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From: melsant@vipac.org Date: Fri 29 Jun 2007 Subject: [Vipac-letters] Support Israeli rule in West Bank Sender: vipac-letters-bounces@vipac.org Errors-To: vipac-letters-bounces@vipac.org Dear Mr. President: "There seems little immediate chance of a Hamas rout in the West Bank like there was in Gaza but that is at least partly because unlike Gaza the West Bank remains under Israeli military occupation." The above assessment was reported in the New York Times by Isabel Kershner on June 25 in her article titled "Israel Will Support Abbas With Millions From Taxes." Both the New York Times and this reporter are fiercely opposed to Israeli rule in Judea and Samaria as indicated by their use of the partisan term "occupation." Yet even they must print and report that Israeli rule on the West Bank is crucial to prevent a Hamas takeover there. In Gaza Israel pulled out and Hamas took over despite all that your envoy Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton did to support the PLO there. The 40 million American tax dollars and the enormous supplies of American weaponry and training that General Dayton gave to the PLO in Gaza at your behest did not change the outcome there. Hamas emerged as victorious against Fatah in the battlefields of Gaza as it did in the recent general Palestinian Arab elections. The same military victory for Hamas will happen in the West Bank if you don't ensure continued Israeli rule in Judea and Samaria. Even the New York Times with its anti-Israeli "occupation" bias had to acknowledge this reality in Kershner's recent article. It is time that you acknowledged that same reality and supported permanent Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria with limited local autonomy for the Arab population as envisioned in the original Camp David Accords signed by Menachem Begin of blessed memory. Otherwise Hamas wins and that is worse for America than it is for Israel. Because Hamas together with its partner Iran views America as the "Great Satan" and Israel as only the "Little Satan." A Palestinian Arab Hamas state would be an active partner in Iran's plan to fulfill its oft-repeated public vow of bringing "Death to America Death to the Great Satan." Israeli sovereignty in Judea Samaria Jerusalem the Golan Heights and Gaza is the Biblically and historically correct solution for Hamas' strategic threat to American security. Sincerely |