witnesses said was an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim shrine located in Jerusalem. Nov. 20, 2012 Mohammed Salem / Reuters
RE The never-ending war in the Middle East  By David Ignatius
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-never-ending-war-in-the-middle-east/2012/11/20/5254eae4-334f-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html

Dear Editor,

Israel does have an obvious endgame: The destruction of Palestine. Israel's strategy is to goad Palestinians and their supporters into empowering and cheering on Islamists and terrorism and anti-America rhetoric- effectively laying the ground work to make sure that America stops funding UNWRA as well as Palestinian state building efforts.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

NOTES
''I am mad at both Israel and Hamas. We need peace,'' says Hanan al-Karanawi, a farmer. 
Gaza children struggle to cope with life under fire

ATFP Calls for Immediate Cease-Fire Between Israel and Gaza: There is no military solution to this conflict.

[Palestinian] Arab Americans Need Political Normalization

They can hear only the loudest calls from their enemies...

Known Numbers November 18 2012

Israel and Hamas wage social media fight via social media platforms

All of those who are escalating this conflict....

A Memo to the US President: Resurrecting meaningful Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will be difficult, but a peace agreement is indeed a vital American national interest.

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

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
"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

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