[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [NotInMyName] Passover in Gaza

[David Green]

I've sent a letter to the N-G based on the letter
below.

DG

--- Joel Finkel <finkel at sd-il.com> wrote:

> To: "NIMN-National" <NotInMyName at yahoogroups.com>
> From: "Joel Finkel" <finkel at sd-il.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:22:09 -0500
> Subject: [NotInMyName] Passover in Gaza
> 
> I sent this letter to the Chicago Tribune today.  I
> encourage others to do the
> same to your local papers.>  
> 
> To the Editors,>  
> 
> This coming week, Jews will begin observing
> Passover, which commemorates the
> liberation of Jews from ancient Egypt.  As we sit
> down to our Seder feasts, by
> all means, let us forget, as the Chicago Tribune
> seems to have, that
> Palestinians are beginning to starve in Gaza.  This
> humanitarian crisis is not
> due to any tsunami or earthquake; it is entirely
> man-made.  It is Israeli and
> U.S. policy.
> 
> Senior Israeli government advisor, Dov Weissglas,
> explained how Israel was going
> to punish Palestinians for exercising democracy. 
> "It's like an appointment with
> a dietician.  The Palestinians will get a lot
> thinner, but won't die," he joked
> (Gideon Levy, Ha'aretz, Feb 19, 2006).  Israel is
> preventing food from entering
> Gaza by claiming that the border crossings will be
> attacked if opened.
> 
> Meanwhile, the U.S. is leading an international
> embargo on financial aid to
> Palestinians.  This, combined with Israel's outright
> theft of Palestinian taxes,
> is leaving the already malnourished West Bank
> Palestinians in dire straits.
> 
> So let we Jews have a meaningful Passover, and learn
> nothing from our own
> mythology of liberation.  Let us eat our unleavened
> "bread of affliction"
> knowing that many Palestinians have no bread at all.
>  Rabbi Hillel would be
> proud of us. 
>  
> 
> Joel R Finkel
>  <mailto:finkel at sd-il.com> finkel at sd-il.com
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 


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