DEAR EDITOR:

By writing this letter of protest I am throwing away my good name and becoming a target of vilification. But the time for protest is slipping away fast.

My conscience tells me, “Don’t be the good German who stayed silent during the Holocaust of WWII! Look at the reality, not the media deception and before this genocide is finalized!”

We may be able to save a few of those Palestinian lives if we would rise up and shout our opposition before it is too late! Open your hearts and clear your consciences!

For the Palestinians, freedom is so far away now that they can barely even dream of it, while death and destruction on the other hand is very close that if Americans keep looking away they will all be pushed down deep into it. Down into the genocide, crushed by the indifference and / or support of our American “leaders” and news media while the Israelis are fondled and pampered by our rich politicians proudly displaying our American flag over this mass slaughter of thousands of Palestinian children!

The children are the main target. Their future must be wiped out! But if any of us dares to speak up against this, the label of “anti-Semite!” comes crashing down upon them … and their reputations are crushed and obliterated pouring shame upon the voices for peace and pity.

ROGER LAFONTAINE

Youngstown