Saturday December 1, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

During the Annapolis Conference Israeli Foreign Minister Tzippi Livni ran head first into one of the classic conflicts between East and West.

Livni was a woman in a man's world.
Unlike Rice who represented the host country, Livni represented "the other."

Frans Timmermans, the Dutch Minister for European Affairs, is the person who released this deplorable story.
Timmermans described the situation this way: "They shun her like she is Count Dracula's younger sister."
Timmermans actually heard Livni tell Arab foreign ministers to stop treating her as a pariah.
Timmermans heard Livni ask: "Why doesn't anyone want to shake my hand?" "Why doesn't anyone want to be seen speaking to me?"

Behavior of this sort is unacceptable.
Shame on all those people in attendance in Annapolis who witnessed these unjust acts and kept silent.
Shame on the perpetrators of these archaic and prejudicial acts and shame on those who let the deeds slide by in the name of international harmony.

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