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

[David Green]

Marti: I'm sorry I didn't make my intentions clear. I took Bruner's letter and changes Israelis to Germans and Palestinians to Jews.


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From: Marti Wilkinson <martiwilki at gmail.com>
To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 2:41:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Letter in today's N-G: Germany isn't at war with Jews

I checked the News-Gazette online and this is what I found in the opinions section.

http://www.newsgazette.com/news/opinions/print/letters/2009/01/11/israel_isnt_at_war_with_palestinians/

As a side note this is Bruners webpage with the U of I

http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/bruner/

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. 

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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