Dear Mr. President

Friday, March 20, 2015

Dear Mr. President:

It seems as if Spring is here, at last.

When Mr. Netanyahu made his simple declarative statement he revealed to the world what has always been the case. He wasn't closing a door to Peace and the only acceptable solution to the Israel/Palestine situation. That door was never open! The door he opened with that bit of Truth was the revelation that as long as he was around there would be no solution.

That, now clearly open door, opens another door for us; and that door leads to the solution. Time after time we have vetoed efforts of the Security Council of the UN that would move all of us forward. Our position that “the borders must be negotiated directly by the parties”  was always a bit of sophistry that promised little chance for success. Now, by the declaration of Mr. Netanyahu, that condition has been revealed to be a pipe dream.

When this issue comes up before the UN Security Council again, as it surely will, we would only be naïve fools to support the Israelis with a veto.

We must not block the efforts of the UN Security Council, the only group in the world that supposedly speaks for the whole planet, to reach an agreement.  Rather than efforts in Brotherhood, our ties to Israel are proving to be chains of racism, cynicism, superiority and far from anything that looks like Justice and Freedom for All.

Lots of love

-tom