[Peace-discuss] Letter in today's N-G: Germany isn't at war with Jews

[John W.]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Marti Wilkinson <martiwilki at gmail.com>wrote:

I checked the News-Gazette online and this is what I found in the opinions
> section.
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> http://www.newsgazette.com/news/opinions/print/letters/2009/01/11/israel_isnt_at_war_with_palestinians/
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> As a side note this is Bruners webpage with the U of I
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> http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/bruner/
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> While I don't agree with Mr. Bruner's perspective on the war between Israel
> and Palestine - I ask if this letter that you published is in the print
> edition as opposed to the online edition. Or is this a separate article from
> the opinion section?  I don't subscribe to the News-Gazette and would like
> to know how I can verify the information.


I'm happy that you posted the REAL letter here, Marti.  Like you, I take
exception with Bruner's letter, but at least it's nice to read it in its
original form.  My guess - and of course I'll be happy to be proven wrong -
is that Mr. Green took considerable "editorial liberties" with Mr. Bruner's
letter in order to make a point.  But I didn't know that until I saw the
REAL letter just now, and the prior letter was so confusing as to be virtual
gibberish.

Like certain others on this list, David, you presume a great deal of
underlying knowledge and assumptions on the part of your readership that
many of us simply don't have.  It's your choice, of course.  But it's our
choice to hit that magical "delete" key rather than try to wade through a
bunch of esoterica.

John Wason




> Israel isn't at war with Palestinians Sunday January 11, 2009
>
> Reporting in most media and in The News-Gazette about the Israeli-Hamas
> conflict does not adequately take account of the following:
>
> – That Hamas places rocket launchers in schools, weapons stores in mosques,
> and militants in populations centers. The tragedy in Jebaliya, according to
> the Israel Defense Forces, was precipitated first by Hamas mortar fire from
> the school. The Israelis fired back at the source of the mortar fire. Why
> would any civilized government place its citizens at such risk, using them
> as human shields?
>
> – That Israel telephones houses that are targets 30 minutes before
> attacking, giving the residents time to leave.
>
> – That Israel sends to Gaza hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid as well as
> aid from international agencies in the form of food staples and medical
> supplies.
>
> – That it was Hamas that broke the cease-fire, and has launched more than
> 8,000 missiles and rockets into southern Israel in the period since 2001. As
> Barack Obama has said, if anyone was shooting at the house where his
> daughters slept, he would do something about it. So would I.
>
> – That this war is not between the Israelis and the Palestinians but is
> between Israel and Hamas.
>
> As Golda Meir said long ago, "This war will end when they love their
> children more than they hate us."
>
> EDWARD M. BRUNER
>
> Urbana
>
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