Dear Editor,
Eric Carey ("How to break a Mideast logjam" 6/14/10) believes that removing 500,000 Jews from the West Bank and Jerusalem would be a "step in the direction of peace". How ethnic cleansing is a path to peace I will never understand. But there is a precedent - a test case that demolishes Mr. Carey's theory.
Israel actually removed all 8,500 Jews from Gaza in 2005. The result was catastrophic. Since the deportation, the Gazans launched thousands of rockets and mortars into Israel. Why would Israel fall for that again by doing the same in the West Bank?
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Letter to NY Times
Dear Editor,
Isabel Kershner ("4 militants killed in Gaza", June 7, 2010) calls those that died in the fighting in the Gaza Flotilla "activists." These "activists" had knives, clubs, pipes, stun grenades, broken glass and metal bottles. They wore gas masks to prevent tear gas use and bullet-proof vests. There was no kumbaya singing and swaying with arms interlocked with this group. Video from the boat clearly shows seasoned veterans composed and initiating the attacks on the Israelis. Pardon me Isabel, but these were not your parent’s activists. They were combatants - mercenaries with paid compensation in their pockets. Please clarify this in future articles.
Michael Berenhaus
Isabel Kershner ("4 militants killed in Gaza", June 7, 2010) calls those that died in the fighting in the Gaza Flotilla "activists." These "activists" had knives, clubs, pipes, stun grenades, broken glass and metal bottles. They wore gas masks to prevent tear gas use and bullet-proof vests. There was no kumbaya singing and swaying with arms interlocked with this group. Video from the boat clearly shows seasoned veterans composed and initiating the attacks on the Israelis. Pardon me Isabel, but these were not your parent’s activists. They were combatants - mercenaries with paid compensation in their pockets. Please clarify this in future articles.
Michael Berenhaus
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Letter to Washington Post
Dear Editor,
Janine Zacharia puts a kibosh on the so-called humanitarian crisis claimed in Gaza in her June,3, 2010 Washington Post article. According to Zacharia, "if you walk down Gaza City's main thoroughfare - Salah al-Din Street - grocery stores are stocked wall-to-wall with everything from fresh Israeli yogurts and hummus to Cocoa puffs." Further she states, "Pharmacies look as well-supplied as a typical Rite Aid in the United States." Why have other journalists had such a hard time reporting this. The "crisis" canard has been passed from journalist to journalist like the game 'telephone' blasted throughout the world with the conditions of the Palestinians seeming worse and worse by the day. Apparently, nobody, save Zacharia, has bothered to take a look. But Zacharia, like the Starship Enterprise of Star Trek fame, 'has boldly gone where no one has gone before' - to see for herself the farce that has been perpetrated at the expense of Israel. Kudos to her.
Michael Berenhaus
Janine Zacharia puts a kibosh on the so-called humanitarian crisis claimed in Gaza in her June,3, 2010 Washington Post article. According to Zacharia, "if you walk down Gaza City's main thoroughfare - Salah al-Din Street - grocery stores are stocked wall-to-wall with everything from fresh Israeli yogurts and hummus to Cocoa puffs." Further she states, "Pharmacies look as well-supplied as a typical Rite Aid in the United States." Why have other journalists had such a hard time reporting this. The "crisis" canard has been passed from journalist to journalist like the game 'telephone' blasted throughout the world with the conditions of the Palestinians seeming worse and worse by the day. Apparently, nobody, save Zacharia, has bothered to take a look. But Zacharia, like the Starship Enterprise of Star Trek fame, 'has boldly gone where no one has gone before' - to see for herself the farce that has been perpetrated at the expense of Israel. Kudos to her.
Michael Berenhaus
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