Dear Editor,
The Washington Post headline, "Netanyahu says he is ready for talks" [May 5, 2010], should have read, "Netanyahu still ready for talks." Since he became Prime Minister, Netanyahu has consistently expressed a willingness to negotiate with the Palestinians. Anytime, any place. The Post's headline implies that he wasn't ready before, thus continuing the newspaper's agenda of portraying Israel as intransigent.
The brief news item also said talks would begin "after the 22-member Arab League gave the Palestinians the green light for negotiations." Why do the Palestinians need a green light from the Arab League to negotiate peace? And did the Post ever consider that the party in control of the traffic light is the real source of intransigence?
Michael Berenhaus
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Letter to Washington Post
Dear Editor,
The Washington Post article, "How Israel complicates efforts against Iran" [May 4, 2010] really moved me. It moved me to say how the author should be ashamed of himself for writing it. He knows full well that Israel must retain military superiority to survive in that violent region of the world, faced with Arab nations and terrorist groups who openly state their determination to eliminate what they call the Zionist entity.
Israel was created because other countries of the world could not be trusted to harbor their Jewish citizens safely - Jews were murdered, persecuted, and expelled for centuries. And in their hour of greatest need the countries of the world (including America) refused even to let Jews in. Jews learned that they cannot depend on the rest of the world for their safety; they must take care of themselves.
Israel has been a member of the "nuclear club" for 50 years, and is the member most in need of such a deterrent. Israel has long demonstrated its responsibility and determination to use it only in defense, and only as a last resort. To take away this weapon is to invite the destruction of the only Jewish nation in the world.
Michael Berenhaus
The Washington Post article, "How Israel complicates efforts against Iran" [May 4, 2010] really moved me. It moved me to say how the author should be ashamed of himself for writing it. He knows full well that Israel must retain military superiority to survive in that violent region of the world, faced with Arab nations and terrorist groups who openly state their determination to eliminate what they call the Zionist entity.
Israel was created because other countries of the world could not be trusted to harbor their Jewish citizens safely - Jews were murdered, persecuted, and expelled for centuries. And in their hour of greatest need the countries of the world (including America) refused even to let Jews in. Jews learned that they cannot depend on the rest of the world for their safety; they must take care of themselves.
Israel has been a member of the "nuclear club" for 50 years, and is the member most in need of such a deterrent. Israel has long demonstrated its responsibility and determination to use it only in defense, and only as a last resort. To take away this weapon is to invite the destruction of the only Jewish nation in the world.
Michael Berenhaus
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