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From: melsant@vipac.org Date: Thu 8 Dec 2005 Subject: Support Israel's right to protect its borders from PLO Dear Mr. President: Monday December 5 2005 a PLO suicide bomber killed 5 Israelis outside a shopping mall in Netanya. The Los Angeles Times reported on December 7 in an article by Ken Ellingwood that "the day before the bombing Israel had eased travel restrictions to allow more Palestinian workers and merchants into Israel. About 9000 Palestinians from Gaza entered through the Erez crossing to work or conduct business Sunday under the relaxed rules." Mr. President your administration's consistent position has been that Israel ease travel restrictions on Palestinians Arabs and allow more of them into Israel. The consistent consequence of such lax security has been more PLO suicide bombers killing more Israelis. The five Israelis killed in Netanya this past Monday just one day after Israel eased Palestinian Arab travel restrictions are only the most recent examples of this murderous pattern that has been tragically repeated in every year of your administration. In your speech on November 30 at Annapolis you made mention of seven countries that have been hit by Islamist terrorist groups yet Israel was conspicuously absent. Probably you excluded Israel from that list of terrorist targets out of a feeling of guilt because too many of the Israelis have become victims of terror directly because of security concession you forced upon Israel. Mr. President you can ease your conscience and save innocent Israeli lives by ending your opposition to Israel vigorously protecting its borders with Palestinian Arabs. Sincerely |