Frances Fuller, Author Of Award Winning Book About Lebanon, Urges Obama To Give Netanyahu Nothing Until He Ends Occupation Of The West Bank

    WILMINGTON, NC, November 13, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Frances Fuller, award-winning author of 'In Borrowed Houses', believes it is urgent that the US take a firm stand against the occupation of the West Bank.

Mr. President,Jeffrey Goldberg has written in the Atlantic that you believe time is running out for a fair two-state solution to the perpetual conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and that you have challenged Netanyahu in the past, "If not now, when? And if not you, then who?"

Now, with Jerusalem fragmented and hope at a low ebb, Netanyahu is back in Washington with his hands out. Apparently, he thinks we owe him billions because we made a deal with Iran instead of listening to him. Obviously, he wants us to forget about those Palestinians who refuse to accept the loss of their country.

Mr. President, listen to Rabbi Joseph Lerner of Jewish Voice for Peace: "I stand for justice, equality and peace for all the people of Israel and Palestine. He (Netanyahu) stands for war, and racism, and dispossession."

Listen to Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, who says, "Tell Netanyahu that the U.S. is not going to deliver any new military hardware till Israel stops all expansion of settlements and begins the process of dismantling the Occupation of the West Bank."

These men understand, Mr. President, that the strife in Jerusalem is not about some small incident or detail or about the Palestinian wish to fight, even with the kitchen knives. It is about 48 years of frustration, 48 years of watching the occupier build fortified cities called "settlements" all over the remaining fragments of their country. I think that you, Barack Obama, understand it, too. You know that the power to make peace is in the hands of the occupier, not the occupied.

So, who is going to make Israel recognize the rights of the Palestinians? Who is brave enough to say, "No, not until..." to Netanyahu? If not you, Mr. President, then who? If not now, when?

Fuller spent many years in the Middle East. As the result of her time spent as a missionary, Fuller wrote an award-winning book entitled 'In Borrowed Houses'. Told in short episodes, Fuller's book reveals the alienation, confusion and courage of civilians in the Lebanese civil war, introducing to the reader a variety of real people with whom the author interacts: editors, salesmen, neighbors, refugees, soldiers, missionaries, lawyers, shepherds, artists, students. With these people she works, studies, plays games, prays, laughs and cries, all to the accompaniment of gunfire. Together these small stories tell what war is like for civilians caught on a battlefield, and they create the impression of the Lebanese as a fun-loving, witty, patient and resilient people. They also compose, not a political history, but a historical document of a time and a place.

Critics have praised 'In Borrowed Houses.' A judge in the 22nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards called 'In Borrowed Houses' "...a well written book full of compassion...a captivating story...". Another reviewer described the book as "Wise, honest, sensitive, funny, heart-wrenching...". Colin Chapman, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut said, "....western Christians and Middle Eastern Christians need to read this story...full of remarkable perceptiveness and genuine hope."

Frances Fuller is available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at [email protected]. Fuller's book is available at Amazon and other book retailers. A free ebook sample from 'In Borrowed Houses' is available at http://www.payhip.com/francesfuller. Frances Fuller also blogs on issues relating to the Middle East on her website at http://www.inborrowedhouseslebanon.com.

Frances Fuller spent thirty years in the violent Middle East and for twenty-four of those years was the director of a Christian publishing program with offices in Lebanon. While leading the development of spiritual books in the Arabic language, she survived long years of civil war and invasions.

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