Dear Editor,
The Palestinians may "hope" for a state with the eastern part of Jerusalem as their capital but until they agree to sit down and negotiate with Israel, they can hope all they want, it won't be theirs [Mr. Obama and Israel 3/26/10]. And as far as the Times' assertion that the Palestinians are "justifiably worried" that Israeli projects "nibble away at the land available for their future state", if they were that worried, why not sit down and talk? When people are truly worried, they are moved to act. Not the Palestinians.
It does make sense when the Times says that the Obama administration "must also press Palestinians and Arab leaders just as forcefully." How about pressing the Palestinians in the most rudimentary way - to come to the negotiating table for starters?
Michael Berenhaus
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Letter to Washington Post
Dear Editor,
Richard Cohen [“A square for a murderer “(3/16/10)] wrongly calls Israelis who used guerrilla warfare against British soldiers in their War of Independence terrorists. According to his definition, American guerrilla fighters battling British soldiers during the American War of Independence were also terrorists.
Regarding true terrorism and the Palestinian practice of naming schools, camps and most recently a square after terrorists like Dalal Mughrabi, who murdered 38 Israeli civilians - 13 of them children, Cohen gets this part right. As he says, "What confidence can Israelis have in a people and their leaders who honor the 1978 murder of innocents, particularly children?" Does Israel really want a country like this next to them?
Richard Cohen [“A square for a murderer “(3/16/10)] wrongly calls Israelis who used guerrilla warfare against British soldiers in their War of Independence terrorists. According to his definition, American guerrilla fighters battling British soldiers during the American War of Independence were also terrorists.
Regarding true terrorism and the Palestinian practice of naming schools, camps and most recently a square after terrorists like Dalal Mughrabi, who murdered 38 Israeli civilians - 13 of them children, Cohen gets this part right. As he says, "What confidence can Israelis have in a people and their leaders who honor the 1978 murder of innocents, particularly children?" Does Israel really want a country like this next to them?
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