{"id":502195,"date":"2010-04-01T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2011499558_theskinnyonbrianbairdandthegazastrip.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-04-01T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T19:01:28","slug":"the-skinny-on-brian-baird-and-the-gaza-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/502195","title":{"rendered":"The skinny on Brian Baird and the Gaza Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baird\u2019s account sheds light Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Bruce Ramsey\u2019s column [\u201cStanding up for Gaza\u2019s people,\u201d Opinion, March 31], we\u2019ve learned about Congressman Brian Baird\u2019s trips to the Gaza Strip, laying bare the destruction of The American International School by Israel\u2019s invasion of Gaza in 2009 and the disproportionate deaths of Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Congressman Baird should be commended for taking the time to see an area people rarely visit and know little about. If we want a clear picture of Israel and its issues, we need the unvarnished truth about all of those who live there.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Erin Scarlett, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n

The Seattle Times should host public forum on conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most days I despair at the dearth of \u201cdiscussion\u201d in the U.S. corporate media about the U.S.-Israel-Palestine impasse \u2014one that even Gen. David Petraeus is now declaring a risk to American lives and interests.<\/p>\n

<\/span>How do we seek truth through the veils of fabrication shipped out to us by the Israeli government? They have Frank Luntz to help frame their messages and the bulk of the U.S. Congress willing to betray their constituents for 60 percent of their campaign donations that come from wealthy Jewish donors.<\/p>\n

I would love to see The Times host a public forum on the U.S.-Israel-Palestine \u201cconflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Linda Frank, Tacoma<\/em><\/p>\n

Terrorists in Gaza can\u2019t send blame elsewhere<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some simple truths: The rockets are now able to shoot as far as Jaffa, where my daughter lives. Israel removed settlers and settlements to give Gaza to its residents. Its residents had a higher employment rate under the Israeli administration.<\/p>\n

The people of Gaza and the acknowledged terrorist organization now running Gaza, Hamas, are responsible for their actions. This is no less true than the drunk who drives through an intersection and then blames death and devastation on alcohol. One is a cause and the other is an effect. The drunk is still the responsible party.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Richlen, Bellevue<\/em><\/p>\n

Boycott Starbucks if you care about justice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Americans are uninformed about the reality in Gaza, east Jerusalem and the West Bank because Israeli propaganda has dominated for 60 years.<\/p>\n

Most of the American press and virtually all politicians are afraid to say anything. Many Muslims are angry because our government supports violent, unjust policies. We literally pay taxes that help Israelis to kill, steal from and starve Palestinians. Individual Americans do it, too.<\/p>\n

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is one of the biggest funders of building \u201cJewish only\u201d housing in east Jerusalem and forcibly removing Palestinian families from their homes. The families lose everything and end up living in the street in front of their homes while subsidized Jewish Israelis, usually recent immigrants, move into their houses.<\/p>\n

We must open our minds to answer the query, \u201cWhy do they hate us?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jennifer James, Burien<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baird\u2019s account sheds light Gaza Thanks to Bruce Ramsey\u2019s column [\u201cStanding up for Gaza\u2019s people,\u201d Opinion, March 31], we\u2019ve learned about Congressman Brian Baird\u2019s trips to the Gaza Strip, laying bare the destruction of The American International School by Israel\u2019s invasion of Gaza in 2009 and the disproportionate deaths of Palestinians. Congressman Baird should be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}