Dear Mr. President,

No president has given the Palestinians so much hope and at the same time
caused them such killing and destruction.
There is still hope Mr. President. The Palestinians are still in some of
their own land and alive.
Two things while you think about your next step will help.

1. Whenever people fight, common sense calls for them to be separated. The
military occupation our forefathers rebelled against ended with the
withdrawal of British troops. Stop the occupation Mr. President. Put in
international border troops along the pre-’67 border as per Res 242.

2. The provocative settlements must go. Without soldiers to back them up,
they may be too tempting a target for the justified pent-up rage of the
Palestinians. My party, your party as well, respects the law and the law
tells the Israelis to go home, the parties over. You’ve stayed too long
already.

Doug Willbanks