to the editor:
I read with heavy heart your editorial condemning Gush Shalom’s principled standwith regard to the actions of the IDF in the West Bank as doing ” grave damage. “Gush Shalom should be praised, not condemned, for its singular service to thecountry in trying to prevent the moral character of the IDF from slipping everfurther from the ” purity of arms ” (now a joke) and toward thuggishness.You accuse them of not publishing their findings and for a supposed lack ofconfidence in Israeli courts, which may lead them to bring their issues beforean international court. Firstly, as they wrote, they did send this informationto you, but even that was unnecessary since the very policies of the state–collective punishment–are grave breaches of international law, are evident toone and all (including Haaretz), and the Israeli courts have done nothing tohalt it.
What you really mean, I think, is that you don’t want the schandeexamined internationally, but I think it is more important to have justice.
Sincerely,
Miriam M. Reik, PhD
760 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025