For more than a week now, I've been debating if I should send this letter to the honorable Senator representing my State, or just publish it directly on my blog spot, I opted to do the later.
Mr. Senator, yesterday the Senate, including you, voted in a good majority for a bill called S1, the bill authorizing and encouraging States to punish entities and individuals, for exercising a clear non violent constitutional support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice, and equality, to live with minimum dignity within their own lands, homes and trees, Senator, I can't in all honesty believe that any person, be it a politician, legislator, administrative or judicial, in America or elsewhere, be so willingly blinded, of the daily atrocities and injustices in those lands.
Be blinded of the atrocities and brutalities, the apartheid, the explicit and deliberate annihilation of an entire generation of native Palestinians by the army, police, the judiciary system, and finally by the newly empowered colonial settlers. Senator, the daily videos and clips, on practically every social media, and online interaction, could not be hidden nor avoided, I'm sure you have seen and witnessed more than a few, describing the intentional humiliation, the vicious daily killings, the incarcerations and the brutal torture and the deliberate breaking of limbs, of innocent children, women and elderly. for no reason whatsoever, except that they exist, and continue to live on these very desired lands.
Senator, you couldn't have missed the special roads and highways for Jews only, the denied access to hospitals, schools or work sites, the transportation reserved strictly for the Jewish masters, while totally denied to all palestinians including children, Senator, you couldn't have missed the language of all official Israeli politicians, legislators, judicial and parliamentarian colleagues of yours in Israel, the plans and tactics could not and should not have been hidden from your desk.
So Senator, why on earth did you so proudly vote Yea, approving and backing all this, while even your honorable colleague representing our great State, voted Nay, wouldn't it be an excellent window for exercising some neutrality, at least in an obviously very wrong and misguided issue. Running against all sane judgement, plus the fact that our own Constitution clearly forbids such illegal restrictions on the citizenry.
Senator, the plan for S1, is obviously initiated by the different Israeli lobbies, the White House, and some Zealots in the Senate. Why on earth did you succumb to it. Is it for the love of Israel ? For defending all the world's Jewry ? For Mr. Trump's dubious plans relying on his son in law, family and oligarchy ? or is it strictly a financial transaction ? Are payments reserved for election and voting days, or anytime a decision and a vote for more aid and military donations to Israel are needed. What funny combination of all of the above influenced your judgement and vote.
Senator, you know as well as all of us do, that the divide on this issue, and the ugly effects of the Israeli hegemony and tactics are creating a widening drift, separation and isolation of American constituencies and their politicians, a new generation of younger and more progressive representatives are sprouting everyday, everywhere. Mostly in reaction to old blinded policies.
Money funding is still unfortunately the number one reason for our politicians obstinacy and nothing else, I would wish to see you as my representative be a leader, a first in intelligently separating yourself from this ugly and cheap political trend, Senator, 19 of your colleagues understood and voted honestly, for our great States' sake why don't we wisen up.
Finally Senator, please don't resort to the classical retort, telling me that Israel's Zionism is defending itself existentially, please don't tell me that their hegemony, colonialism, their apartheid and disdain to the original population of the land, their endeavour to dehumanise and exterminate a whole segment if not all Palestinians within and outside of Palestine, please don't tell me that the Bible asked for all this injustice to fulfill some weird and obscure prophecy, please don't tell me that it's anti Semitic to criticize the state of Israel or its politicians. Please respect our intellect and intelligence as we respect yours .
This goes beyond supporting Israel or not . This is about American liberties, this vote violates every constitutional civil liberty, forcing people to think and behave in certain specific political ways, or be punished, let those tactics to the other party and their administration . I hope the house will reject it, and ridiculise the Senate's futile vote and act . My many thanks to all my readers .
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