Dear (Elected State & Federal Officials)
Pennsylvania's tax funds, our hard earned money usurped and saved
by our treasury should not be given to Israel.
Currently America's mainstream media refuses to expose the full
ugly truth about rampant Israeli cruelty, corruption, and lack of
REAL DEMOCRACY... but we no longer live at a time where America's
mainstream media and our elected officials are the only orators
heard.
The worldwide internet is exploding with real stories about the
tragic plight and suffering of the Palestinians. Heartbreaking
stories: Our beloved "friend" Israel has been actively
oppressing, demonizing, impoverishing, and displacing the native
non-Jewish people of historic Palestine and has been since 1948.
AIPAC and other Israel focused fund raising groups are highly
motivated to silence support for real justice and a lasting peace
for all people, regardless of supposed race or religion.
We live in a post Holocaust world, a time when international law
and basic human rights are a vital part of how we say we operate,
and how we expect other countries to operate, but we make Israel
the exception to every rule and ideal we are supposed to uphold.
Shame on America for investing in Israeli
injustice and war... and the intentional torture and starvation
of Gaza's children.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
American Homemaker & Poet
NOTES
Washington Post: Why the U.S. should start
telling the whole truth about Israel nukes: American silence
no longer makes sense. In fact, it's dangerous https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../israel-nuclear-weapons/
Patriot News Harrisburg: Treasurer Stacy Garrity’s decision to
invest more Pa. money in Israel Bonds, "Protesters called for
Garrity to divest from all Israeli investments due to the war’s
rising death toll and invest in domestic priorities instead. They
also demanded she consistently take into account environmental,
social, and governance ethics when choosing investments.“We’re
talking about a large percentage of money that we have invested in
Israel Bonds that [isn’t] going towards our schools, [isn’t] going
towards our roads,” said Omar Mussa, an organizer with the
Pennsylvania Palestine Network."
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2024/02/treasurer-stacy-garritys-decision-to-invest-more-pa-money-in-israel-bonds-draws-democratic-opposition.html
The Guardian: Gaza’s social media activists
are a potent force for change in the fight against racism, The new
wave of Palestinian protesters are heirs to giants such as Martin
Luther King, Malcolm X, CLR James and Rosa Parks "Railing against
the state propaganda machines, people such as Motaz Azaiza, Bisan Owda, Plestia Alaqad, Hind Khoudary
and the veteran journalist Wael al-Dahdouh have brought
shocking, heart-rending images straight to our phones. Pictures of
weeping parents kneeling over the tiny, bloodied corpses of
children have stirred up deep anger against Hamas, the Israeli
government and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and at the
complicity of the US, UK and EU governments. Politicians may
dominate the narrative, as they gaslight the world with fake
facts, but the voices of activists, amplified through social
media, are making an indelible mark."
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/20/gaza-palestinian-protesters-social-media-activists-fight-racism-inequality
The Patriot News Harrisburg: Israeli siege has placed Gazans at
risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the
first place | The Conversation "Yet untangling what Israel’s
intentions may be – whether it is using starvation as a weapon of
war, to force mass displacement, or if, as it claims, it is simply
a byproduct of war – does little for the people on the ground in
Gaza. "
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024/02/israeli-siege-has-placed-gazans-at-risk-of-starvation-prewar-policies-made-them-vulnerable-in-the-first-place-the-conversation.html
Religion
should be a personal choice, not a state funded project.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights "Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and
inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation
of freedom, justice and peace in the world..."
