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January 14, 2009
common sense ...
"The U.S. must make clear that we will not support either side when it uses violence beyond its borders.
We must demand that humanitarian aid as well as press and U.N. observers be permitted to enter Gaza without delay -- and that hostilities cease so that lifesaving commodities can be distributed.
If Israel will not comply, as when it attacked a U.N. relief convoy Thursday, the U.S. should break the siege of Gaza itself to supply food and medical supplies, just as we would for Israel in similar circumstances.
The special U.S.-Israeli relationship puts us in a unique position to take that temporary step, while assuring our Israeli friends that no rockets enter Gaza along with aid."Craig Corrie Father of Rachel Corrie an an Officer of the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; 14 January, 2009; P A15; 'U.S. strategy for Mideast peace misguided'
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Posted by williamfrick at January 14, 2009 3:05 PM