Our words have a way of echoing
out
into either war or peace....
& a few poems
by Anne Selden Annab
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PUBLISHED LETTERS
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The
original Palestinian refugees have little time left
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=20004&letter_id=1115977516
Dear President Bush,
On PBS we can finally hear Palestinian poetry, as Palestine returns in
spirit with a profusion of gifted artists and thinkers and dreamers who
have preserved and elaborated on the true modern history of the Holy
Land and a place known as home for millions of vulnerable men, women,
and children cruelly denied their basic human rights including their
inalienable right to return and live free in the land of their direct
ancestor's birth.
Born in Palestine and denied full and equal rights and freedoms by
sovereign Israel's insane quest to be the supposed "Jewish State" the
original Palestinian refugees have little time left before their eye
witness accounts, the timbre of their voices and the warmth of their
stories are no more than a recorded memory passed down and around by
all who sincerely care about real justice and a lasting peace.
And we the world have little time left before all trace of the living
links to our own Christian heritage are erased from the land as the
indigenous Palestinian Christian presence has been pushed into despair
and painful exile. Few are left to carry on with the native
traditions
passed down for generations, both secular and religious, gestures and
recipes reaching back to before recorded time. Our world is
losing a
valuable irreplaceable treasure in the people so oppressed and tortured
by racist Israel's reign of terror.
All over the internet websites have sprung up celebrating Palestine in
so many ways as the information age open hearts and minds in places not
possible only a decade ago. The Palestinian cause is a noble
cause...
and the people of Palestine are suffering horrifically due to racist
Israeli laws and walls.
Please, before all else- insist that Israel and all other powers that
be fully respect The Universal Declaration of Human Rights including
but not limited to the Palestinian refugees inalienable and sacred
right of return.
True return with reparations- not more forced transfer, segregation,
and punitive apartheid. True return for the real children of the land:
True return for hope- and for healing... true return to preserve a
precious heritage. True return, because it is the civilized thing to do.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: comment is free- A hostage to misfortune by Laila El-Haddad
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/laila_elhaddad/2007/03/its_been_over_a_week.html
AnneSelden
Comment No. 492389
March
23 19:18
USA
Laila- I so admire you ! Another totally perfect column... so honest
& right... My prayers are for both you and the BBC's Alan Johnston-
and all the many other good and decent people who, despite huge
restraints, have worked so tirelessly to do all they can to help
gently, with grace and honor, tell the story to help free Palestine.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/laila_elhaddad/2007/03/its_been_over_a_week.html
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http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/032007/03182007/266840
Political Zionism has incited bigotry
Date published: 3/18/2007
Political Zionism has incited bigotry
Thank you for publishing "It's Israel that incites hate" by
Caroline Borden [March 11]. It is crucial that the world wake up to the
horrific injustices, large and small, wrought by political Zionism, not
so that we can incite more bigotry, violence, terror, and cruelty by
investing in even more of the same, but so that we can empower peace,
true freedom, and relief for the many people trapped, tormented, and
harmed by the misnamed "Jewish state."
Israel's blatantly racist war on the people of Palestine is a
barbaric situation and a brutal reality that simply should not be.
Anne Selden Annab
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Date published: 3/18/2007
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Washington Post online comments
RE: A Shared History, a Different Conclusion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/comments/display
Dear Editor,
I am glad to hear that Ilan Pappe has realized the folly of remaining
in racist Israel. I do hope his new neighbors receive him with
the
warmth, compassion and respect he deserves for daring to speak out with
honor and honesty about the plight of the Palestinians. I have
often
wondered how Israelis can feel comfortable in their own skins as they
are living within a country and a ideological system that can only be
by usurping Palestinian land, rights and peace.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Your Comments On...
GAZA CITY -- Ali Hussein is making money, quite a
bit of it, which
places the low-key sales manager in a small minority in this
economically depleted city.
- By Scott Wilson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/comments/display
Israel first formally fractured and severed
Palestinians from their homes and schools and fields and lands in 1948
by refusing to respect the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return to
original homes and lands. Its been divide, conquer, torment and destroy
ever since, as political Zionism freely wrecks havoc in the Holy Land,
destroying countless families and communities.
Generously subsidized Jews worldwide get to go play God in the Holy
Land, while the indigenous Palestinian men, women and children are
horrifically oppressed and impoverished- and vilified because they dare
object to such blatant injustice. The economic and social crime that is
Israel today is barbaric and cruel... SHAME SHAME SHAME on anyone who
funds, arms, and in any way encourages or excuses Israels blatantly
racist war on the persecuted people of Palestine.
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Newsday on line Comments
3-4-2007
RE: Mideast unraveling makes strange allies by BY RAMI G. KHOURI
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opkho0...
Dear Newsday,
Thrilled
to see an Arab voice in your pages, and "Mideast unraveling makes
strange allies" by Rami G. Khouri really was an intriguing article, an
interesting perspective ...but what a shame that only a Zionist has
bothered to respond in your comment section.
I think America
sending a clear message that we do not think it is a good idea to use
tax payers money to fund religion (any religion- even Judaism) would
make a huge difference to what is happening in the region right now...
and so would a firm condemnation of arming religion (any religion- even
Judaism) with lethal weaponry. We should be empowering real freedom
with the rule of fair and just laws- real democracy with FULL and EQUAL
rights for all. Israel as is is the antithesis of that!
And any way I look at it Israel as is is a very bad investment .. a
very very bad investment indeed.
Anne Selden Annab
United States
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Monsters and Critics.com -
Glasgow,UK
3-2-2007
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1271679.php/Israel_pushing_for_change_in_Saudi_peace_initiative_report
RE:
Israel pushing for change in Saudi peace initiative: report
online comment i just left...
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1271679.php
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Palestine: Peace not
Apartheid: Dear Jimmy Carter .... becoming part of the solution
http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2007/03/dear-jimmy-carter-becoming-part-of.html
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Mr. President
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March 1, 2007
[recipient address was inserted here]
[recipient name was inserted here],
And I am sending a copy of this letter to my Congressmen and my current
President, because I very much believe in American ideals- and I believe
for everyone's sake, in order to end this war on and of terror, we all
need to be saying firmly, with compassion- Palestine: Peace not Apartheid.
Dear Jimmy Carter,
I must thank you for standing up to, as Paul Findley might say, Dare Speak Out... about Palestine !
I know how horrible the hate mongers are on every side of this issue and I applaud you for standing up to do the right thing. I know it is hard-
and I know it hurts when people say cruel and thoughtless things, because you dare speak out for Palestine.
Right now it seems that every one I know is busy busy busy being angrily 'anti-war' ...
but not really building peace... not really Building the Dream (I lift that phrase from the new memorial to be built on the National Mall in
Washington DC in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. & America's battle for civil rights).
Right now there seems to be a whole huge and sophisticated EMPIRE of "peace
groups" condemning "American Imperialism" with slick campaigns. And in everyone's rush to complain about war and "American Imperialism", every
one seems to be forgetting basic human rights and dignity- real democracy... and most importantly- dear to my heart- Palestine...
specifically the vital importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948;
including but not limited to the refugees inalienable legal, moral and sacred individual and collective right to leave- and the right to
return.
The people of Palestine are in danger- and they are in pain. As I am sure your are aware religious hate arming violence &
terror is everywhere in Israel on both sides of that awful apartheid wall and it is in Iraq with Iraqis right now killing each other as well
as harassing and killing Palestinian refugees.
In addition Jordan and Syria and Lebanon are very much overwhelmed with refugees in
a humanitarian crisis that began 60 years ago when Israel foolishly refused to respect the native non-Jewish Palestinians as the rightful
owners of their ancestral homes, land and property. Israel still refuses to grant the token Palestinians known as "Israeli Arabs"
remaining in "Israeli-proper" full and equal rights, refuses to respect the Palestinians as citizens entitled to peace and security, entitled
to respect, entitled to true dignity... There are now over 5 million Palestinian refugees, with Israel making more and more every day. Plus
the Lebanese refugees internally displaced by last summer's war. Plus all the refugees trying to escape from the violence and chaos in Iraq.
I don't think any religion should make families homeless. I don't think any religion should be armed with lethal weaponry and the will to kill
"others" however that "other" might be defined. And I don't think any one religion should own the Holy Land- or righteous indignation... I
think Palestine needs to be free in every possible way, including free to celebrate all of historic Palestine past, present and future...
everywhere.
We just got our tax refund back this week before it all gets spent I made a donation to BuildtheDream.org that is creating
an amazing and beautiful and totally inspiring Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC to honor Martin Luther King Jr. I like that it is
not honoring war or death or politicians- but it is honoring life and a civil rights victory.... and a noble man of peace and justice- a man of
words... a man with a deep love for all of humanity: Let Freedom Ring!
And now I am making a donation to your The Carter Center which is according to the website "committed
to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Join us in creating a world in which every man, woman, and child has
the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace."
I make my donation in honor of Palestine: Peace not Apartheid ... and in honor of all those who dare speak out with courage and
honesty to do what they can to help build a better future for all our children.
And I am sending a copy of this letter to my Congressmen and my current President, because I very much believe in
American ideals- and I believe for everyone's sake, in order to end this war on and of terror, we all need to be saying firmly, with
compassion- Palestine: Peace not Apartheid.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Sacramento Bee
online comment
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/128103.html
Pro-Israeli lobby is silencing dissent
By George Bisharat -
Published 12:00 am PST Sunday, February 25, 2007
anneselden at 6:34 PM PST Sunday, February 25, 2007
wrote:
Delighted to see the articulate and compassionate
George Bisharet in your pages!
Delighted
to see the articulate and compassionate George Bisharet in you pages,
speaking up for Palestine and real freedom... He explains the situation
quite well I think, and I am glad that he brought up the Zionist
organizations that are dedicated to harassing America's fourth estate
into mimicking an apparent 'pro-Israel' perspective. While Zionist
ideologues do have every right to say what they want, the rest of us
must also have every right to disagree, and the right to explain that
we the people really don't think these 'pro-Israel' lunatics are
helping shape a reasonable perspective, much less a just and lasting
peace for any one anywhere.
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Wash Post
2-23-2007
comment I left online....
Bless
Jimmy Carter for doing the right thing- speaking out with compassion,
honor and honesty about a very cruel and dangerous Israeli imposed
situation.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Badger Herald
online comments in responce to
http://badgerherald.com/oped/2007/02/21/jimmy_carter_confron.php
Jimmy Carter confronts fallacies of pro-Israel lobby
Anonymous (February 21, 2007 @ 6:45am):
Jimmy
Carter did what needed to be done. He provided a compassionate glance
at Palestine and some (but not all) of racist Israel's ongoing crimes
& Kyle Szarzynski writes a great op-ed explaining that. However I
do not agree with Szarzynski 's conclusion that "Carter paints a bleak
picture for the Palestinians, but then strips them of their only method
of resistance armed struggle."
Armed resistance is not at all
the only method of of Palestinian resistance! Heavens many many MANY
non-violent ways to resist have been used all along. Ignoring or
diminishing that fact insults all the many gentle, non-violent
Palestinians who do not like violence of any type, state sponsored or
otherwise. It also belittles and dismisses the many talented artists
and poets and painters and academics and letter writers who have
devoted their lives to freeing Palestine in peaceful ways.
Sincerley,
Anne Selden Annab
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Kansas City Star
2-20- 2007
ON
TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS
AS I SEE IT: Israel wages a policy of deliberate destruction
By ANDREA WHITMORE
Special to The Star
http://pod01.prospero.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?redirCnt=1&msg=1093&nav=messages&webtag=kr-kctm
THANK YOU ! Thank you Andrea Whitmore for speaking out and
thank you Kansas City Star for letting her voice be heard.
"Deliberate
Destruction" is if anything an understatement, a meek but noble attempt
to describe the horrors wrought by the institutionalized bigotry,
blatant injustice, and inherent cruelty of political Zionism.
The
Palestinians are bearing the brunt of the pain and suffering incurred
by Apartheid Israel's ongoing crimes against humanity, but this
situation is not healthy for any one.
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The Emory Wheel
Three Steps Emory Can Take to End Israel's 'Occupation' of the
Palestinian People
Anne Selden Annab
posted 2/21/07 @ 6:37 AM EST
An AP teacher abroad gleefully sent me a
copy of this wonderful editorial...I read it and it was so very very
perfect I did not think such a sparkling gem needed any extra
polish...except maybe mention of international law and the Palestinian
refugees inalienable legal, moral, natural and sacred right of return.
However I did not comment, preferring to leave well enough alone. I
decided to check back to see what comments might emerge.
I am not surprised at all to see the crazy ones that did! Heavens
political Zionism has inspired many a lunatic and bigot- and many a
twisted truth...and a whole bunch of misery for the native non-Jewish
population of the Holy Land: In 1948 such a very warped and bigoted
ideology was easily sold to a world that barely had telephones. Times
have changed. We have cellphones and emails and images from around the
world. Zionist story lines now scramble to blame Palestinians for
everything... kinda ironic since early Israeli leaders insisted there
was no such thing as a Palestinian.
EMORY WHEEL
Three Steps Emory Can Take to End Israel's 'Occupation' of the
Palestinian People
http://media.www.emorywheel.com/media/storage/paper919/news/2007/02/20/Editorials/Three.Steps.Emory.Can.Take.To.End.Israels.occupation.Of.The.Palestinian.People-2729697.shtml
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Telegraph
2-21-2007
Worldstage: Bush has left it far too late to broker peace in Israel
By Con Coughlin
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/21/do2105.xml
comment I left online...
When really has Israel been anything but a war on all of Palestine ?
For all the talk of peace and plans, the core problem of political
Zionism remains locked into place and that core problem simply is not
compatible with shaping a just and lasting peace... Political Zionism
is primarily an investment in institutionalized bigotry and apartheid-
plus a whole bunch of polished propaganda that tries to hid that fact.
Piece by piece historic Palestine has been intentionally and
methodically pulled apart and scattered or squashed. And as time passes
it becomes more and more obvious that the people of Palestine really
don't want to be defined by Israeli lies and contained bully tactics.
Nor should they be. Why should any rational reasonable human being make
peace with blatant injustice and an ongoing crime and insult ? Was
there every really a good time or a good way to make peace with Israel
? I think if Israel wanted peace it would have happened long ago, way
before Bush. And it would have started with a full focus on basic human
rights, specifically UN Resolution 194 from 1948- the Palestinian
refugees inalienable and sacred right of return.
Posted by Anne
Selden Annab on February 21, 2007 1:21 AM
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TIME Magazine Blog
2-20-2007
RE:The
Palestinian Solution: One State, or Two? Posted
by Scott MacLeod
http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2007/02/the_palestinian_solution_one_s_1.html
WOW - these Time Magazine blogs just keep getting better and better!
One State, or Two?
There is nothing at all right now- no viable state, no freedom- no
future- no security anywhere and millions of Palestinians are suffering
untold misery with no hope in view. So perhaps what is most
important
is quick chose one and somehow make this horrible situation better as
soon as possible!
Personally I tend to like the one land- one people- one peace idea-
with full and equal rights for all. A secular democracy.
Looks to me like it already is one state by default, an Apartheid State
with Israel in full control of all borders and air space for most of
its history. It's been that way for as long as I can remember and
I
have kids who will soon be on their way to college.
But I can understand why many might want two states with the remnant
left of historic Palestine proudly bearing the name and the flag
to
honor all the many Palestinians who have dedicated themselves to "The
Cause"... to real freedom, justice and equality
But in any case, as there is nothing, no sanctuary anywhere, one
state
or two does not matter as much as basic human rights and for everyone's
sake the highest priority should be take the bull by the horns and
start fully respecting the Palestinian refugees inalienable and sacred
right to return.
If that dissolves the political entity that we call Israel then so be
it. Might not be such a bad thing after all- I don't think any
religion should be armed with lethal weaponry to 'defend' itself
.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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CBS NEWS
2-18-2007
RE: The Unwanted Refugees Of The Iraq War
:Palestinian-Born Iraqis
Lived Well Under Saddam, Now Many Are Homeless, And Politically
Untouchable http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/16/iraq/main2485467.shtml
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I
am grateful that you brought up the subject of the Palestinian
refugees, so long denied full and equal rights and respect in the land
of their birth.
I think this is a difficult situation for
everyone. 60 years of being pawns pushed around by any one with an
agenda has helped make life hell for many vulnerable Palestinian
families and children... our highest priority should be to make sure
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is fully respected by every
nation on earth- with the highest priority being to making sure the
Palestinian refugees who want to return can return to their original
homes and lands all through out historic Palestine.
Israel
started this problem and Israel needs to take full responsibility for
its sovereign actions. Instead Israel, has been rewarded for pushing
millions of Palestinians into abject poverty and despair. Adding insult
to original injury, Apartheid Israel has blithely continued to create
Palestinian refugees, with many Palestinians forced into 'voluntary'
exile.
Palestinians, like all people on earth, should be free to
leave- and free to return... free to live with full and equal rights no
matter where they might be. I applaud Jordan for being " the only
country to ever offer them citizenship" - and I can certainly
understand why after 60 years Jordan has been forced to now say no more
: This mess of massive homelessness started with political Zionism and
the country called Israel- that is where it needs to stop.
Posted by anneselden at 10:10 AM : Feb 18, 2007
pwrslm you are way off
base- there is nothing one-sided about the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights- it applies to all equally, as should all law- and all
mercy.
The Nazi Holocaust was an evil ugly bigoted crime against
all of humanity... we know better now and it is crucial for everyone's
sake that when any one says NEVER AGAIN it applies to ALL!
Jews
have been legally free to make their homes in many places, and they do.
The fact that many Israeli Jews have freedoms and rights and
opportunities in both America and in Israel while millions of
impoverished Palestinians are stuck in statelessness in concentration
camps is abhorrent.
Posted by anneselden at 12:43 PM : Feb 18, 2007
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Time Magazine
February 16, 2007 7:23
comment I left online
Reader Comments
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BRAVO Dr. Khalil Zahr - thrilled to see your comment- Thank
you for speaking out in response to this Ross piece !
I totally agree with you. Personally I am quite convinced that
the
highest priority and first order of business should be FULL respect for
the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948 in general and
specifically full respect (plus reparations) for the millions of
impoverished Palestinian Refugees whose inalienable right to leave and
return has been ignored for far too long.
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The Guardian: Comment is Free
The seamy side of solidarity
Supporters of the Palestinian cause should have
no truck with anti-semitism.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/tony_greenstein/2007/02/greenstein.html
AnneSelden
Comment No. 438758
February
19 20:26
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Christian Science Monitor
from the February 16, 2007 edition -
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0216/p08s01-cole.html
Letters
Even Mideast pessimists find hope in the Abraham
peace
plan
Regarding the Feb. 13 article, "Tracing Abraham's path to
Mideast
peace": Most of the time I am wary and weary of insincere peace efforts
undertaken by trapped Israelis and Palestinians seeking to merely tweak
a very toxic status quo.
But this project sounds sincere and good. It is humble yet
amazing,
relying on one path to peace, going simply step by step, in honor of
one shared heritage; walking, not bickering about who is best – or who
is the biggest victim.
I can't think of a better way to honor a patriarch and all of
humanity's history.
Anne Selden Annab
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
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USA Today
2-16-2006 Encourage Middle East negotiations
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/02/encourage_middl.html#more
online comment i just left...
And the Zionist propagandists rise up to defend their precious "Israel"
, eagerly bashing the Palestinians- and Arabs and Islam because the
Palestinians- and Arabs and Islam dare object to the blatant and brutal
injustice that is Israel today.
A shame really for everyone, that more Americans do not realize that
political Zionism is an ideological war on us all, an investment
in
institutionalized bigotry and yes apartheid. The Palestinians
bear the
brunt of the pain but we are all diminished and endangered by the hate
mongering and misinformation inspired by the misnamed "Jewish State".
Anne Selden Annab
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TIME Magazine Blogs
Reader Comments
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Wow !!!
I
was surprised to see this on Time Magazine's online page- I am just so
used to America's mainstream ignoring the truth about modern man made
racist Israel
thanks Time & thanks Tim for blogging - and explaining the
situation so well... America needs to know!
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http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2007/02/hebron_blues.html
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Haartez
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/825097.html
comment I left regarding A mother's resistance
The pen is mightier than the sword
Delighted to see this article "A mother's resistance" on Laila
El-Haddad's blog ... I am a big believer in using words- not
violence.
Communication and compassion is key to resolving conflict- and all
injustice. And gosh Laila is such a very talented writer. And that
little boy of hers is totally adorable! It's been fun watching him
growing from baby to child and her blog evolve with him always in her
heart, as the center of her world. But it is hard to read some of
her
observations on the situation in Gaze- hard to fathom how so many
Palestinians have managed to survive such a brutally unjust and
catastrophically cruel situation. May many more Palestinian pens
arise
as swords to help free Palestine!
Anne Selden Annab
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Laila
El-Haddad's blog took shape in a very unusual way. Her son, Yousuf, was
less than a year old when she returned to her Gaza home from a visit to
the United States, where her husband, Yassine, lives. The blog,
"Raising Yousuf" (a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com), had just begun, and
it dealt with common child-raising experiences, mainly first syllables
and words.
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Washington Post online comment forum
RE: A Good Place to Have Aided Democracy By Anne Applebaum
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR2007021201063.html
letters@washpost.com
Dear Editor,
Tunisian democracy being stifled by various forces "back
before
radical Islam became chic
among the blue-jeaned teenagers" is an excellent
example of how we have been investing our time, energy and money in all
the wrong places...
Another good place to have aided real democracy would have been the
very country that has consumed so much of our Congress's time, energy
and taxpayers money: Rather than arming Judaism and empowering
Israeli
apartheid (plus the rise of armed Islamic resistance), we should have
been advocating secular freedoms with full and equal rights for all by
firmly and clearly insisting on full respect for the Palestinian
refugees' (inalienable, legal and sacred) right to leave- and right to
return to their original homes and lands as clearly affirmed and
spelled out by the Universal Declaration of Human rights in general and
more specifically in UN Resolution 194 from 1948.
Democracy depends on we the people being free to speak out. But it also
depends on everyone ( including US) realizing that not all people world
wide are free to speak out. The very instrument that enables
America
to be on a constant course of self correction is used against us by
people who want to hate- for what ever reason. America is bashed and
blamed for everything as 'others' unaccustomed to full disclosure
foolishly do not realize that the evidence in the case against America
mainly obscures other crimes and corruptions world wide.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
Your
Comments On...
The West should have interested itself in
Tunisian democracy 15 years ago, back before 'democracy' became a
negative term.
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USA Today
online comment forum
By Oliver
"Buzz" Thomas : Israel
holds a sacred place in the words of the Old Testament. But does
Christian doctrine give that country a free pass at the expense of
peace in the Middle East?
comment i just left...
Thank
you USA Today, and thank you Oliver "Buzz" Thomas for opening up a more
honest and compassionate conversation about Israel/Palestine.
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Daily Iowan
comment I left on online form
http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticleComments&ustory_id=1d19fcfc-732a-4c3b-b736-95d4456384ff
Anne Selden Annab
posted 2/12/07 @ 4:04 PM EST
Thank you for publishing Adel K. Afifi's
excellent column on the
Palestinian refugees, and all the many legal reasons why they have
always had the right to return to their original homes and lands.
60 years of statelessness and the economic, religious, and social
crime that myopic Zionist ideologues and organizations inflicted on the
people of Israel/Palestine has been compounded by many insults,
including the barbed reality of a concrete Apartheid wall dividing and
destroying historic Palestine... It is time to stop the hate. Time to
work towards real reconciliation with real justice for all. And time to
start thinking not only of true return but also reparations for the
many persecuted, oppressed, and impoverished Palestinian families and
children so cruelly denied freedom and equality and a future in their
ancestral homeland.
Things will never be as they were- but we can and should work towards a
better future.
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Chicago Trib Newsblog
online comment section
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_opinion_letters/2007/02/open_discussion.html
Comments
Thank
you for publishing Paul Findley's "Carter enters lions’ den; Despite
criticism, his book is work of a true patriot" (Commentary, Feb. 7) and
then following up with the letters basically in response on Carter’s
book "Palestine: Peace not Apartheid,"
I am very grateful to all the many intrepid
Americans bothering to listen to and compassionately understand the
people of Palestine, for everyone's sake, with more and more concerned
citizens noticing the stateless Palestinian refugees and the largest,
longest running refugee crisis in the world today:
It is not always easy as our 'friend' Zionist Israel
has a way of inspiring hate and division and religious extremism
everywhere.
Seems to me that modern man made Israel as the
supposed "Jewish State", has been investing heavily in bigotry,
segregation, and war with Judaism armed and empowered by heavy weaponry
and a whole bunch of angst; shaping a clash of civilizations to both
hide and justify political Zionism's many crimes against the people of
Palestine... and an Israeli made clash of civilizations is becoming
more and more true.
Swapping armed Judaism for armed Islam in the Holy
Land is not going to make the world a better place for anyone. I think
all Israel/Palestine should be demilitarized and secularized for
everyone's sake. One state or two does not matter as much as disarm the
conflict. Stop the violence, stop the hate.
One child at a time, one home at a time, one country
at a time- start with ourselves and what we can personally change to
rebuild a decent world where all our children are safe and able to
realize their own unique individual preciousness and potential as
respected citizens of one world united for justice, peace and
prosperity.
Posted by: Anne Selden
Annab | Feb 12, 2007 8:57:13 AM
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Newsday online comments
2-11-2007
RE: Doubts
about Palestinian pact
http://www.topix.net/forum/source/newsday/T9T0C7DV2K2MLHT3R
I wish the Holy Land was a safe haven for
all three Abrahamic faiths,
and no one religion was armed with lethal weaponry and reasons to
target, harass and hurt "'others". I firmly oppose segregation and
apartheid.... I wish the Holy Land was fully free for ALL the people,
all families, all children, regardless of religion affiliations.
For
secular and democratic reasons, I have a real problem with Israel's
"right to exist" because Israel today is an investment in
institutionalized bigotry and injustice- a concrete wall of hate and a
continued war on the Palestinians basic human rights, including but not
limited to the Palestinian refugees inalienable legal and sacred right
to return to original homes and lands.. Why are we asking the harshly
oppressed, vilified, divided, impoverished and imprisoned Palestinians
to endorse that?!!
Why not start peace in the region by
disarming all religion and radical extremists, including Jewish
'settlers'. Why not encourage the rule of far and just laws and
policies allowing true freedom and real democracy to shape a just and
lasting peace with prosperity and security for all on secular grounds.
Anne Selden Annab
United States
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Washington Post
online comments forum
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/comments/display?contentID=AR2007021001571&start=41
comment I just left
Political
Zionism has made a huge mess of historic Palestine (& Judaism &
Christianity & Islam)... I totally agree with the first comment
posted: Shame on all of us for allowing this [Israeli made] apartheid
to flourish...
annie annab
JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 -- From the roof of his home
just inside the Old
City walls, Palestinian landlord Nasser Karain has a view of the
valleys and plateaus where scriptures say Solomon built the first
Temple, Jesus was betrayed and Muhammad rose to heaven.
- By Scott Wilson
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USA Today
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/02/post_14.html#comments
Refugees are an overlooked casualty of Iraq war
Comments
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/comments/display
Your Comments On...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Inside his cold, crumbling
apartment, Saad Ali teeters
on the fringes of life. Once a popular singer in his native Baghdad, he
is now unemployed. To pay his $45 monthly rent, he borrows from
friends. To bathe, he boils water on a tiny heater. He sleeps on a
frayed mattress, under a tattered blanket....
- By Sudarsan Raghavan
Comments
Dear President Bush: Trusting Israel's Promises
sent via congress.org
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=20004&letter_id=1048305046
and to Rice via the State Department's website http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
Dear President Bush,
Do not make deals with the devil- and the devil of which I speak of
today is armed Judaism AKA modern man made "Israel" ...
the scourge of the Middle East.
Panicking
alerts and righteous indignation are rising on two fronts; the crisis
of the Palestinian refugees whose plight grows worse every day, and the
second is Israel intentionally instigating trouble in Jerusalem and all
through out the region by starting an "archaeological excavation" that
seriously threatens to harm the
Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem .... that sacred
spot which has for centuries been the home of the beloved Dome of the
Rock.
Because of Israel, the Palestinians are barred from full
and equal rights in the land of their birth, they are barred from
economic opportunities, and they are barred from the chance to protect
their own precious heritage. The Dome of the Rock can be seen for
miles, its golden glimmer caught by the sun and it is both from a
distance and up close one of humankind's most exquisite works of art.
As I wrote the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier today in response to their
news on this subject...
Anyone else find it odd that Israel would decide to
embark on this obviously contentious adventure, ostentatiously an
"archaeological excavation" which just happens to be perilously close
to the very precious and quite beautiful Dome of the Rock,
while imprisoned and tortured Palestine itself is imploding, self
destructing with Israeli imposed poverty, division and strife.
And
as far as trusting Israel's official disclaimers and promises that no
harm will be done- gosh just recollect Lord Balfour's endorsement of
political Zionism in 1917 Balfour
Declaration which succinctly states "it
being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice
the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in
Palestine". How many more Palestinian families, homes, farms,
communities, hard work, hopes and dreams will be pulverized by armed
Judaism and Israel's itch to exasperate bigotry and hate everywhere it
can ?
Fool me once, shame on you- fool me twice shame on me.
Please stop Israeli Apartheid and this insane Zionist quest to make
trouble for everyone.
..
Start with a full focus on full respect for the Palestinian refugees'
legal, moral, ethical and sacred Right of Return. Help Palestine return
in full, regardless of actual borders, with full freedom for ALL God's
children, regardless of religious affiliation.
Please
act now, before even more damage is done, so that the people of
Israel/Palestine and beyond can work towards reconciliation and true
peace with real justice- including reparations for all the many wronged
by political Zionism.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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ECONOMIST
online letters
RE: The Gazafication of the West Bank
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8633476
Dear Editor,
Regarding The Gazafication of the West Bank :
The point I think, of this Israeli made mess, is simply demoralize
Palestine in every way possible. Segregate and divide and demoralize
and impoverish in every way possible and then let them destroy
themselves. Zionists approach from every side, wrap every argument in
barbed wire and then twist it like a tourniquet. Every "talk" is more
torture... When please will Palestine simply be free... and when will
all our children be able to grow up in and of promise, in a civilized
world that sincerely cares about nurturing peace and true community.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Michigan Daily
http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2007/02/08/CampusLife/Pastor.Israel.Blacks.Are.Allies-2706320.shtml?sourcedomain=www.michigandaily.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com
Pastor: Israel, blacks are allies
online comment i left in responce
Anne Selden Annab
posted 2/08/07 @ 8:28 AM EST
Such a shame that an American Pastor,
abandoning both Christian and
American ideals, seeks to help Jews-preferred Israel create division,
segregation and inequality in that place so many call the Holy Land. A
shame that many Rabbis do too.
It is good that various religious leaders worldwide seek alliances
with "others"- but such good is quickly poisoned and tainted because
they are clearly doing it for nefarious political reasons (investing in
Apartheid and a concrete wall of Israeli built hate) rather than
spiritual purposes- and the good of all humankind.
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Trusting Israel's Promise
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=20004&letter_id=1048305046
Dear President Bush,
Do not make deals with the devil- and the devil of which I speak of
today is armed Judaism AKA modern man made "Israel" ...
the scourge of the Middle East.
Panicking alerts and righteous indignation are rising on two fronts;
the crisis of the Palestinian refugees whose plight grows worse every
day, and the second is Israel intentionally instigating trouble in
Jerusalem and all through out the region by starting an "archaeological
excavation" that seriously threatens to harm the
Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem .... that sacred
spot which has for centuries been the home of the beloved Dome of the
Rock.
Because of Israel, the Palestinians are barred from full and equal
rights in the land of their birth, they are barred from economic
opportunities, and they are barred from the chance to protect their own
precious heritage. The Dome of the Rock can be seen for miles,
its
golden glimmer caught by the sun and it is both from a distance and up
close one of humankind's most exquisite works of art.
As I wrote the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier today in response to their
news on this subject...
Anyone else find it odd that Israel would decide to
embark on this obviously contentious adventure, ostentatiously an
"archaeological excavation" which just happens to be perilously close
to the very precious and quite beautiful Dome of the Rock,
while imprisoned and tortured Palestine itself is imploding, self
destructing with Israeli imposed poverty, division and strife.
And
as far as trusting Israel's official disclaimers and promises that no
harm will be done- gosh just recollect Lord Balfour's endorsement of
political Zionism in 1917 Balfour
Declaration which succinctly states "it
being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice
the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in
Palestine". How many more Palestinian families, homes, farms,
communities, hard work, hopes and dreams will be pulverized by armed
Judaism and Israel's itch to exasperate bigotry and hate everywhere it
can ?
Fool me once, shame on you- fool me twice shame on me.
Please stop Israeli Apartheid and this insane Zionist quest to make
trouble for everyone.
.. Start with a full focus on full respect for the Palestinian
refugees' legal, moral, ethical and sacred Right of Return. Help
Palestine return in full, regardless of actual borders, with full
freedom for ALL God's children, regardless of religious affiliation.
Please act now, before even more damage is done, so that the people of
Israel/Palestine and beyond can work towards reconciliation and true
peace with real justice- including reparations for all the many wronged
by political Zionism.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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Duke Chronicle
http://www.dukechronicle.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f93e2a11-3041-4833-afcb-928616cfd472
Anne Selden Annab
posted 2/05/07 @ 10:06 AM EST
Learning the Lessons of Lacrosse... and making this all look like it is
about football teams behaving badly rather than American society being
corrupted by bigotry.
Rape does not have witnesses, making the possibility of false charges
part of the complexity of dealing with the crime.
And golly gee nothing like tossing in "sex" to distract everyone. Rape
and racist slurs can happen together I guess, but rape is about
violating an individual, whereas bigotry is about instigating and
exasperating escalating hate against a targeted ethnic or religious
group.
Rape does not inspire war- bigotry does.
Rape, while it does traumatize the individual victim, does not impact
economically on strangers, inspiring idiots to deny targeted "others"
hours or jobs or the freedom to simply be.
There are a whole
lot of people looking to change the subject, to veer it all away from
the simple fact- 3 Palestinian students were attacked and savagely
beaten up by a large angry group of educated and trained American
athletes who clearly articulated multiple racist slurs while inflicting
pain on their victims.
And now a whole bunch of people are
making a whole bunch of excuses as to why it wasn't really a hate
crime... pleading please hush hush everyone- don't rush to judgment-
all the facts are not in... giving well meaning but misguided idiots
loads of time to shift the blame everywhere but where it belongs.
It was clearly a hate crime when it happened and it continues on as a
hate crime with every voice that refuses to condemn it as such.
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Washington Post
online comment
2-3-2007
Thank you AGAIN Washington Post for noticing the refugee crisis- and
mentioning the Palestinian refugees displaced since 1948 by Israel-
Apartheid Israel which has been displacing and deporting Palestinians
for all its modern man made existence.
In 1917 Lord Balfour's now infamous albeit brief letter said quite
clearly ..."" it being
clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the
civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in
Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any
other country"".... My we have come a long long way from that haven't
we!
And it has had horrible ramifications everywhere.
The Middle East is a huge mess right now, with everything only going
from bad to worse. We obviously believe that Islam should not be armed,
so why is it we arm, aid and abet the so-called 'Jewish State'.
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Congress.org
Please remember full respect....
letter just sent via congress.org
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=20004&letter_id=1043036161
Dear President Bush.
Please
remember full respect for the Universal Declaration of Human rights,
multiple UN Declarations and affirmations, plus endless stories and
poems and pictures and millions if not billions of people, all firmly
and completely respecting the Palestinian refugees inalienable legal
and sacred right to return to original homes and lands.
Years
and years pass by and this year will mark 60 sovereign years of an
Israeli made genocide decimating the people of Palestine.... should we
really make peace with that?
Israeli made hate spreads even here
in America with three Palestinian students attacked and badly beaten up
by a large muscled mob of trained athletes muttering racist slurs at a
Quaker college, as reported by many many witnesses.
I can not
help but wonder how many more Palestinians in American are targeted,
insulted even beaten up but no one will speak up for them ....
PLEASE HELP STOP THE HATE !
Stop
this Israeli made "clash of Civilizations" right where it starts- in
Palestine, with all the many persecuted impoverished and displaced
Palestinians denied full and equal rights in the land of their birth.
The news reports today that "US presents new Mideast peace initiative
to Quartet partners".
Again
and again and again everyone talks "peace" while racist Israel just
keeps on making Palestinian refugees, freely vilifying and destroying
all who dare object to the blatant injustice and brutality of political
Zionism.
How many more peace proposals and processes will simply
help fund and advertise political Zionism and give racist Israel more
time and more ways to torment and destroy the native non-Jewish
population of the Holy Land ?
For everyone's sake, we should not
be arming Judaism and this insane Zionist quest to empower and prolong
institutionalized bigotry and apartheid in the Holy Land.
Bless
all the children, including our own, with hope and the opportunity to
lead decent rewarding lives. The chance to make good choices. The
freedom to love and laugh and grow up a respected member of a community
- a true community that honors everyone's past, present and future-
regardless of religious affiliation.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
homemaker
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News
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UN Resolution 194 should be followed
and Palestinians allowed back into Palestine
Dear Editor,
I very much appreciate seeing actual mention of the
Palestinian refugees in the news US
and Other Countries Should Help Resettle Palestinian Refugees,
which is subtitled "Syria: Give Refuge to Palestinians Fleeing Threats
in Iraq."
However a brief, for the most part buried and very
limited glance at
Israel's obligation to, as the article states "respect requests by the
UNHCR to allow those Palestinian refugees from Iraq with origins in
Gaza to return to the Gaza Strip" simply is not enough !
Full focus please on full respect for basic human
rights,
international law, UN Resolution 194 from 1948 and the huge
humanitarian, economic and spiritual crisis made by Israel's creation
and the continued Zionist persecution and impoverishment of
Palestinians.
There are Palestinians who have been made refugees more
than twice ...
and there are also many vulnerable Palestinian families and children
forced into exile right now for the first time by Zionist Israel's
constant quest to ethnically cleanse the supposed Holy Land to make way
for the misnamed "Jewish State."
In addition to obvious official Palestinian refugees
there are also
multiple Palestinian families and communities being methodically
fragmented and undermined right now by Israeli violence which is
perpetrated by both the formal Israeli military known as the IDF and
Israel's informal but generously subsidized army of religious
extremists and fools known as the "settlers."
There is also the extensive damage being done by that
monstrously ugly land and rights grabbing concrete segregation wall.
The one that wanders every where, working in tandem with the network of
Israeli only roads all through out the illegally occupied territories
to strangle Palestinian life and freedom in every way possible.
Plus in "Israel-proper" there are official and
unofficial
Zionist policies that impoverish, divide and destroy Palestinian
families using various tactics including imprisonment, deportations and
marriage acts meant to keep Palestinian out of their own ancestral
homeland. This situation is absolutely insane- and utterly wrong...!
Yes please do all you can for the Palestinian refugees
-- start
with full respect for the Palestinian refugees inalienable, legal and
sacred right to return to original homes and land. Otherwise you are
only rewarding racist Israel the home wrecking war machine for
committing obvious crimes against humanity and you are only encouraging
more to come, ensuring that Israel cannot help but "elect" to become
more and more anti-Palestinian and unjust.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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the idea that alcohol might have been the reason behind a muscular,
physically fit and trained to tackle mob aggressively beating up three
Palestinian students supposed to help excuse the attack... If so such
twisted thinking is just as disgusting as the attack itself. As are any
rumors that the Palestinians started it. Multiple witness mention
racist slurs- concussions followed... This was a hate crime and there
is no excuse.
Bigotry makes even decent people do despicable things. And lets face
the fact these kids at a Quaker school were not taught hate there. This
attack on three Palestinian students in America has been a long time in
the making with many seeds of hate planted by "every side". And our
"friend" Israel with its many enthusiastically anti-Palestinian
propagandists really does share a large portion of the blame. A shame
they too won't be on trial. But thank heavens we have a more real
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New York Times
1-27-2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/opinion/l27carter.html
Published: January 27, 2007
To the Editor:
Jimmy Carter just proved that one can challenge Israel and
speak out
for the oppressed because one dares care about a whole nation of people
who have been wrongly evicted from full and equal rights in the land of
their birth.
Any variation of “Free Palestine” is simply a plea
for real justice and a lasting peace, as is the reminder that the
Palestinian refugees have always had the inalienable, legal and sacred
right to return to their original homes and lands.
Anne Selden Annab
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 25, 2007
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Is
the idea that alcohol might have been the reason behind a muscular,
physically fit and trained to tackle mob aggressively beating up three
Palestinian students supposed to help excuse the attack... If so such
twisted thinking is just as disgusting as the attack itself. As are any
rumors that the Palestinians started it. Multiple witness mention
racist slurs- concussions followed... This was a hate crime and there
is no excuse.
Bigotry makes even decent people do despicable things. And lets face
the fact these kids at a Quaker school were not taught hate there. This
attack on three Palestinian students in America has been a long time in
the making with many seeds of hate planted by "every side". And our
"friend" Israel with its many enthusiastically anti-Palestinian
propagandists really does share a large portion of the blame. A shame
they too won't be on trial. But thank heavens we have a more real
democracy and at least the possibility of true justice here in America,
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:10 PM
Students speak out about attack
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/NEWSREC0101/301250005
sorry Bubba- I don't think the
Mossad was behind these awful attacks
.... anymore than the KKK was .... anymore than the entire football
team was... many factors go into creating and encouraging bigotry. The
whole point should be to realize that bigotry inspires even reasonable
decent people to do despicable things. I did not mention Israel in my
post- nor did I mention the fact that Israeli Apartheid is making life
miserable for many innocent and vulnerable people- nor did I mention
the fact that UN Resolution 194 from 1948 clearly spells out the
Palestinian refugees inalienable, natural and legal right of return to
original homes and lands.... there should not be Palestinian refugees.
However thanks for bringing up Israel- it really is part of this
mess... good point.
Posted by: Anne Selden Annab
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P- this conflict has nothing to to with Liberal / Conservative any more
than it has to do with Republican / Democrat.... really does sound like
a hate crime and shame on the college for not standing up for real
justice and decency- and full disclosure. Meanwhile over in Iraq,
Palestinian refugees there are being harassed- kidnapped- killed...
must all the world descend into this ugly bigotry of targeting,
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Israel did not just make a few refugees in 1948 and again in 1967- Israel created the largest and longest running refugee crisis in the world today... AND Israel as a sovereign nation with one of the most powerful miltaries on earth continues to pulverize Palestinian homes and impoverish the Palestinian individually and collectively. The way that Zionist immigration and investments and propaganda works is that the game is now very much rigged so that one very racist Israel, what ever promise it might have had in 1948, will only become more and more monstrous towards the native non-Jewish population of the region.
The only way to forward toward real justice and a lasting peace is by fully respecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from 1948 in general - and specially the INALIENABLE right to leave- and return. People world wide do it every day when we leave for work or school. It is reasonable and right to expect that you can leave and return to your home. It is also reasonable and right to expect full and equal rights ( and economic opportunities) in the the land of your birth.
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