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From: moishb@vipac.org Date: Thu 25 May 2006 Subject: Support Israel: When Palestinian Arabs Elect a Terrorist Dear Mr. President: In an editorial on May 25 2006 entitled “A Viable Palestinian State” The New York Times declared ”To a significant degree the Palestinians put themselves in this spot by electing Hamas to run their government and the Bush administration is right to refuse to legitimize a government dedicated to the destruction of Israel. But Mr. Bush should not punish the Palestinian people by endorsing any unilateral proposal — doing that would punish them for exercising their democratic right to vote.” Mr. President Adolph Hitler was elected to office by the German people. Did that mean that after Hitler’s Armies invaded Poland the World was obligated to feed starving German civilians? The Iranian people elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a democratic election. Does that mean that we should continue economic ties with that country and indirectly aid the Iranians in their goal to become a nuclear power? After a recent murder attack perpetrated by a Palestinian Arab from Jenin in the West Bank the new Palestinian government of Hamas declared this a legitimate act of resistance to Israeli “occupation.” The democratically elected Arab government supports the murder of civilians! At the funeral of one of the innocent civilians murdered in this attack the former chief rabbi of Israel and now chief rabbi of Tel Aviv Rabbi Israel Meir Lau declared "A father saying Kaddish" the prayer for the dead "for his son! Who are these savages who do these things and no one takes the hand outstretched for peace? Heaven is not for such people. For what do they give their lives? To kill innocents? This is religion? No this is a distortion of all mercy and all religious feeling and I want the Muslim clerics to tell the truth that murder doesn't bring paradise." A government might have been elected by the so-called Palestinian Arabs in a democratic process but that government denies the right of people the Jewish people to live within its own borders! That government has not only rejected all peaceful overtures but is determined to wipe Israel from the map of the Middle East. Such a government cannot receive the support of our country. Such a people should not and cannot be rewarded for their belligerence even if they act in a “democratic” manner. When Palestinian Arabs elect a terrorist government they define themselves as a terrorist people. Electing a government sworn to destroy Israel in a democratic process is a condemnation of the entire Palestinian Arab population. Palestinian Arabs do not deserve assistance form our country in any form. 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 give added impact to your email please also send hard copy letters by snail mail using an envelope and a stamp by clicking on printer icon and signing your name with a pen to: 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 And of course to: President Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington D.C. 20500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe e-mail: vipac-letters-unsubscribe@vipac.org For additional commands e-mail: vipac-letters-help@vipac.org |