Hole in the Wall
Why Should the Good Guys Work With the Bad Guys?
RECEIVED Tue., Jan. 20, 2009
Dear Editor,
The "Peace Requires All Sides to Work Together" letter by Ron Landry presents a laudable premise ["Postmarks," Jan. 16] but flawed "history" as to why that's not happening. In 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were arbitrarily and illegally dispossessed of their land and lives. Since then the Jewish state, Israel, has systematically stolen more Palestinian land, militarily occupied remaining Palestinian land, economically blockaded Palestine to near starvation, built an illegal wall to further punish Palestinians, and invaded Lebanon, and now Gaza, killing and destroying with abandon – all these reprehensible activities sanctioned and armed by the U.S. government with U.S. taxpayers ignorant of the facts due to a virtual media blackout. What people do with power speaks loudly as to those people's character. So, how should we judge the character of the Jewish state and its people?
The "Peace Requires All Sides to Work Together" letter by Ron Landry presents a laudable premise ["Postmarks," Jan. 16] but flawed "history" as to why that's not happening. In 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were arbitrarily and illegally dispossessed of their land and lives. Since then the Jewish state, Israel, has systematically stolen more Palestinian land, militarily occupied remaining Palestinian land, economically blockaded Palestine to near starvation, built an illegal wall to further punish Palestinians, and invaded Lebanon, and now Gaza, killing and destroying with abandon – all these reprehensible activities sanctioned and armed by the U.S. government with U.S. taxpayers ignorant of the facts due to a virtual media blackout. What people do with power speaks loudly as to those people's character. So, how should we judge the character of the Jewish state and its people?
John Callaghan