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Now, in Netanyahu, we are witnessing another
attempt by an Israeli prime minister to fake an interest in
making peace. Netanyahu and the Likud are setting
Arafat up by demanding that he institute more and more
repressive measures in the interest of Israeli “security.”
Sooner or later I suspect the Palestinians will have had
enough of Arafat’s strong-arm methods as Israel’s
quisling—and he’ll be killed. Then the Israeli
government will say, “See, we were ready to give him
everything. You can’t trust those Arabs—they kill each
other. Now there’s no one to even talk to about peace.”
Conclusion
Alexis de Tocqueville once observed that it is easier
for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.
Certainly it has been easier for the world to accept the
Zionist lie that Jews were evicted from Muslim lands
because of anti-Semitism, and that Israelis, never the
Arabs, were the pursuers of peace. The truth is far more
discerning: bigger players on the world stage were
pulling the strings.
These players, I believe, should be held accountable
for their crimes, particularly when they willfully
terrorized, dispossessed and killed innocent people on
the altar of some ideological imperative.
I believe, too, that the descendants of these leaders
have a moral responsibility to compensate the victims
and their descendants, and to do so not just with
reparations, but by setting the historical record straight.
That is why I established a panel of inquiry in Israel
to seek reparations for Iraqi Jews who had been forced to
leave behind their property and possessions in Iraq. That
is why I joined the Black Panthers in confronting the
Israeli government with the grievances of the Jews in
Israel who came from Islamic lands. And that is why I
have written my book and this article: to set the historical
record straight.
We Jews from Islamic lands did not leave our
ancestral homes because of any natural enmity between
Jews and Muslims. And we Arabs—I say Arab because
that is the language my wife and I still speak at home—
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March to Protest Aid to Israel
A march on Capitol Hill to protest U.S. aid to Israel will be
held on May 15, 1998, sponsored by the Council for the
National Interest. For information, contact the Council’s
Chairman, former Congressman Paul Findley, at 202-628-
6962.
Postcards to Clinton Campaign
Americans for Middle
East Understanding
New York, NY
January 27, 1998
Dear Mr. John F. Mahoney:
Thank you for your Jan.-March, 1997 Link. It
was one of the publications that motivated us
to get active.
My name is Kouthar Al-Rawi and I am 10 years
old. My sister is Marwa and she is 9 years
old.
We want to tell everyone that an Iraqi child
dies every 10 minutes, that is 150 children a
day, and 4,500 children a month. The children
in Iraq see me, my sister and other children
watching them die a cruel, painful, slow
death, and not doing a thing to save them. We
all hold the ability to save these children’s
lives.
That is why my sister and I started a
campaign called Remember the Iraqi Children,
One Million Postcards to President Clinton.
We have a mission to educate the public on
this tragedy in Iraq, and call for the end of
the embargo. An entire generation of children
is disappearing because of no food, no clean
water, and no medicine.
We are calling on people, especially other
children, to write a postcard to President
Clinton calling for an end of the embargo on
Iraq, for the sake of the children. Send your
cards to us:
Kouthar and Marwa Al-Rawi
Remember the Iraqi Children,
One Million Postcards to President Clinton
Campaign
P.O. Box 1141
San Pedro, CA 90733
When we reach our goal of one million
postcards, we will deliver them to President
Clinton.