Dear Editor,
With all this hullabaloo by Eugene Robinson about Israel 's using “disproportionate” force ("It’s Disproportionate " op ed, July 25, 2006], how does he think wars are won? It is when they are proportionate that they go on forever. Only Israel gets criticism by winning a war and suffering fewer casualties. In order to minimize civilian casualties, Israel sends leaflets, makes phone calls, and blares loud speakers warning citizens to leave the area where Hezbollah terrorists hide among them. Robinson calls this humanistic approach “cleansing” and “collective punishment.” Meanwhile, Hezbollah shoots rockets targeting Israeli civilians – rockets laced with ball bearings and nails to create more civilian casualties - yet Robinson is silent.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Letter to CNN
From: mberenhaus@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: letter to cnn
At 10:48am today, Saturday, your commentator incorrectly stated that Israel is trying to wipe Hezbollah off the map. Hezbollah isn't on the map. On the other hand, the Arabs having been trying to "wipe Israel off the map "(in their words) since its founding in 1948. Your reporter took Arab propaganda and twisted the story backwards. Please make a correction of this. Thank you. During this difficult time, it is so important to separate fact from propaganda. I encourage CNN to do their utmost to exercise accuracy and fairness.
Michael Berenhaus
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: letter to cnn
At 10:48am today, Saturday, your commentator incorrectly stated that Israel is trying to wipe Hezbollah off the map. Hezbollah isn't on the map. On the other hand, the Arabs having been trying to "wipe Israel off the map "(in their words) since its founding in 1948. Your reporter took Arab propaganda and twisted the story backwards. Please make a correction of this. Thank you. During this difficult time, it is so important to separate fact from propaganda. I encourage CNN to do their utmost to exercise accuracy and fairness.
Michael Berenhaus
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Letter to Rabbi Lerner of Tikkun Magazine
From: Dr. Michael Berenhaus [mailto:mberenhaus@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:01 AMTo: 'RabbiLerner@tikkun.org'Subject: Your article "Israel has Crossed a Moral Bondary
Rabbi Lerner,
You buy Hamas’ “urging” for the Israeli soldier to be released, but you don’t buy Israel’s responses. Interesting.
You say that this is a “defining moment in our relationship with Israel.” Please speak for yourself. Israel would be better off without the relationship that you seem to have with her. For me, 1948 was a defining moment, and my support for Israel will never waiver. You, on the other hand, are regularly quoted in Arab publications to prove that even Jews who are Rabbi’s feel that Israel is amoral. Please consider the anti-Semitism that your words evoke.
Michael Berenhaus,
Potomac, MD
Rabbi Lerner,
You buy Hamas’ “urging” for the Israeli soldier to be released, but you don’t buy Israel’s responses. Interesting.
You say that this is a “defining moment in our relationship with Israel.” Please speak for yourself. Israel would be better off without the relationship that you seem to have with her. For me, 1948 was a defining moment, and my support for Israel will never waiver. You, on the other hand, are regularly quoted in Arab publications to prove that even Jews who are Rabbi’s feel that Israel is amoral. Please consider the anti-Semitism that your words evoke.
Michael Berenhaus,
Potomac, MD
Letter to The Washington Post
From: Dr. Michael Berenhaus
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:25 PM
To: letters@washpost.com; 'ombudsman@washpost.com'
Subject: letter
Dear Editor/ombudsman,
Since you had no problem publishing Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyeh’s editorial (July 11, 2006), I assume you would also print an unedited, un-countered editorial from Kim Jong Ill, Saddam Hussein, or Iranian President Ahmenijad. Hamas, on the state department’s list of terrorist organizations, commits terror as a means of access to the world’s stage. This time Hamas got a free ticket, thanks to The Washington Post. One of the goals of terrorism is to gain media attention for the purpose of gaining legitimacy for a cause, and The Post has now become a partner in this. Terrorism has caught on quickly since the 1970’s because, as an early founder of a Palestinian organization (the PFLP) said, it works. Your publication has reinforced that.
I have seen the Palestinian Prime Minister a number of times on on-air interviews. It seems pretty clear that he didn’t write that letter. It was just more of the same Palestinian propaganda spruced up by a fancy PR company. As the war is now mostly being fought in the court of public opinion, your paper serves as a Palestinian Arab mouthpiece. The Post – I don’t get it.
Michael Berenhaus
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:25 PM
To: letters@washpost.com; 'ombudsman@washpost.com'
Subject: letter
Dear Editor/ombudsman,
Since you had no problem publishing Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyeh’s editorial (July 11, 2006), I assume you would also print an unedited, un-countered editorial from Kim Jong Ill, Saddam Hussein, or Iranian President Ahmenijad. Hamas, on the state department’s list of terrorist organizations, commits terror as a means of access to the world’s stage. This time Hamas got a free ticket, thanks to The Washington Post. One of the goals of terrorism is to gain media attention for the purpose of gaining legitimacy for a cause, and The Post has now become a partner in this. Terrorism has caught on quickly since the 1970’s because, as an early founder of a Palestinian organization (the PFLP) said, it works. Your publication has reinforced that.
I have seen the Palestinian Prime Minister a number of times on on-air interviews. It seems pretty clear that he didn’t write that letter. It was just more of the same Palestinian propaganda spruced up by a fancy PR company. As the war is now mostly being fought in the court of public opinion, your paper serves as a Palestinian Arab mouthpiece. The Post – I don’t get it.
Michael Berenhaus
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Published in The Baltimore Sun
Opinion > letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor
Originally published July 7, 2006
Rift in Middle East can't get any deeper
In "Deadlines and demands" (editorial, July 4), The Sun states that with the Israeli offensive, "the danger is that the two sides will be driven into ever more violent and irreconcilable differences."
The charter of Hamas already calls for the destruction of the state of Israel.
So how much more "irreconcilable" can the differences become?
Michael Berenhaus
Potomac
Letters to the Editor
Originally published July 7, 2006
Rift in Middle East can't get any deeper
In "Deadlines and demands" (editorial, July 4), The Sun states that with the Israeli offensive, "the danger is that the two sides will be driven into ever more violent and irreconcilable differences."
The charter of Hamas already calls for the destruction of the state of Israel.
So how much more "irreconcilable" can the differences become?
Michael Berenhaus
Potomac
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