"The other side of Palestine we don't have the opportunity to see on
this side of the ocean, especially the last few weeks.This Palestinian
woman from a neighboring village strolls through Ramallah's fresh
market.She could be any Palestinian woman.They wear there traditional
hand stitched dresses proudly as they fetch there weekly staples of
produce and fruits wearing there heritage displayed on the chest. Just
as colorful and prominent is the pomegranate which is very prominent in
Palestinine."
Prayer for Protection A
four-year-old boy prays for his father, who was kidnapped by jihadists
in Iraq, in this 2008 photo. Like many Arab Christians, this boy and his
family were driven from their home in Iraq and relocated to Syria.
16 Pictures of the World's Kitchens Show the Hearts of Homes
On World Food Day, we are reminded that food is so much more than just what we eat.
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The cycle of violence is very much generated by sovereign Israel's
investment in Jews-preferred policies and settlement projects in the
illegally occupied territories: "I’m a South African who lived
through apartheid, I have no hesitation in saying that Israel’s
crimes are infinitely worse than those committed by the apartheid
regime of South Africa." former U.N. Special Rapporteur John
Dugard.
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2015/5/6/ex_un_official_john_dugard_israel
Alan E.
SteinweisBad
History : Ben Carson Is Wrong on Guns and the Holocaust points
out that "It is preposterous to argue that the possession of firearms
would have enabled them [Jewish people being persecuted by
the Nazis] to mount resistance against a systematic program
of persecution implemented by a modern bureaucracy, enforced by a
well-armed police state, and either supported or tolerated by the
majority of the German population."
That was 60 years ago- long before sophisticated computers and
cellphones and satellites and drones and all sorts of ways for a
sovereign government to interfere with an oppressed people's quest
for freedom, justice, and equality.
Clueless American politicians like Hilary Clinton use their public
podium to make a bad situation worse by ignoring the very real
plight of the Palestinians. So do "Pro-Palestine" apologists for
Hamas and armed Palestinian resistance.
There are however some clear headed thinkers who refuse to accept an
insane and cruel status quo, such as Palestinian businessman Sam
Bahour who writes in his most recent article Palestinians
must not fall into this trap, again! "To cover up its
crimes, Israel needs to feed all the western stereotypes of
Palestinians as violent and subhuman rather than hungry for
freedom and equal rights."
And your recent
letter writer Shelly Altman, co-chairman of Jewish Voice for
Peace New Haven, who states the facts "There are more than 500
checkpoints restricting their movement in the West Bank itself.
The Palestinians have endured Israeli military occupation, arrests
without charge, arrests of children, home demolitions and the
uprooting of olive groves."
And your own editorial, which is basically good despite the fact
that it really should have but did not fully show the big picture by
pointing out who is in sovereign power with a very strong formal
military and a plethora of modern technology that is being deployed
to [torture,] silence and destroy the native non-Jewish men women and children
of historic Palestine. Your conclusion is very true that "it
should be clear that a peace agreement is the only chance Israelis
and Palestinians have to stop the cycles of stabbings, shootings,
bombings and fear"
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.
"Israel
has a single gamebook against the legitimate Palestinian struggle for freedom
and independence, that of using their well-oiled military machine to squash any
Palestinian who attempts to resist occupation. Israel since 1948 and 1967 has
routinely used war and violence to seize more land, all the while pushing
Palestinians to either turn violent or emigrate."
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Violent Palestinians make Israel look good, convincing outsiders, as
well as most Israelis, that Israel has no choice but to be punitive.
It is a tragic situation with plenty of blame on all sides, as well as
on many an outsider weighing in to exasperate the conflict, as the
Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on and on with disastrous consequences
for the native non-Jewish men, women and children of historic Palestine.
A fully secular two state end to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on
full respect for human rights and fair and just laws laws (including but
not limited to full respect for the Palestinian refugees inalienable
right to return to original homes and lands) would go a long way towards
ending the hate, hostility, suffering, savage brutality, and social
media propaganda inspired by the injustice and religious extremism that
is the Israel-Palestine conflict today.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES:
"The maintenance of the status quo helps perpetuate the occupation rather
than end it, thereby providing cover for continued establishment and
expansion of colonies in Jerusalem and other parts of the West Bank, as
well as Israel’s plans to further isolate the West Bank and maintain
control over its resources, as Israel is able to continue blockading the
Gaza Strip and controlling its resources. Furthermore, it leaves the
burden and costs of administering daily life under occupation to the
Palestinians, making the occupation a profitable project for Israel." Palestinians want 1967 lands to be put under UN protection http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768144
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.
