Lost In The Viscera
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To the Editor:
It seems that the farther one gets from the West Bank, the more muted the reaction becomes to the humanitarian offenses against the Palestinian people. In the Middle East and across Europe tensions are high; diplomatic and economic ties to Israel have been questioned or cut, protests have drawn hundreds of thousands to cities from Berlin, Germany, to Khartoum, Sudan. In contrast, here on the other side of the Atlantic there is little desire to change the status quo of huge United States military aid to Israel and the mere support of more negotiations; Colin Powell has been the latest to run head-on at the brick wall of negotiators while the U.S. donation to Israel of tanks and attack helicopters terrified Palestinians.
Ana Bonnheim's April 4 column in The Dartmouth, "Why Israel is Important," is just another example of a one-dimensional view of ethnic conflicts that has found particular support in the United States since Sept. 11. This view places the American ideal of "every individual's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," as Ms. Bonnheim puts it --"the very fabric of global civilization" in opposition to some foe, so that, as President Bush has said, the allies of goodness and freedom can fight the "axis of evil." Ms. Bonnheim wants to add militant Palestinians to the axis.