Dear Representative Hanabusa - Thank you for reconsidering your position on the criminalizing of protests for boycotts against Israel's settlement activities. As a Christian, and one who loves the Israeli people, I cannot but see the settlement activity as grossly unjust and a key factor in preventing any hope for peace in the region. The Palestinians are an oppressed people and the Israeli settlements are no less an act of oppressive annexation than any of the actions taken by Russia and other countries from which the U.S. claims to be different. As residents of Hawaii, we share a greater sensitivity to oppressive annexation of a sovereign nation and it is hoped that such an understanding will guide our future actions as a nation. My prayers are lifted for you and your colleagues in congress to resist the political pressure that fuels the Israeli actions to minimize both the worth and the suffering of the Palestinians as they, like the rest of us, are all God's people.