June 12, 2011

Paper supports Netanyahu's Zionist apartheid regime

Kennebec Journal Staff

The May 29 editorial was so blatantly biased that I feel compelled to respond. I can't believe that the editors approve of Benjamin Netanyahu's Zionist apartheid regime. I believe that Netanyahu's government is in state of denial.

Israel's occupation of Palestine has continued illegally for more than 40 years. Parts of Palestine, especially Gaza, are virtual open-air prisons surrounded by a concrete wall up to 25 feet high, built by Israel on Palestine's side of the border. Palestinians are restricted from approaching within 1,000 feet of the wall or risk being shot. Israel lets only enough food into Gaza for bare existence living, and restricts chocolate, fuel, toys, paint, shoes, etc.

The editorial speaks about Israel's vulnerability, but fails to mention that it has the world's fourth-most powerful military along with unconditional support from the U.S. It has an estimated 400 nuclear warheads and is still building. It refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

The editorial says that Israel wants a peace agreement but fails to mention the generous offers that the Palestinians made that Israel rejected, as revealed by Al Jazeera news service.

Israelis continue to illegally settle in Palestine's West Bank and to build roads there that the Palestinian's aren't allowed to use, with complicity of the Israeli occupation army.

The editorial gives one unsubstantiated claim of Israel's help to America, but fails to mention the 20-plus times that we have used our veto power in the United Nations on resolutions that Israel didn't like. Sounds like a one-way street to me.

Israel has a robust economy but we give it $3 billion annually plus additional millions for defense and armaments, while our government talks of cutting Social Security.

Kirk Palmer

Manchester

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