Showing posts with label American values. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American values. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
My letter to the NYTimes RE Room for Debate: Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?
RE Room for Debate: Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/04/04/is-anti-zionism-anti-semitism
Dear Editor,
Kudos to Omar Zahzah for having the wisdom, the courage, and the patience to participate in the NYTimes Room for Debate "Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?." His hyperlink to Adalah points out "50 laws that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of Israel and render them second-class citizens."
Kudos too to all the many various Jewish individuals and groups who have the wisdom, courage and patience to argue with and about Israel. Seems to me the Zionist quest to bully, oppress, and displace those who understand and object to Israel's institutionalized bigotry and injustice is now up against a modern world with modern communication. One can easily search out or simply stumble across highly pertinent facts and heart wrenching stories and statistics- and enlightening artwork. The BDS boycott movement is not the only campaign seeking to create a greater global awareness of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the very real plight of the Palestinians.
Holy Land Principles , a corporate code of conduct for American companies doing business in Palestine-Israel was launched only a few years ago. "The Holy Land Principles seek to ensure that American companies practice fair employment in Palestine-Israel or Israel-Palestine." According a recent article regarding General Electric being asked to sign the Holy Land Principles: "The Principles do not take any position on solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian issue. The Principles do not try to tell the Palestinians or the Israelis what to do. The Holy Land Principles only call for fair employment by American companies in Palestine-Israel." http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ge-given-second-chance-on-holy-land-principles-300240062.html?tc=portal_CAP
So on one hand we have a BDS movement on college campuses getting attention by demanding boycott, and on the other hand we have a corporate code of conduct quite reasonably asking American businesses already doing business in Israel/Palestine to respect American ideals.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
NOTES
Palestinian artist Ahmed
Yaseen paints depictions of the Palestinian narrative on a
cactus [Photo by Abdul Qusiney]
11 Gibran quotes
including: "It is when U give of yourself that U truly
give.” http://buff.ly/1YbNQ3b
Palestinian Central
Bureau of Statistics: Israeli killed 181 Palestinians
during 2015 http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=Xu246Ba34361138559aXu246B …
I have 38 new
followers from France, Germany, and more last week. See
http://tweepsmap.com/!daoudkuttab
Qamar, aka 'The
Golden Foot,' set the beat for the first day of
filming for the @realmadrid
Foundation documentary!
Filming has begun
in Balata camp, #Nablus for the @realmadrid
Foundation's documentary on its #SocialSportsSchools!
Dear
International Community, we warned you 4 years ago
that #Gaza would become
an unlivable place. Please read this http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-water-shortage-841243299 …
Impassioned
piece by @VictoriaBrittain about the #PalestineRefugee
experience http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/sixty-years-of-shame-2004712 …
RT #Jordan #NationalChampionship
Moms
are key to a better future for families around
the world! Join Moms +SocialGood on 5/5. http://bit.ly/MomsSocialGood #GlobalMoms #jnj
60+ million ppl have had to flee
their homes - the majority women &
children. https://impossiblechoices.org
#ShareHumanity
Ahead of #PressFreedom
Day, @UNESCO
has posted highlights from design
contest http://on.unesco.org/25FKZ8p
#WPFD2016
Sunday, October 5, 2014
My letter to the Guardian RE Netanyahu says US criticism of settlements is 'against American values'
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Champion of Human Rights
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/05/netanyahu-says-us-criticism-settlements-against-american-values
Dear Editor,
“The idea that we’d have this ethnic purification as a condition for peace, I think it’s anti-peace.” Yes indeed Netanyahu has a point about peace and American values, but he fails to apply the same exact logic to Israel's brutal mistreatment of the native non-Jewish Palestinians who have been refused their inalienable right to return to original homes and lands since Israel first started pushing them into forced exile more than sixty years ago.
Hussein Ibish points out in his most recent op-ed, US has a responsibility to rein in Israeli settlements http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/us-has-a-responsibility-to-rein-in-israeli-settlements, that "Hamas at least can claim to have established agency, initiative and momentum. Israel’s latest settlement activity seems almost calculated to play into their hands. It certainly delivers another brutal blow to Mr Abbas and all those who seek a negotiated agreement. It undermines the credibility of potential negotiations, and of the negotiators themselves."
Israel is playing a very VERY dangerous game of exasperating despair as well as religious extremism on all sides.
As Ziad Asali points out in his most recent op-ed Confronting ISIL: The Day and Decade "After" "There is a vicious circle of mutual self-reinforcement between state and society failure on the one hand and the rise of extremist non-state actors on the other."
A fully secular two state solution to once and for all end the Israel-Palestine conflict ASAP is the best way forward. No more dithering, no more distractions, no more red herrings, no more shell games: Religion should be a personal private matter, not a state funded dictate determining who gets freedom, jobs, subsidized housing, security, justice, peace, and praise.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
American homemaker & poet
NOTES
Tala Haikal: "It may not be possible to immediately free all the kidnapped girls and women due to the scope of the conflict with ISIS and the geographical dispersal of the captives in various locations. Some of these women and girls can be freed only once ISIS is destroyed."
UN report spotlights 'staggering' Islamic State atrocities in Iraq... "The group, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria, has carried out a wide range of atrocities, including mass executions, abductions, rape and other forms of sexual and physical violence against women and children"
"There is a vicious circle of mutual self-reinforcement between state and society failure on the one hand and the rise of extremist non-state actors on the other." Ziad Asali: Confronting ISIL: The Day and Decade "After"
USA Today... Sweden PM says nation will recognize Palestinian state: "It doesn't change a thing on the ground," Ibish said. "It changes the number of countries that have recognized the Palestinian state. It changes the Western commitment to a two-state solution, (and) it does put more pressure on Israel to make concessions."
Vatican seeks Mideast Christians' right of return
Salam Fayyad: How To Fix the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
Excellent letter in the Guardian by Chris Doyle: Trouble and shock in the West Bank
STAY CONNECTED... Given the U.S. commitment to religious freedom, and to the international covenants that guarantee it as the inalienable right of every human being, the United States seeks to: Promote freedom of religion and conscience throughout the world as a fundamental human right and as a source of stability for all countries
US sharply criticizes new Israeli housing project
Non-violent resistance is Palestine’s most powerful weapon
Tala Haikal: Empathy Is Essential to Humanity
Normalizing Intelligent Conversations, Diplomatic Support, and Hope for Palestine... ATFP Panel Briefing: Israeli-Palestinian War in a New Regional Landscape.
ATFP... American Task Force on Palestine
ATFP Calls for De-Escalation between Israel and the Palestinians
To honor a tragic history, we must work for peace : "The only way to honor our tragic histories is to create a future for our children free of man-made tragedy. This means making peace fully, completely and without reservation, between Israel and Palestine." Ziad Asali
International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2014
UNRWA photo and film archive for Palestine refugees
About UNWRA: ’The Long Journey of Palestine Refugee Women’ candidly portrays the lives and experiences of Palestine refugee women, this collection is a testament not only to their own strength and dignity, but also to the richness and resilience of their community.
Walking Palestine & The Abraham Path... a creative space for stories that highlight the unique culture, heritage and hospitality of the region
It's time for Palestinians and Israelis to share a just peace... It's time for freedom from occupation... It's time for equal rights.... It's time for the healing of wounded souls..... World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel: "Let my people go!"... 21 - 27 September 2014 An initiative of the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) of the World Council of Churches
Palestinian Refugees (1948-NOW) refused their right to return... and their right to live in peace free from religious bigotry and injustice.
1948
Time and time again I have watched the cycle of incitement and spin sabotage support for Palestine
Clarifying why Arab and Muslim Americans should be smart rather than stupid
Live by the Golden Rule
An Anne Frank Moment ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?
America/Israel/Palestine 1776
America/Israel/Palestine 1948: 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.
The Golden Rule...
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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