My letter to the Washington Post RE The power and weakness of inciting violence

American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) is strictly opposed to all acts of violence against civilians. The Task Force advocates the development of a Palestinian state that is democratic, pluralistic, non-militarized and neutral in armed conflicts.

RE The power and weakness of inciting violence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-power-and-weakness-of-inciting-violence/2014/12/05/120dedca-74c3-11e4-9d9b-86d397daad27_story.html

Dear Editor,

I thought Shibley Telhami's "The power and weakness of inciting violence" was very interesting, and quite helpful in understanding one aspect of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. 

Fully respecting citizenship rights and responsibility, international law, and all the many United Nations resolutions pertaining to ENDING the Israel-Palestine conflict with a fully secular two state solution should help convince majorities on both sides to support an end to the conflict.

Worldwide bigots, activist-entertainers, religious tyrants, ivy tower cynics, naive naysayers and bully brigades might try to keep stoking hostilities... but once there is an actual fully sovereign free Palestine living alongside Israel and Jordan in peace and security, outsiders and hate mongers will have to find another hobby.

Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab

NOTES
Palestinian Refugees (1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and their right to live in peace free from religious bigotry and injustice.

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