Lessons on Israel should include its narrative
Bronx: Glenn Sacks’ opinion piece (“Classroom criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitic,” Jan. 4) is at best disingenuous. The problem with the curriculum he defends is that it is not a discussion. Rather, it presents a one-sided view of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and comes down squarely on calling Israel an illegitimate state. The curriculum he defends defines Israel as a settler-colonialist state, in fact, with no dissent permitted.
The curriculum refuses to acknowledge the historical fact that the Jewish people are indigenous to the Land of Israel. It ignores the fact that it was the Land of Israel and/or Judea before it became Palestine for the first time in history by virtue of the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres. But most of all, it refuses to acknowledge that when the Jews started returning to the Land of Israel (photo), they did not come as colonists. They did not seize any land. They bought property and did not take it from the Arabs, who only came there with the Islamic conquerors.
Colonialists like the British did not buy land. They took it. The returning Jews did not do that. Instead, they came as the only forcibly evicted indigenous people ever to return to their ancestral, native land.
The curriculum treats the Jewish returnees as colonists, not as they are: an indigenous people returning to its ancestral homeland. The curriculum does not give this as a discussion but as a fact. That is what is antisemitic about it. Kenneth S. Gelnick
Good job
Matawan, N.J.: As a proud (2009) retiree of IBEW Local 3, living on Lakeside Drive in Matawan, I would like to thank my union brothers of JCP&L for their quick response to a power outage on Tuesday night during our latest storm. They showed up in two bucket trucks after my local transformer blew, sending sparks along the power lines in front of my house and causing a power outage in my neighborhood. Through the wind and rain, they restored our power in less than two hours. Nothing better than union labor. Robert Wyshynski
No pressure
Suffern, N.Y.: Alaska Airlines has an open door policy. Rick Sinclair
Acting acrimonious
Garden City, L.I.: As if the recent George Santos scandal were not enough, shenanigans continue in Nassau County. At the Long Island Association’s recent nonpartisan State of the Region breakfast, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman openly chided Gov. Hochul, saying, “Stay out of Long Island” before going on a rant regarding her policies that he deemed hostile to Long Island. Blakeman then departed the breakfast without giving Hochul the courtesy of reaching the podium. This type of childish behavior is neither welcome nor effective when the state controls the purse strings for many critical county projects. Mike McKeever
Prediction
Bronx: If you have a landline phone, keep it or buy one now, because China, which is so far ahead of the U.S. in all aspects, is going to send a satellite into orbit by the end of 2024 that will control all cell phone feeds in the U.S. and you will have to go through them to get that service. You have been warned. Jimmy Durda
Rest in peace
Troy, N.Y.: I thank the Daily News for covering Lynda Bluestein’s use of Vermont’s medical aid-in-dying law to peacefully end her suffering from fallopian tube cancer, especially since New York lawmakers will consider passing the Medical Aid in Dying Act. However, the story’s use of the terms “assisted suicide” and “euthanasia” to describe medical aid in dying is harmful — and wrong. In the same way that certain procedures are not considered suicide, such as removing a patient’s life support and stopping a patient’s hydration and nutrition, medical aid in dying should not be called suicide. The Journal of Palliative Medicine has published peer-reviewed, clinical criteria for physician aid in dying, not assisted suicide. In addition, Vermont’s medical aid-in-dying law and New York’s bill expressly forbid assisting suicide and prohibit euthanasia. I urge New York lawmakers to show compassion for their terminally ill constituents by passing the act in 2024. Corinne Carey
Keepsakes denied
Little Neck: When Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman went to Japan to scout Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yamamoto pitched a no-hitter. Cashman said he saved his ticket stub because he’s a fan and it’s cool to have. By selling only digital tickets, the Yankees rob their fans of these memorable experiences. Peter Bagatta
Undeserved
Bronx: You have to be kidding us. Giving Aaron Rodgers the Dennis Byrd award? Rodgers did nothing but screw up the fans and the 2023 season for the Jets. It’s a joke to our fans. Ralph Canzone Sr.
Failing grades
Manhattan: We once had a mayor (Ed Koch) who kept asking, “How am I doing?” Our current mayor (Adams) shows little interest in the question or in answers. Still, the numbers speak volumes. Public schools in NYC are in big trouble. Too many kids are nearly illiterate. Attendance is way down. If student performance is an indicator, Adams and his buddy David Banks, head of the Department of Education, are failing the kids. The price for all of us is high. Frankie Turchiano
Unsustainable
Henderson, Nev.: Re “Nearly 2,000 migrants at Floyd Bennett evacuated” (Jan. 10): Allowing immigrants to illegally enter our nation without properly accommodating them is not fair to them nor is it fair to the communities that must host and care for them. When we have millions of Americans who are starving, unemployed and homeless living on our streets, we are clearly incapable of hosting any more impoverished refugees, as they will similarly struggle to survive. America will suffer for this poorly conceived policy for decades to come. Immigration must be regulated. Open borders only create more chaos from which we will all suffer. Michael Pravica
Rising tensions
Rockaway Point: In Marine Park, immigrants are banging on doors asking for money, going through garbage and taking clothes from clotheslines. Enough. Neighborhoods are fearful. It’s time they were sent back to their countries. I saw when they were being moved on the news — did anyone notice the expensive luggage and wagons they had? Are taxpayers paying for this? Regina Mangan
Reasons to leave
Manhattan: So, Voicer John Colella suggests asylum seekers should return to the warmer climes of Venezuela or Honduras? He forgets that the Orange One himself referred to these as “sh–hole countries,” perhaps helping to spur an exodus. Then again, once these poor souls arrive here, they are perfect targets for Colella’s and Donald Trump’s “Make America Hate Again” campaign. Michael Barnhart
Primetime sidelined
Stamford, Conn.: While viewing the Golden Globes, I had the same question as when I watched the Emmys: What happened to network TV entertainment? The TV nominations and awards were dominated by cable and streaming shows. Does this suggest that only “Abbott Elementary” meets the high creative standards of the 21st Century? How is it that shows that produce 10 episodes and call it a season get the credit, and shows that put together 22 episodes a year are ignored? I understand why this is happening, but why does the industry of writers, actors and directors let it happen? The least the awards show hierarchy could do is have a separate category of awards, e.g. Best Broadcast Drama, Actor, Director, etc. As it stands, it is elitism and ageism at its worst. Paul Esposito
Procedural question
Manhattan: Voicers David Kalin and Michael J. Gorman are engaged in an informative exchange about Trump’s disqualification from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because of his insurrection role. Does the U.S. Supreme Court have the power to remedy Trump’s complaint? The amendment provides but one removal of that disability: “a vote of two-thirds of each house [of Congress].” Additionally, the amendment (Section 5) empowers only Congress to enforce it. Presumably, under Article III, Section 2, the Congress could make an exception and extend jurisdiction to the court by delegating its authority. But absent that legislation, relief from office-holding disqualification has only been obtained from a vote by Congress (Amnesty Act of 1872, although the House vote was not by roll call, so the 2/3 is not verifiable). Perhaps Voicers Kalin and Gorman can help out! Michele P. Brown
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