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I’m for peace
Sir, - After reading Yoram Dori’s "An open letter to Annie Lennox" (January 11) I felt despair and anguish at the manner in which the awful war in Gaza is being used to divide the rest of the world between "pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian‚" instead of "pro-peace‚ or pro-war."
In my mind, the only distinction that matters right now, as Palestinian and Israeli lives are being lost and endangered by this violent conflict, is whether you support war or peace. I join hands with other humanitarians who support peace.
For every Osher Tewito in Israel, there are at least 100 children who have tragically lost limbs or indeed their lives, to this conflict in Gaza. Each and every single one of these lost childhoods is an immense tragedy, whether Israeli or Palestinian, and I feel the pain for both peoples. I work for peace so that children on both sides of the Gaza-Israel border can be free from rocket and missile attacks. I hope for peace so that these children can know one another, learn from one another, appreciate each other, and maybe, some day in the future, love each other.
What is obvious to us all is that the continuing death toll, which has already claimed almost 900 lives in Gaza, is not going to bring safety to Israelis.
From my perspective, peace and security come with dialogue, not bullets and bombs, and therefore I make no apology for being a leading member of the voice of reason, in opposition to this senseless war. My position is supported by a cross-spectrum of communities in Britain, including my Jewish and Israeli friends.
Mr. Dori: I too have friends and family in Israel, and want to see them safe and secure, in the same way that I want human rights protection for the citizens of Gaza. I am not opposed to Israel, and I do not support Palestinians. I support an end to the war on Gaza.
This is just the first, necessary step. We must then, all of us, campaign for peace negotiations that meet the needs of both parties.
ANNIE LENNOX
London
Forum posts
16 January 2009, 14:56, by Hassan Bristol City BS4
Well done Annie.
The Media Portrayal of the Refugees in Gaza is unbeliveable. They seem to make all Palestinians to be devils.
These people were turfed out of their homes 60 years ago and have never been able to recalim their land or resist without being made out as terrorists. There was a 6 month Truce without any rockets fro Hamas, in that time Israel killed 40 Hamas members through their incursions.
The attacks are sickening, how can anyone satnd there and watch women with blood on their faces carrying their children to hospitals, or a man who has buried all four of his daughters.
The Children will never forget and one day Israel will again feel pain on their home soil.
Can anyone imagine themselves having F16 bombers flying over every night, no electricity, no swater, Israel even targetted UN safehavens.
The Children will never forget and one day Israel will again feel pain on their home soil.
Israel never wants peace, they eant the cycle to continue as they have the upperhand with the weaponary, media control and lobby groups who basically run america.
The ARAB Governmenst in the main have sold them selves to America, the real arab people would go and fight Israel themselves if they could.
FREE GAZA ONE AND FOR ALL PALESTINE WILL NEVER DIE THEY WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD.