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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat & Jeff Warner Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:19 PM To: WIB-LA submit; LAJews-Letters Subject: #-203 Letter to editor opportunity The following articles, columns, and/or editorials are published in today's LA Times (print edition) or NY Times (web edition). One or more provide an opportunity to write a letter to the editor to enunciate our message of peace. LA Times: nothing today: NY Times: seven items today: --- Harsh Words From Turkey About Israel, and From Iran About United States <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/middleeast/irans-president-mahmoud- ahmadinejad-rails-against-the-west-in-united-nations-speech.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/middleeast/irans-president-mahmoud-a hmadinejad-rails-against-the-west-in-united-nations-speech.html Reports Turkey PM said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a "bleeding wound" that the international community can no longer accept, accused Israel of thwarting all attempts to solve the problem. From <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/atomic_weapons/index.html ?inline=nyt-classifier> nuclear weapons to control of the occupied territories to humanitarian aid, he said, Israel has contradicted the wishes and norms of the rest of the world. He noted that ""If you want to send a box of tomatoes to <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/p/palestinians /index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> Palestine, this is subject to approval from Israel, and I don't think that is humanitarian." --- The Arab Spring Finds Itself Upstaged by a New Season <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/middleeast/israeli-palestinian-disp ute-upstages-arab-spring-at-united-nations.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/middleeast/israeli-palestinian-dispu te-upstages-arab-spring-at-united-nations.html Reports celebration of the Arab spring is overshadowed by the Palestinian bid for U.N. membership. ---for tomorrows print edition Palestinians Rally in West Bank for Abbas Speech; Clashes Reported <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/world/middleeast/palestinians-rally-in-we st-bank-for-abbas-speech-clashes-reported.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/world/middleeast/palestinians-rally-in-wes t-bank-for-abbas-speech-clashes-reported.html Reports thousands rally. There was no violence. Israel army had a heavy presence in West bank. --- for tomorrows print edition Amid Statehood Bid, Tensions Simmer in West Bank <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/world/middleeast/west-bank-tensions-simme r-amid-palestinian-united-nations-statehood-bid.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/world/middleeast/west-bank-tensions-simmer -amid-palestinian-united-nations-statehood-bid.html Background report about settler violence against Palestinians and that settlers are newly armed by the Israeli army. --- NY Times editorial The Palestinians' Bid <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/opinion/the-palestinians-bid-for-statehoo d.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/opinion/the-palestinians-bid-for-statehood .html Says President Obama was right to stand with Israel. Now he has to push for a bold and fair deal. Says, "The United States and its partners should put a map and a deal on the table, with a timeline for concluding negotiations and a formal United Nations statehood vote. The proposal must be bold and fair and backed by the Security Council and the Arab League. And they need to help sell it to the Israeli and Palestinian people - not just politicians. There is still some time left to avoid a complete diplomatic train wreck. But not a lot of time." --- repeat from yesterday Congressman Keith Ellison Op-Ed Support the Palestinian Bid for Statehood <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/opinion/sunday/support-the-palestinian-bi d-for-statehood.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/opinion/sunday/support-the-palestinian-bid -for-statehood.html Says the United States should support the Palestinian Authority's bid for statehood at the United Nations. The Palestinian people deserve a state now. Says he is reminded of what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: "The time is always right to do what's right." Says the Palestinian bid, "is an opportunity, not a threat. We should seize it now." --- Four letters <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/opinion/a-mideast-moment-at-the-united-na tions.html> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/opinion/a-mideast-moment-at-the-united-nat ions.html respond to Olmert's Op-Ed yesterday. 1st asks why the Palestinians turned down offers in 2000 and 2008, and why they would make a deal now? 2nd backs Olmert's call for reciprocal recognition that represents the enlightened sensibility. 3rd blames election of Hamas that he calls terrorists, 4th says the presence of the settlements demonstrates that Israel is insincere about peace. Email your letters to the LA Times <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] , and/or the NY Times <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] , and please send a bcc to me. Please pass this letter-to-the-editor prompt on to others who might be interested, and invite them to contact me to be added to this mailing list. To be removed from this letter to the editor service, please email me "remove." best jeff Jeff Warner LA Jews for Peace <http://www.lajewsforpeace.org/> www.LAJewsforPeace.org START MODEL LETTER ################### LETTER TO NY TIMES RE: "The Palestinians' Bid" Sept. 17 Op-Ed (for NY Times) The Times is correct when it says that President Obama must now push for a bold and fair deal. But the Times is wrong to praise Obama's Wednesday speech at the U.N. that was so biased that only Israeli and Jewish American hard liners could love it, which they did. Obama's failure to mention the 1967 boundaries, settlements, Jerusalem, or refugees shows a President who has lost touch the role the United States should play and lacks the political courage to stand up to the Israel lobby. The Israelis and Palestinians lack political courage, but apparently so does Obama. His lecturing about the need for political will among the Israelis and Palestinians rings empty. He should lead by example, but fails to do so. Pathetic! Your name Your city Your phone Number (So the paper can inform you they are publishing your letter) _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1520/3914 - Release Date: 09/23/11 -- This message is a service of LA Jews for Peace You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LAJewsforPeaceLetters" group. 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