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(Ms. Doris Rausch, from the Baltimore area, frequently writes for New
Trend.
This letter she wrote to the Washington Post was in response to a
vicious
attack by a Jewish writer -editor)
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To: letters@washpost.com (Washington Post)
CC: rsmith@wbal.com
This is in response to Charles Krauthammer's editorial, "Mideast
Violence: The Only Way Out," 8/16/01, Wash. Post.
Is it possible that Mr. Krauthammer does not know that the State of
Israel was founded on the basis of terrorism? I seriously doubt it;
if so,
he is not nearly as learned as he pretends to be.
Terrorism was practiced by the Zionists first against the British
to get
them to leave (bombing of King David Hotel killing 99 British, bombing
of
bridges, railways, etc., assassination of Lord Moyne, Count Folke
Bernadotte
...); then against the Palestinians to get them to leave their homeland
of
centuries long-standing. The massacre at Deir Yassin is only one
example of
Zionist terrorism against Palestinians.
Yitzak Shamir, former Prime Minister of Israel, who is credited,
along with
others with these atrocities, is quoted as saying, "Terrorism is a way
of
fighting that is acceptable under certain conditions and by certain
movements." Apparently not for the Palestinians though, who are
fighting for
the last remnants of their original homeland.
I totally agree that the only solution at this time is a "Berlin
Wall"
separating Israel and Palestine, a wall built on the basis of pre-1967
borders, with Jerusalem as the shared capital. Jews electing to live
within
the borders of a Palestinian State would do so, not as fortified
enclaves,
but on the same basis as Palestinians now living in Israel.
The bottom line is that Israel does NOT have a right to exist
unless
Palestine does also. Otherwise, the parallel between what the Nazis
did to
the Jews and what the Jews are doing to the Palestinians is too
evident.
Doris Rausch
References: A Death in Jerusalem, by Kati Marton, Pantheon Books,
NY,1994
Zealots for Zion, Robert I Friedman, Randon House, 1992
many others, 90% of which were written by Jews
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