Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 2:20:38 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
Why is it so difficult for Philip Farah [Free for All 6/6/9] to believe that Mahmoud Abbas would turn down a peace offer that would have given the Palestinians 97% of the land that they supposedly want? Abbas's Fatah organization was founded before Israel had one inch of the West Bank (pre-1967) - it was created to destroy Israel. The other main Palestinian faction, Hamas, has a charter that openly calls for the destruction of Israel. When the conflict is viewed from this context, it becomes clear why 97% is not satisfactory when it is 200% (including Israel) that is desired. Even in accepting 100%, the Palestinians would have to concede that the conflict is over, and it will never be over for them until they have all of Israel.
Michael Berenhaus
