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From: moishb@vipac.org Date: Tue 13 Sep 2005 Subject: (VIPAC) Support Israel: State Dear Mr. President Your Administration has reached a moral low in its criticism of Israel for not removing the Gaza Synagogues. In response to the Palestinian Arabs destruction of Synagogues in Gaza an editorial in the September 13th edition of the Jerusalem Post eloquently states: ” the uncontroversial notion is evidently that the problem is not Palestinian savagery but Israel's refusal to spare the world images of it. Regardless of how Israeli decision makers expected the Palestinians to behave Israel's decision not to destroy the synagogues gave the Palestinians the opportunity to exceed rock-bottom expectations. Would the Palestinian Authority be "criticized" if it had decided to spare a single former synagogue from the raging mobs perhaps for use as a library or for some international aid agency? Is the idea of sparing a former place of worship of another religion so foreign that it cannot even be asked for let alone expected? “ Your Administration has the responsibility to hold the Palestinian Arabs to a higher level of responsibility. The Palestinian Arab Authority’s failure to preserve the Jewish holy places is a failure of your Road Map less than 24 hours after Israel gave in to the concessions you demanded of them. The editorial continued: ”Israel's withdrawal was not yet a day old when the first post-disengagement Palestinian mortar landed in Sderot. If Washington is not quick to hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for such attacks and demand effective action disengagement will have been for naught and terrorism will escalate again. Now is not the time for evenhandedness but for holding the Palestinians accountable for their actions.” A sign of evenhandedness would in fact be if the world and especially America held the Palestinian Arabs accountable for their actions! The reactions of your administration are both a great disappointment and an embarrassment. Respectfully yours ======================================== The President's email: comments@whitehouse.gov The Vice President's email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov White House phone: 202-456-1111 Fax: 202-456-2461 Senate and House switchboard: 202-224-3121 Click on "Govt. Email Addresses" at www.vipac.org for other officials. TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Email vipac-letters-unsubscribe@vipac.org with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. ======================================== Here is to whom you should be writing hard copy letters: The Hon. lleana Ros-Lehtinen Chair Subcommittee on Middle East House International Relations Committee 2160 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515 The Hon. Gary Ackerman Ranking Democrat Subcommittee on Middle East House International Relations Committee 2243 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515 Other members of the subcommittee and staff email addresses The Hon Steve Chabot Gary.Lindgren@mail.house.gov The Hon Thaddeus McCotter andrew.anuzis@mail.house.gov The Hon John Boozman Matt.Sagely@mail.house.gov The Hon Connie Mack Jeff.Cohen@mail.house.gov The Hon Jeff Fortenberry Ben.Sasse@mail.house.gov The Hon Jo Ann Davis Chris.Connelly@mail.house.gov The Hon Mike Pence Bill.Smith@mail.house.gov The Hon Katherine Harris Christopher.Battle@mail.house.gov The Hon Darrel Issa Dale.Neugebauer@mail.house.gov The Hon Howard Berman Gene.Smith@mail.house.gov The Hon Eliot Engel Jason.Steinbaum@mail.house.gov The Hon Joseph Crowley Chris.McCannell@mail.house.gov The Hon Shelley Berkley Richard.Urey@mail.house.gov The Hon Adam Schiff Timothy.Bergreen@mail.house.gov The Hon Ben Chandler Denis.Fleming@mail.house.gov The Hon Dennis Cardoza Mark.Garrett@mail.house.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe e-mail: vipac-letters-unsubscribe@vipac.org For additional commands e-mail: vipac-letters-help@vipac.org |