Israeli Elections Come and Go, But Israel Remains an Outlaw State
A Palestinian family reacts after Israeli bulldozers demolished their home in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Feb. 5, 2013. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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Newly elected Israeli Knesset member Yair Lapid (l), leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to Naftali Bennett, head of the hard-line national religious party the Jewish Home, during a Feb. 5 reception in Jerusalem marking the opening of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/GETTY IMAGES)
Richard H. Curtiss (1927-2013) Devoted His Life to Telling People Stories
Richard Curtiss at work in his Washington Report office. (STAFF PHOTO D. HANLEY)
Israeli License to Cheney-Linked Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney (l) and Likud chairman Benyamin Netanyahu, out of office at the time and serving as the official Israeli opposition leader, at a March 23, 2008 breakfast meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Peace at Last in the Southern Philippines?
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (r) shares candies with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim during a Feb. 11 visit to the rebels’ stronghold in Sultan Kudarat on the island of Mindanao. (KARLOS MANLUPIG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Two Palestinian, Israeli Documentaries Depict Evils of Military Occupation
Emad Burnat views his five broken cameras in his documentary of the same name. (PHOTO COURTESY KINO LORBER)
May/June 2006 Postcard
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DEAR SENATOR:
Please refrain from taking campaign contributions from pro-Israel PACs. The agenda of these PACs, many of which have misleading names such as “Americans for Good Government” or “Georgia Peach PAC,” is to reward candidates who put the interests of Israel ahead of their own country’s and constituents’. Doing so means significantly compromising U.S. security and sovereignty. I urge you to refuse such financial contributions, along with free trips to Israel that do not include meeting and speaking with Palestinians, and “free” interns or staff members supplied by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Please oppose resolutions restricting U.S. humanitarian aid to Palestinians and prohibiting Palestinian diplomacy or representation in the U.S. These efforts to silence and starve Palestinians, who deserve to live freely in a democratic state, are a form of collective punishment.
As an elected representative, it is important that you make your decisions on the basis of what is good for the U.S., not a foreign country. Please use my tax dollars to help bring peace to the Middle East, not to fight more wars on behalf of Israel.
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An Israeli border guard arrests an American protester during a nonviolent demonstration against Israel’s annexation wall in the West Bank village of Bilin, March 24, 2006. (AFP Photo/Patrick Baz).
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Why is the United States silent as the government of Israel attacks, starves and isolates Gaza and annexes swaths of the West Bank? Is there no one in Congress or the White House who will stand up to the pro-Israel lobby? AIPAC no longer represents the best interests or even opinions of the majority of Israeli or American Jews.
Most Jews, Christians, Muslims and other Americans support peace and justice in the Middle East. We should listen to both sides in the conflict, not just those with the loudest lobby, and use U.S. diplomacy and aid to encourage both sides to make peace.
