My letter to the New Yorker RE Mosab Abu Toha's A Palestinian Poet’s Perilous Journey Out of Gaza

 

letter from Gaza-  Dec 25 2023

Mosab Abu Toha

A Palestinian Poet’s Perilous Journey Out of Gaza

Following Hamas’s October 7th attack and Israel’s invasion, Mosab Abu Toha fled his home with his wife and three children. Then I.D.F. soldiers took him into custody.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/a-palestinian-poets-perilous-journey-out-of-gaza

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Dear Editor,

Thank you for publishing Mosab Abu Toha’s "A Palestinian Poet’s Perilous Journey Out of Gaza." 

I know I am not allowed to say this, but Israel's pervasive persecution, impoverishment, and displacement of Palestinians reminds me of Nazi Germany.  And the horrifying fact is that American leadership is fully aligned with funding and arming racist Israel's long term violations of international law and the native non-Jewish Palestinians basic human rights. 

Gaza 2023 is Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass for the people of historic Palestine.

Ending the Israel/Palestine conflict matters immensely. All people need a just and lasting peace based on the rule of fair and just laws, and true equality for all people, regardless of supposed race or religion. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.  But there is a very real need to prove to the world that arming religion with taxpayer's money, lethal weaponry, and the will to kill "others" is a very bad idea. 

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

American Homemaker & Poet