International Concern

                                                  "Your silence is considered your consent."

                                                                                        Laurie Anderson

A letter to the Canadian office at the UN

August 17, 2013

     Earlier this week, around August 12th or 13th, there was an announcement from Israel that they would go ahead with settlements in the "disputed" territories. Previous to that, there had been preliminary talks that produced an agreement, and a schedule, for talks between Israel and the Palestinians. This new announcement of the settlement plans has had an obvious and immediate effect of destroying the good will that was moving forward. . I don't know where the settlement announcement came from. I would like to know. What person or persons would consider such an idea on the eve of conciliatory talks? On the surface, the statement is a completely negative, anti-social, destructive, deliberate, horrible message. To me, it is at least a Hate Crime, and if it is a stated policy of  the Israeli government, it is probably a Crime Against Humanity. There should be charges and a trial to condemn this heinous act.

     As a (non-Jewish) Canadian with an international perspective, I believe that the world is now very inter-connected - The Human is a social animal, we get along like bees, ants and dogs. But we have serious faults - Humanity is the Most Dangerous Animal in the (known) Universe. People or countries who refuse to follow a code that is inclusive of others on this earth MUST be held accountable.

Yours in Peace

Robert Cox