Israel's not to blame

Letters

Editor: In the face of mounting worldwide anti-Semitism, the killing of a father of six children in Toronto, the boycotting of Israeli goods and the firing of Israeli university professors in England, your persistence in giving coverage to the Canada-Palestine Support network is difficult to understand.

Their blame of Israel for "a systematic violation of the Palestinian's population basic human right to live free of military coercion and violence" is a malicious distortion of the truth. The European Union gave the Palestinian government 1.4 billion dollars to be used to develop health and educational programs. The money was used to buy arms and build Yasser Arafat's palatial estate. The Palestinians could have had a country decades ago. Palestinians are the victims of their own leaders who use and abuse them. There is no defence for suicide bombing.

There are many examples of Israel's willingness to co-operate with Palestinians. Why do you not report that Israel is treating Palestinians in its hospitals and rehabilitation centres? To blame Israel for the subjugation of women's rights is also ridiculous. There are Arab women students in Israel's universities. They are not subjugated and discriminated against as they are in Arab countries.

There are many people around the world who are being oppressed. If the Canada-Palestine Support network is so concerned about human rights, why are they silent about the brutal enslavement of children that is going on in the Sudan? These people claim they are in support of Israel. This is difficult to believe in the face of their continued justification and defence of terrorism. They pay little attention to the brutal, heartless and cruel treatment given to those Palestinians who are calling for an end to the violence. If this group were really sincere about helping the Palestinian people, they would be looking at the facts and not attruibuting all the problems to Israel.

Sally Rogow
Vancouver

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