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Letter to BeyondImages.info

Hi, I'm Jewish and live in Israel.

I'm looking for solid and informed arguments on this topic but don't seem to be finding them on your site. For example, you write:

"In 2000-2001, as part of the negotiations with the Palestinians at Camp David and at Taba, Israel proposed to withdraw from around 97% of the West Bank and Gaza in exchange for peace.  (See Beyond Images Briefing 21, dated May 2003: Camp David and Taba: what did Israel offer?) The Palestinians rejected this offer"

According to Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami, the Camp David offer was unreasonable on the part of Israel. He says the Taba offer was reasonable and the Palestinians were close to accepting the Taba offer. However Israel paused the talks for the elections and Sharon canceled them entirely. This is not to say that the Palestinians shouldn't have just accepted what was on the table in view of the fact that they were running out of time. But the portrayal that Israel always makes reasonable offers and the Palestinians just reject them appears to be false.

You write: 

  • "In 2005 Israel evacuated all Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and physically destroyed them.  The entire Israeli military and civilian presence in the Gaza Strip was uprooted 
  • Far from prompting Palestinian moderation, Israel’s move was followed by an intensification of Palestinian violence and incitement, including rocket and missile assaults on the Israeli town of Sderot, and other targets in southern Israel (see Beyond Images Briefing 150 – Israel’s Gaza Pullout and Palestinian Extremism, 14 July 2005). " 

Israel pulled out in November and within a few months had instituted a severe economic blockade. This does not qualify as pulling out.

Again, you attempt to portray us as the good guys and them as the bad guys but ignore key facts. I wonder about your claim to be pro-Israel but impartial. Seems you have a definite bias and don't process all the facts into your arguments. I can't use your material to make a case for Israel without looking foolish. 

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