Though it most likely won't be published, my letter to the NY Times today. I also sent a copy of it to http://change.gov, Barack Obama's President-Elect (and probably continuing) site.
To the Editor:
In regards to the conflict in Gaza, President-Elect Barack Obama's silence is deafening. Mr. Obama is willing to talk about the economic crisis but not about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This is not leadership. This is not change. Mr. Obama should be strongly urging an immediate end to the violence. This bludgeoning of Gaza and its people by Israel is a greatly disproportionate response to the Hamas rockets and can not be tolerated. The longer that Mr. Obama remains quiet, the lesser pressure there is for real diplomacy, and the greater the view that he along with President Bush is tolerant of Israel's brutal treatment of Palestinians.
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