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Written by Jennifer Grosvenor Jennifer Grosvenor
Published: 03 July 2002 03 July 2002
Letter to the Editor (Emailed to the Oregonian and the NY Times 7/3/02):

Thomas Friedman casts blame on Palestinians for initiating an uprising and chastises them for never articulating why it was necessary (July 2 Op-Ed). Israel's actions make the reasons self-evident for anyone paying attention.

Israel bulldozed and took over 56% of the Palestinian internationally-recognized land for illegal settlements and roads and took ninety percent of the water. Israeli soldiers blocked Palestinian internal movement, often abusively, at 200 checkpoints. Israel kept Palestinians taxes and required businesses to buy Israeli items and not compete. Israeli soldiers broke up peaceful Palestinian protests, frequently using lethal means. When Palestinians begged for international observers, Israel told the willing international community "no".

Things are worse now and Israel is restricting media access and turning away foreign-solidarity visitors. If we paid attention, U.S. taxpayers may wake up and say no to our funding Israel and its military at $10 million a day.

Jennifer Grosvenor

Status: Submitted to Oregonian and NY Times, July 3rd, 2002.
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