As a Palestinian-American, I want President Obama to know that by visiting and laying a wreath at the grave of Theodore Herzl is tantamount to laying a wreath on the grave of Jefferson Davis and a clear indication of his support for racism, apart-ness (Apartheid) and segregation of Palestinians and Israeli-Jews based on ethnicity and religion and the Zionist colonialism of historic Palestine. Also by visiting the Israeli museum where he is to view the Dead Sea Scrolls, President Obama legitimizes Israel’s theft of Palestinian heritage including the very manuscripts that he will be reviewing.

Samir Abed-Rabbo