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we have to imagine the bad 
guys based on the writer’
s 
description. Photos of the 
settlers who allegedly harassed 
her group and tore down their 
banner might have made her 
drama more believable. 
Israelis are regularly accused 
of denying Palestinians access 
to water. When these charges 
are examined honestly, there 
is always more to the story 
than the Palestinians and their 
apologists let on. 
And if the writer and 
IfNotNow were truly inter-
ested in peace, their moral 
conscience would demand 
that the Palestinians be held 
accountable for their refusal 
to live in peace with Jews. 
Palestinian leadership will 
never give up their brutal 
genocidal dream of “From the 
River to the Sea” as long as 
they have allies like these.

— Harry Onickel

Ferndale

Different Views 
Appreciated
I appreciated this edito-
rial note (“
At the Dinner 
Table,
” Feb. 27, page 6) very 
much. The op-ed about the 
Palestinian spring was an 
important read, and a perspec-
tive our community is rarely 
exposed to — perhaps an 
eye-opener for some who have 
not been aware of this pattern 
of settler appropriation of 
springs on the West Bank. 
Sometimes it feels to me 
like the DJN letters section, in 
particular, tends to over-repre-
sent one small but very vocal 
segment of our community at 
the expense of other voices. I 
hope the new editor will take 
a look at that and make some 
improvements to help the 
letters section serve as a more 
accurate reflection of the vari-
ous viewpoints held by people 
in our Metro Detroit Jewish 
community.

— Nancy Federman Kaplan

Via Facebook

PEACE continued from page 8

LETTERS continued from page 10

numerous interfaith organi-
zations. Forty-seven members 
of Congress have signed on 
as cosponsors, including four 
from Michigan: Reps. Jack 
Bergman (R), Andy Levin 
(D), John Moolenaar (R) and 
Elissa Slotkin (D). 
In 1986, the British and 
Irish governments created a 
similar fund, the International 
Fund for Ireland. The Fund 
invested in co-existence and 
peacebuilding programs. 
Thirteen years later, lead-
ers signed the Good Friday 
agreement, ending much of 
the violence of the Troubles. 
Investments in peace are not 

a quick fix, but the future 
rewards are great. 
Peace requires policy mak-
ers to focus on the future. 
When they are no longer 
privileged to serve in office, 
what happens to the people 
living in the midst of conflict? 
Now is not the time to aban-
don the people who support 
peace. 

Zach Schenk is a Metro Detroit native 
and a graduate student at the Elliott 
School of International Affairs at 
the George Washington University. 
He is also the chair of Israel Policy 
Forum’
s young professionals’
 net-
work in Washington, D.C..

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