Dear President Bush,
I am writing to express my concern regarding the current Middle East crises that has become out of control. I am urging you, Mr. President to take a more active role in bringing peace and control to the Middle East. It is not enough to make statements that Israel needs to show restraint and seek other means of achieving peace.
Israel’s most recent continuos military actions against the Palestinians have been disastrous. The state of Israel has dismissed the desperation, humiliation and occupation of the Palestinians for over 35 years, it denies all atrocities and will not allow the world to view all the mass graves, slaughtering of innocent women and children. The men are herded like cattle in churches and mosques for “questioning” while their wives anguish over their fate.
I condemn all forms of terrorism against innocent civilians, but is that not what the state of Israel is now doing to the Palestinians? The increase of the terrorist activities is a direct show of defiance against the occupation, which will most likely continue until there is an independent Palestine state.
The International community has condemned the actions of Israel. The policy of your administration is one of favoritism and contradiction.
The administrations’ lack of action is a statement reiterating to the Arab world the blind allegiance and endless support to the state of Israel as well as its poor commitment to the Arab countries. There has been a great deal of support from the American-Arab community during your political campaign for office and yet again during your sensitivity for the Muslim world following Sept. 11th.
The US is the only power that can prevent further aggression of Israel and facilitate stability in the chaos of the Middle East.
General Zinni should immediately meet Chairman Arafat again and implement the original agreed upon Mitchell’s report and Tenet’s plan. The world implores you to take action now.
Sincerely,
Abdul Majid Zahid
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Dear Mr. President,
I just saw footage of the destruction of Bethlehem on CNN. I am sickened and repulsed at the wanton destruction of this city. Unfortunately, every Palestinian city is experiencing the same. I have many friends in Bethlehem, all of whom have families, young children. God only knows the terrors they are experiencing. I am so sad and angry that I can barely write this note to you. While you are probably sleeping, your allies are slaughtering the hopes of an entire people and destroying their lives.
You make me ashamed to be an American citizen. You have made the entire nation accomplices to this barbarism. You have made all Americans accomplices to Nazi-like thuggery and it is a stain the American nation will NEVER be able to remove. Just as the Germans have been stained by their past, so have you stained the reputation forever of every American citizen.
Mr. President, your continued support for the regime of Israel and its murderous and destructive action is disgusting and immoral. I don’t know what Bible you read but it is not the one I used when attending Mass in Bethlehem. For you to ever walk in a church after your support for this murderous escapade will be sinful. You can be assured that I and my entire family will spend the rest of our lives to make sure that this Nazi-like nation never receives another US penny to use to murder more people.
When I worked in the US Congress, I considered what we were giving to be excessive then. Now, we have already given $100 billion to Israel. The problem they face is that their greed to steal more land and murder more people met with resistance and they are paying the price. The occupation has corrupted that country to its rotten core.
Israel defending itself. What a joke. Ariel Sharon is a war criminal and you have made us his sponsor. This is no war on terror. This is terror unleashed on an entire unarmed population with a few fighters trying to defend their families and homes. You have stained the reputation of the United States of America. My country!!! Mr. President, you are an embarrassment to humanity. And, unfortunately, you have just cheapened the life of every American. Your administration will go down in history as the one that snapped the moral fiber of this country to the rest of the world.
Ashamedly yours,
Tom Martin
Israeli-Occupied Washington, DC.