26, May 2005 Response
to local letter RE: Israel
Shree Roth
letter (Daily 24 May) is replete with inaccuracies.
According to Donald Neff, Israel has violated scores of
U.N resolutions pertaining to the human rights of the Palestinians, including deportations, demolition
of thousands of homes, collective punishments, torture and assassinations and
the wholesale theft of land in the establishment of illegal settlements - and its refusal to abide by the Fourth Geneva
Convention. To compound to the suffering of the Palestinians, is the
establishment of checkpoints which has converted the remaining splintered,
non-contiguous land into small prisons. Contrast the appalling living
conditions of the Palestinians with the ultra-modern housing complexes of the
illegal Jewish squatters - paid for by the
largesse of US taxpayers!
Contrary to Roth's contention, the Palestinians living
in Israel are treated as second class citizens and do not enjoy the same rights
as Jews. Roth may not be aware that all Palestinians are not Muslim - many are
Christians!
Roth
states that 800,00 Jews were robbed and expelled from 10 Muslim lands. Perhaps,
Roth could validate the source of this
information. Roth is correct in criticizing many of the despotic rulers of the Arab world (all 'friends' of
the current and prior US administrations) for the treatment of minorities and indeed their own people.
The Israeli government and military receives $15,139,178
every day. Contrast that with $232,290 received from USAID to Palestinian NGO's (source Richard
Curtiss). It is time to put a stop payment
on all further aid to Israel!
