Dear Editor,
In “Israel announces new construction in West Bank” (8/16/11), The Washington Post continues to propagate the hysteria about new homes being built in Jewish towns (also known by the pejorative term ‘settlements’) in the West Bank. Despite the fact that these new homes do not add one square inch to the overall size of the towns, they are blamed for gobbling up territory that the Palestinians desire for a state of their own making it impossible, in their words, for the Palestinians to negotiate. Yet if Palestine did become a reality, they could and probably would kick out all the Jews anyway - that's what happened before in every other Arab country , with no one saying a word. So why do they refuse to sit down and negotiate now?
Michael Berenhaus
