Open letter to Joyce Murray re: Israeli Apartheid Week
As I wait for my plane to Calgary then on to Toronto, I submitted the following to my Liberal MP Joyce Murray who recently criticized Israeli Apartheid Week as anti-Semitic, racist and intolerant:
Dear Ms. Murray,
It was with great disappointment that I read your recent statement Re: Israeli Apartheid Week. You state that "dissent and opposition to individual actions of the Israeli government are both legitimate and permitted," yet then make baseless accusations that the proponents of IAW are anti-Semitic, racist, and intolerant.
Please direct me to evidence that IAW seeks to destroy the state of Israel, and does not merely attempt to draw attention to the plight of the people of Palestine.
Many prominent Israeli's consider the treatments of Palestine to be reminiscent of the South African Apartheid including former Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_the_apartheid_analogy#By_Israelis).
Pro-peace debates are what are needed, and the only side that is not at the table is the pro-Israeli side. This isn't about Jews versus anti-Semites, it's about two people's rights to autonomously rule themselves.
Do the Liberal Party, and you personally support a two-state solution?
Ian Bushfield
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