Thank you so much for publishing the brave letter by Nabila Taha
"Palestinians terrorized in their ancestral homeland" (Thursday,
May 27th 2021)... For American readers who bother to read foreign
newspapers, and those for who have lived in the Arab world, and
those who are well informed and compassionate, this is not new
news, but for many Americans it is new and quite shocking. So much
so that some of your readers might find it easier to deny or
angrily dismiss this perspective. But thank heavens you published
it as people need to know, even if it hurts to know, even if it
breaks our hearts to find out the truth behind this tragic
situation.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Palestinians are being terrorized in their ancestral homeland | PennLive letters
- This is not a conflict; it is a brutal occupation that has been ongoing for over 73 years by the Israelis over a defenseless Palestinian population.
- This recent vicious bombing by the Israelis of Gaza is not as “retaliation” for Hamas’s rocket attacks, rather the rocket attacks are retaliation for the Israeli soldiers’ and settlers’ trampling of Al Aqsa mosque since the beginning of Ramadan (more than a month ago) and of the far-right settlers terrorizing Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and taking over their homes. Whether Hamas is a terror group or national liberation movement is immaterial. They did not start it.
- The terror Palestinians experience at the hands of the settlers is not a “land dispute.” A far-right Israeli settler, with help from Israeli police confiscating your ancestral home is state sponsored terrorism.
What would you do if someone came to your home/ farm/factory with machine guns and forced you off? Would you RESIST with all means available to you?
Nabila Taha
Pennsylvania
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