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RE An Arab-Israeli dilemma: Might they want to join Palestine? Avigdor Lieberman’s radical ideas for population transfers are gaining ground
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21594353-avigdor-liebermans-radical-ideas-population-transfers-are-gaining-ground-might
Dear Editor,
Human beings have been migrating, relocating all through out the history of humankind. Individuals and families must be free to do so for their own personal reasons, following legal channels- but sovereign states must not ever be free to push individuals and families into forced exile or poverty.
Borders have to be firm, however citizenship formulas can be flexible. Many but not all countries allow for dual citizenship. Dual citizenship already allows Israeli-Americans as well as Palestinian Americans to vote in American elections, and provides more potential job opportunities as well as educational choices so the precedent for dual citizenship is obviously firmly in place for both Israel and for Palestine.
Dual citizenship as Israeli-Palestinians should be an option for Arab-Israelis as negotiations to end the Israel-Palestine conflict with a fully secular, fair and just two state solution move forward creating a sovereign state of Palestine living in peace and security alongside Israel.
Dual citizenship would also help Palestinian refugees living in third countries return to help build a new Palestinian state, but no one should be forced to move to Palestine, or to Israel, if they would rather move on and away.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
The One-State Trap ... a poem
Murdering Palestinians by starvation in Syria... much crueler and more arbitrary than anything imposed on Gaza by either Israel or Egypt.
Aid Convoy Unable to Reach Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syria ... 41 Palestinian refugees have died of food and medicine shortages in the camp.
An Excellent letter in the Guardian: Ariel Sharon's motto could have been 'there's no such thing as a Palestinian'
Analysis: Why Palestinian leadership is right to engage in peace talks
Ziad Asali of ATFP: Why Palestinians are puzzled by the 'Jewish state' demand... Netanyahu's demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state bizarrely inserts Palestinians into the 'Who is a Jew' debate
Jerusalem... the respective capitals of Israel and Palestine
Hussein Ibish: Time for honesty about dialogue with Israel
Palestine is abundant in energy, skills, passion, and determination. Only when our belief in citizen solutions is reignited and our respect for one another is re-established can we officially witness the transformation we want as a society." Muna Dajani & Sami Backleh: This Week in Palestine
Arts & Culture: Organizers Prepare Palestinian Museum For 2015 Opening... Biggest of Its Kind, Privately-Sponsored Institution Will Have Satellite Locations Around the Globe
The monster that won't die: Al-Qaeda is making yet another appalling comeback "There have always been differences within al-Qaeda, those who have either successfully seized or been granted permission to use the name as a kind of franchise, and other salafi-jihadi or "takfiri" groups. But while the parent organization based in Pakistan and Afghanistan seems to be increasingly irrelevant, the political ideology and program of mass murder that are now synonymous with al-Qaeda seem at least as robust as ever, if not more so. It is the monster that, for the past decade, simply will not die."
- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
The Golden Rule... Do unto
others as you would have them do unto you
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
American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) supports Palestinian institution-building, good governance, anti-corruption measures, economic development, and improved living standards. ATFP categorically and unequivocally condemns all violence against civilians, no matter the cause and who the victims or perpetrators may be. http://www.americantaskforce.org/
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