MennoLetter from Jerusalem

June 2006

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"Israeli signs placed on the Wall at the entrance to Bethlehem greet Palestinians with the blessing, PEACE BE UNTO YOU."
- Dr. Jeff Halper

In this issue:

What is Said, What is Not Said, & What is Meant

- by Glenn Witmer Page 1

Countdown to Apartheid

It incorporates into Israel the major settlement blocs...while carving the West Bank into a number of small, disconnected, impoverished "cantons.'
- by Dr. Jeff Halper, Nominee for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, Page 2

A Plea for Palestinian Christians

- by Robert D. Novak, The Washington Post, page 3

World Council of Churches Slams Israel

- by George Conger, The Jerusalem Post, page 4

Israel's New Plan: A Land Grab

- by President Jimmy Carter, page 5

Not Such a Light unto the Nations

The question for the Jewish people is: "Do we have anything of value to contribute to the human race?"
- by Rabbi Michael Lerner, Ha'aretz, page 6

For the Dead Sea, a Slow & Inexorable 'Death'

- by John Ward Anderson, Washington Post Foreign Service, page 7

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