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20.8.03 Please send this appeal, or a similar one, to Mr. Kofi Anan, Secretary General, The United Nations, New York, NY 10017. Thank you.
APPEAL TO THE UN AND TO WORLD GOVERNMENTS TO CONDUCT AN URGENT AND POWERFUL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SUICIDE BOMBINGS
The National Palestinian Poet, Mahmoud Darwish, writes in one of his well -known poems: “The Suicide Bomber (the Shahid), teaches me: there is no beauty except freedom." This irresponsible attitude by a poet who has a great influence on his Palestinian brothers and sisters, leads to the glorifying and adulation of the "shahid" as a hero, instead of condemning him as an enemy of humanity and of his own people. Suicide bombings, like the atrocious ones of the United States Embassy in Baghdad, and the same day, in Jerusalem, on August 19,2003, will not lead to the creation of a Palestinian State so yearned for by the Palestinian people, and by most of the Israeli people, but only to the continuation of the abominable cycle of destruction and tragedy, and to the closing of the opportunity for ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, presented by the new peace talks based on the "Road Map." Suicide Bombings are a serious drawback to the creation of the Palestinian State.
Israeli writer Amos Oz asks the question: "How can it be that these conglomerates of fanatic Arabs and extremist Jews manage to block the road for peace and to push us all again and again into the infernal cycle of violence and vengeance?" This balanced condemning question should be the attitude of all responsible writers and leaders around the world. Today, Israelis and Palestinians should urgently join hands together to save the newly born "Road Map" baby before it suffocates. Suicide bombers kill babies.
The suicide bombing on the same day (August 19,2003), of the UN Embassy in Baghdad, killing 24 people who had come to help Iraq get back on its feet, shows that suicide bombing is not a philosophical question, it is a continuous and atrocious reality targeting all “infidels,” which has to be dealt with in the most urgent and powerful way. The fanatic suicide bomber of the "Hamas," and the "Jihad El Islami" blew himself up in a two floor bus in Jerusalem and murdered in cold blood 19 people, many of them babies and children, and severely wounded more than 120 people. The horrifying carnage in the bloodied Jerusalem Street was another tragic slap on the face of humanity.
IFLAC: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace, condemns this horrible carnage of innocent people, under the diabolic banner of pseudo "heroism", and calls on the UN and all the governments and conscientious people in the world to cry aloud "No!" to these demented suicide bombers, and to condemn them as enemies of humanity. We have to divulge their real identity, not as "sacrificial heroes" as they are hailed by fanatic extremists, but as the tools of diabolic forces that are against life and peace. The indoctrinating of little Palestinian children in summer camps, to yearn to become suicide bombers, should be outlawed. This morning on Television, the wife of the suicide bomber glorifying her husband's murderous action, cried out: "I hope Allah will accept him as a Shahid!" This is surely not Allah's bidding, it is the devil's bidding and should be forcefully and powerfully condemned by all. All these fanatic extremists should be made to realise that such horrifying acts do not lead to heaven, but on the contrary lead straight to everlasting Hell.
Every human being should condemn this horrible act and the insane cruelty of inciting young people to end their lives by committing suicide, just so that they can blow up as many fellow human beings as possible! Mr. Abu Mazen, Head of the Palestinian Government, has strongly condemned this atrocious suicide bombing. His brave words brought hope that the Peace Process between Palestinians and Israelis will continue in spite of all. He forcefully condemned the terrorist suicide bombing in Jerusalem, and announced that his government is cutting its ties with the terrorist organizations: "The Jihad El Islami" and the "Hamas". If indeed, Mr. Abu Mazen, will have the strength to disarm these dangerous terrorist groups, that are probably linked with "El Quaeda," it will give more chances to the fragile "Road Map" to be strengthened and to lead to a flourishing Palestinian State by the side of Israel, and with fruitful and satisfying relations between the two neighbors.
A general and powerful Campaign against the glorifying of Suicide Bombings, initiated and coordinated by the UN in conjunction with all the governments in the world, institutions, organizations and NGO's, can still save the Road Map and the Road to Peace between Palestinians and Israelis, and lead to a fruitful and harmonious resolution of the Palestinian Israeli Conflict.
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