To Write in the New York Times

At the New York Times, I can't recall over the past four decades an op-ed that was published supporting the residency rights of Jews in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha), the right to construct homes therein and to flourish economically and socially.

It's a liberal paper which means op-eds (which originally meant 'opposing the editorial', not 'opinion pieces') promoting those themes are verbotten.

On other issues, the field can sometimes be open.

Take the ban the burkha matter. There's this today there:-

In the United States, there are very few limits on individual freedom, as exemplified by the guarantees of the First Amendment. In France, too, we are passionately attached to liberty.

But we also reaffirm our citizens’ equality and fraternity. These values are the three inseparable components of our national motto. We are therefore constantly striving to achieve a delicate balance. Individual liberty is vital, but individuals, like communities, must accept compromises that are indispensable to living together, in the name of certain principles that are essential to the common good.

Let’s take one example: The fact that people are prohibited from strolling down Fifth Avenue in the nude does not constitute an attack on the fundamental rights of nudists. Likewise, wearing headgear that fully covers the face does not constitute a fundamental liberty. To the contrary, it is an insurmountable obstacle to the affirmation of a political community that unites citizens without regard to differences in sex, origin or religious faith. How can you establish a relationship with a person who, by hiding a smile or a glance — those universal signs of our common humanity — refuses to exist in the eyes of others?

Finally, in both France and the United States, we recognize that individual liberties cannot exist without individual responsibilities. This acknowledgment is the basis of all our political rights. We are free as long as we are responsible individuals who can be held accountable for our actions before our peers. But the niqab and burqa represent a refusal to exist as a person in the eyes of others. The person who wears one is no longer identifiable; she is a shadow among others, lacking individuality, avoiding responsibility.

I know a few people that could write well on the subject of the jewish communities in the historic homeland of the Jews.

NYTimes, you a-listnen'?