Mideast crisis.Curious and sad that in the same issue there are articles about the oppression The offense, committed by a public official, of wrongfully inflicting injury, such as bodily harm or imprisonment, upon another individual under color of office. Oppression, which is a misdemeanor, is committed through any act of cruelty, severity, unlawful exaction, or of gays and lesbians by Islam Islam (ĭsläm`, ĭs`läm), [Arab.,=submission to God], world religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad. Founded in the 7th cent., Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions (with Judaism and Christianity). as well as an interview with an Israeli Arab lesbian who references the "Israeli occupation" but never mentions the freedoms she enjoys being an Israeli citizen [Q&A: Rauda Morcos, May 23]. Perhaps the only reason she is able to speak out, do her work, and actually create this dialogue is that she is living in Haifa and not Gaza, Nablus, Damascus, Jidda, Amman, Cairo, Tehran, or Basra. The situation in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza is more complicated than the quote "For a Palestinian, the main threat is the Israeli army" suggests. How about the threat of terrorism, or lack of education, clean water, food, jobs, good health, free flow of ideas, freedom of religion, freedom of choice--all those things that the people of Israel and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. share and fight for as values in a democratic society. GARY PAUL New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , N.Y. |
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