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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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"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
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unto others as you would have them do unto you
Live by the Golden Rule
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