Wednesday, October 16, 2013

My letter to INYTimes RE How Palestinian Hate Prevents Peace By Yuval Steinitz & The Middle East Pendulum By Roger Cohen

Section of a stained glass window at a church in Surrey, UK
RE: How Palestinian Hate Prevents Peace By Yuval Steinitz & The Middle East Pendulum By Roger Cohen
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/opinion/how-palestinian-hate-prevents-peace.html?ref=international&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/the-middle-east-pendulum.html?ref=international

Dear Editor,

A shame to see the newly rebranded "International New York Times" start out by featuring opinion writers who are obsessed with belittling and insulting Palestinians- in addition to, or perhaps as part of, demanding that efforts must be made to ensure Israel's "
future as a Jewish and democratic state." 

Ending the Israel-Palestine conflict with a fully secular two state solution in line with international law and fully respecting universal basic human rights (including but not limited to the Palestinian refugees right of return) will not totally erase religious extremism or the hate and bigotry and misogyny on both sides of the conflict, but it will give both Israel and Palestine the ability and the momentum to become modern nation states of the people, for the people and by the people- regardless of supposed race or religion or gender...  Religion should be a personal private choice, not a state funded project.

Fair and just laws and better investments on both sides of every border will help diffuse, disarm and dismantle the rampant religious extremism, bigotry and injustice currently making life miserable for countless men, women and children trapped in and tormented by the conflict.  KISS: Keep it simple- Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, and within each separate sovereign nation state every individual a full and equal citizen able  to live in peace and security, encouraged and empowered to help build a Golden Rule peace with all their neighbors.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
American homemaker & poet

NOTES

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


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