Dear Editor:
The last No Kings march drew millions demanding accountability from our government. The result so far – not so much. We recently learned that the Trump administration simply ignored Congress and sent $8 billion in basic weaponry to Israel. Not many whimpers from Congress. What has Israel done with our gift? Israel has violated the ceasefire it signed with Hamas more than 1,500 times as of this writing killing 581 people and injuring more than 1,500. In the midst of the emergencies created by our government attacking our own people, have we forgotten Gaza? Have we forgotten the millions of people living through a harsh winter in tents, lacking sufficient food, clean water, and medical care? Have we forgotten that Israel has killed or injured 1 out of every 10 Palestinians living in Gaza? The brutality we see from ICE here is a fraction of the brutality Israel has visited on Palestinians in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank. We don’t want our government to fund a police state in the USA and we don’t want our government to fund massacres in the Middle East.
If you want to learn more about how Israel uses our tax dollars to enforce its will on Palestinians and how they fight back, come to Old Dutch Church on Wall Street in Kingston, this Sunday, February 15 at 2 pm to see the documentary Gaza Fights for Freedom and stay for discussion. If our government didn’t squander our tax money on killing Palestinians, invading Venezuela, threatening Iran, etc. perhaps we could afford universal healthcare, or pre-K for all, or a transportation infrastructure…
Felice Gelman