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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

An Excellent letter in the Guardian: Ariel Sharon's motto could have been 'there's no such thing as a Palestinian'

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine] 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/13/ariel-sharon-palestinian

Your obituary writer's comment that Sharon felt at peace only on his farm in the Negev overlooks the fact that until 1948 this land belonged to the Abuelaish family, one member of which, Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish, wrote a book in 2011, described by the Guardian as "an impresssive statement of triumph over adversity". Its title, I Shall Not Hate, is testimony to a lifetime devoted to reconciliation, which stands in stark contrast to the philosophy of the man who removed him from his family property.
 
Roger Symon
Cheltenham

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