Talk about irony. Talk about hypocrisy. Talk about being two-faced.

The U.S. correctly supports democracy in the Ukraine by opposing Russian aggression and war crimes and providing assistance to the Ukrainian people.

Yet at the same time we send billions to Israel, a country with a higher per capita income than the U.S., and sell it weapons, thanks to the Israel lobby wielding power over our “representatives.” This occurs – even as Israel and the cowardly Israeli Defense Forces use our money and weapons to kill and injure innocent Palestinians, including women and children – and helps “settlers” injure Palestinians and destroy centuries-old Palestinian olive orchards.

However, the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which opposes Israel’s actions, is gaining influence and will gain more, especially now that Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have correctly named Israel as an apartheid state.

This is wrong on many levels and I ask our representatives to speak out and act against these wrongs.

David Plimpton
Cape Elizabeth