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Without my consent
By Teri Scatchard, Burlington Free Press 5/6/2004
As I listened to a discussion about the Middle East on BBC radio recently, I couldn't help but wonder why the Israelis don't get it. The person speaking for Israel said that when the Palestinians stopped teaching their children to hate Israel there would be a better chance for peace. As an American, I was never taught to hate Israel. What has caused me to question our country's unwavering support for Israel is their endless persecution of Palestinian people in the Occupied Territories. Extra judicial assassinations, house demolitions, confiscation of land, uprooting of olive groves, the killing of innocent men, women and children are not the actions of a partner in peace. Israel itself has made enemies of the Palestinians, and all who sympathize with them, by the cruel and heartless use of its mighty military power against these hapless imprisoned people. What bothers me the most is that a big hunk of my tax dollars is used to support these ugly, misguided war crimes without my consent.
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