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Source: http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/dear_condoleeza_rice_20080813
Dear Condoleezza Rice: Save Darfur
[Jewish Journal of Los Angeles] David Suissa - Last Saturday, after services at Beth Jacob Congregation in Los Angeles, a young black man named Adam Akabar got up to speak. He was a Muslim refugee from Darfur, and he came to tell us his story and ask for our help. For the past year, he has been traveling the U.S. with his photos and personal accounts to expose the ongoing nightmare happening to his people. Ms. Rice, I don't understand how you could go to the Middle East 21 times over the past few years, and agonize for weeks on end on the Israel-Palestinian conflict over things like roadblocks, building permits and border crossings, and, while millions of Darfurians are going through a historical genocide, make only one short, ineffective trip in four years to that part of the world. Don't get me wrong. It's not that Jews don't appreciate your 21 trips to the Middle East. It's just that there are other areas, like Darfur in Africa, where millions of people are in clear and present danger, and they also need your immediate and undivided attention.