Dear Palestinian Civilian  (23 March 2011)

"I want to tell you, from the other side of the divide in which we live, that I care. I care about you, your children, your wife or your husband. I care about your parents, your grandparents. I care about your future and that of your children and grandchildren and generations to come..."

Make Music, Not Boycotts: A Letter to Roger Waters  (15 March 2011)

"Dear Mr. Waters, I was deeply disappointed to learn that you have decided to build a wall between yourself and your Israeli fans..."

'Feared, Loathed, and Isolated' An Open Letter to Peter Kosminsky  (02 February 2011)

"Mr. Kosminsky, My initial skepticism over the objectivity of your multi-part drama to be aired on British TV which, as you say, strives to “come to an understanding of the most dangerous and intractable war of our age…the conflict between Arab and Jew in the Middle East”, called The Promise, seems warranted now that I’ve read your introduction to the film printed in the Guardian on January 28th..."

Open Letter to Archbishop Tutu  (07 November 2010)

"Dear Archbishop Desmond Tutu, I write to you with a heavy heart. You are a revered leader in South Africa, but recently have added your iconic voice to the campaign for sanctions against Israel. Archbishop, I believe you are making a terrible mistake..."

Lives - Not Statistics  (01 September 2010)

"This morning, one of our friends here in Neve Daniel sent me this email:..."

Gerald Oberman's Letter to the Church  (04 August 2010)

"To: The General Secretary of the Methodist Church and Connexial Team. Dear Sir, In your annual conference you have passed a policy calling for a boycott of goods from 'illegal' Israeli West Bank settlements.  You claim this is not anti-Semitic. But how else do you explain this strange obsession with Israel? What about the Chinese occupation of Tibet, or the Sudanese slaughter in Darfur, persecution in Zimbabwe and elsewhere?  Politically, one could probably compile a case for a boycott against just about every country on the planet, but the only country in the world being subjected to a call for a boycott is Israel. The so-called West Bank has been Jewish for more than 3000 years. A large part was known as Judea. Jesus, a Jew, was born there. Who do you imagine lived in Judea, if not the Jews? Who lived in Hebron but the Hebrews? The name Bethlehem is Hebrew. Only the Jews, of all the people in the world, living in their own land, are besmirched by being called illegal settlers..."

Death of Innocents  (06 January 2009)

"How do Israelis feel when our artillery strikes a UN-run school building, killing dozens of people?..."

Letter From Nina in Israel  (Received 23 July 2006)

"Dear World, I understand that you are upset by us, here in Israel..."

Victim of the Media War  (05 November 2000)

"I was thrust into the international limelight when The New York Times and other major media outlets published a photo of me - bloodied and battered - crouching beneath a club-wielding Israeli policeman. The caption identified me as a Palestinian victim of the new intifada. In fact, however, I am a 20-year-old Jewish student from Chicago, studying at a yeshiva in Jerusalem..."

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