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Now  If you think you have an idea that can contribute to our goals of freedom and justice in any of these fields. E-mail;  (FROZEN for lack of resources) intifada@europe.com It may take time to read your e-mail and post it on the site. We will return your post to you if we felt that it does not  fit the conditions. Disclaimer: Any postings are representative of the people who sent them. The site is not by any mean  supportive of any of the messages displayed here. Entry #1 Media The Palestinian authority should establish centres in every city in America and Europe. These centres should be run  by officials, Palestinians, Arabs and supporters. These centres do exist. But they should be linked together and organise  their work and discuss tactics. Qasem Qasem Dublin Entry #2 Social The suitable man in the suitable place. We have a serious problem in Palestine where many people are put in the  wrong place. This should be rectified with care. Rasheed al-Moughrabi New York Entry #3 Armed struggle The strategy of throwing stones is an effective one. It makes the whole society involved in the struggle. It breaks the fear  barrier against Israel. Even children will become fearless of the Israeli army. But, we should look in ways to invest that  effort in more ways. ...................... ...................... Entry #4 Economy Yes, Palestinians are committed to the struggle. Yet, they have to provide food to their families. Israel is hurting the  Palestinian economy. The Authority should provide some help to families hurt by Israeli economic measures. They are  already doing that. But they should be more organized. Andy Ronan L.A Entry #5 Political The whole Palestinian political programme should be studied. I believe the Palestinian Authority should withdraw their  concessions in Camp David 2. Israel control of the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem is not acceptable. All settlements around  Jerusalem should be removed. I also think that the two states solution should also be withdrawn. We should establish a secular Palestinian state where  everyone is treated equally. Zaid Mansoor Amman Entry #6 Media Connecting the suffering of the Jews and the suffering of the Palestinians is important. The suffering of the Jews do not  justify the killing of Palestinians. It should actually make the Israelis more human in dealing with the Palestinians. The use of the memory of the Holocaust is to the side of the Palestinians not the Israelis. Israel is tarnishing this memory  by its inhuman actions. .............. .............. Entry #7 Armed struggle The Palestinian side is suffering serious casualties. Palestinians are ready and not afraid of sacrifice. But, they should be  smart. Many of the casualtis are children killed in their own streets and towns. Palestinians hardly can change that. But  Palestinians should make their enemy think twice before killing Palestinians in their streets. Nevertheless, we should not go  down to their enemis level. ................... ................... Entry #8 Civil disobedience It might be not the best idea in facing a "shoot to kill policy". But the link coming has something that might add flavour to  demonstrations in and outside of Palestine. Three protestors catapult. Jongar Jongar  .................... Entry #9 Media, Political Palestine should emphasize explaining its situation to Americans. Americans are really not anti-Arab, its just that all they have is the Zionist side of the story, if they knew the truth of the situation it would be different. Break the Zionist monopoly on American  public opinion, the politicians follow, and perhaps the U.N. could gain the ability to act on behalf of Palestine and international law. John Sigler Denver, Colorado Entry #10 Civil disobedience, Media, Political A world wide campaign should start. The goal is instead of buying medical aid to the Palestinians, we should buy bullet proof vests This will cut casualties, imparess the Israelis and highlight the righteousness of the struggle. Omar Ziad South Africa Enty #11 Media Pro Israeli lobby and their control of media in America has caused Americans to become biased against arabs in general. Most  Americans haven't a faint idea of where this conflict is occuring and yet thay are blindly paying large sums aid (well over $100 billion so far) Israel. This is all becasue of the media daemonizing Arabs. I think some effort should be placed to confront the Israeli lobby and control of media in America. The average American really just works really hard and then by the time he/she gets home its all TV untill the next day where work starts again . Entry #12 Economy Emphasis should be placed on Team work and Cooperation. An organisation should be set up to help palestinians financially. Is it  possible to get some people in palestine do programming jobs for buisineses outside so that more cash could flow into palestinains? (already done but not to aspirations). Entry #13 Political There are many Muslims around the world educated in many proffesions. First, we need to gather a group of dedicated muslims -  educated in many trades and with a great deal of influence, contacts etc. We need to attack Israel from all angles. This includes the  internet. The main reason Israel is so powerful is due to its contacts with the USA. Find people within the United States government. Use the Islamic link we have with Saudi Arabia - it is a rich country. Without the oil from saudi arabia the United States economy would  collapse. This is their weakness - OIL - use it. Also maintain links with Russia. In the past we have had great bonds with Russia - use it to gain arms.In order to defeat Israel we do need other countries supporting us. For further info email me at thameenamajeed@hotmail.com or put me in  contact with other muslims. We need to be united. Thameena Majeed Entry #14 Political As a Jew and a Zionist, I believe that the Palestinian people are now in a strong position to make peace and demand their own state,  if they can control Yasser Arafat and halt the violence on the streets. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Israelis are desperate for peace. As for Sharon, the Palestinians are dealing with an Isreali leader who is hard and forceful but consistent and fair. Take the opportuninty before there is war, and try to make peace while it is still possible. If you disagree, then you are putting the lives of children, men and women, whether Israeli or Palestinian at risk. The choice is yours. ...........  ...........  Entry #15 Economy The economic situation for our palastinian brothers is dire.  Israel has crippled the palastinian economy by imposing the sanctions and restrictions.  The simple solution to the this problem is oil.  OPEC is controlled by the Arab nations, although USA has a small say in it.  However, USA is not in a postion to enforce its brute like tatics here.  OPEC should sanction the sale of oil to the western nations.  When petrol was stopped in UK for 2 weeks, the country virtually came to a stand still.  If oil sale is stopped to the western nations, then their ecomies would be crippled.  Also Israel would have tanks and helicopters, but no FUEL to use them with.  The muslims would be in a postion to demand any criteria for the restoration of oil sale to western nations, ie the only terms which muslim want for Palastine. A Concerned Muslim Brother .............. Entry #16 civil disobedience my view is, that the palestinian population has every right in the world to fight with whatever means possible the suppression they suffer. It would be wise however to resort to means popular in the west: non-violent means, like walking into the barriers by the hundreds, if the mosque in Jerusalem for example is closed again for access. No stones, no violence just disobedience, Koran in hand, force the soldiers to shoot some of  the people that want to go for prayer. That would create an outcry in all of the western world. If you have to fight, fight soldiers and settlers first,  no schoolchildren, killed babies in the news is very harmful to your  cause. And distance yourself from religious idiots like the Taliban and the like, the fear that many of your people are religious radicals (fanatics) is  the biggest obstacle to sympathy in the western world. Christoph Swoboda Entry #17 Economy It is very important all anti-Zionists boycott those companies and organisations that support "Israel". Contact the action alert team on actionalert1@hotmail.com, about their boycott of Marks and Spencer and other Zionist companies in Britain. Also check out the Islamic Human Rights Commission website on the Marks and Spencer boycott and other ant-Zionist campaigns. ....... ........ Entry #18 Social Palastinians need to stop thinking that they are alone, they have 1.4 billion muslims stood behind them. Palestine needs to rediscover Islam. With prayers and correct preparation the muslims not just the Palestinians can regain what is rightfully theirs. Arab nationalism and Palestinian nationalism are simply empty ideals that no one is willing to uphold, Islam on the other hand will encourage those other sleeping millions to awaken in support of their Palestinian brothers and the rights they have on Jerusalem. Entry #19 Political I think the problem is our islam.Our leaders do not practice their islam therefore they look for the solutions in the wrong places. The united nations nor the u.s.a has a desire in solving this problem. It is to their advantage to keep isreal strong and the Arab countries weak. We as muslims has to look within ourselves for the solution.We have to convince our leaders that they have the power to effect the outcome. Are they willing to use it? or are they going to be manipulated by the u.s.a. Let us make Dua (prayer) for our leaders to change. Remember Dua is our strongest weapon with which we can defeat the enemy.  ...... ...... Entry #20 Armed struggle The palestinian problem should NOT BE LIMITED for palestinians. and opportunity must be given for other muslims from neighbouring countries, and far away muslim countries to come and participate in the struggle IN ANYWAY they can. But most importantly ,in military operations against israel. If there is any increase in foreign mujahideen coming in to participate in jihad, the israeli authorites will now have to face a very harsh reality of incresed anti zionism from the rest of the muslim world. This might even lead to frustration of jewish zionists in america and the funding of  israel by america. in the end it might be too much to control ,the growing phenomenon of jihad.so far, i have not yet seen an effort to get foreign mujahideen to partcipate in the jihad in palestine. We must not rely at all to any arab or muslim government to do anything, but the effort from muslim public must be directed towards the achievement of global support of jihad in palestine. It must be very difficult to get the foreign mujahideen into the country, but then again if there is a will,there is a way.Chechnya, kashmir and indonesia are examples for us to learn from. ....... ....... Entry #21 Social I have noticed that in universities, the israelis are fniancing jews and non-jews from various countries to come to israel for a trip and to spend their gap years in israel. If they are able to do this, why shouldn't we do this, and try to arrange more trips for the muslim brothers and non-muslims to go to palestine and let them know of the harsh realities. ........ ....... Entry #22 Media Dear Intifada: I saw the photo of a young Palestinian throwing a rock at a tank. I think that the mosques in every city in America should each rent a billboard and post that photo on it, with the caption: "Oppression and the love of freedom drive people to face tanks with rocks". (next to that, the caption:) "The tank is American-made, the driver is Israeli, and the terrorist boy is Palestinian."  W Adkins Tulsa,  Oklahoma, USA Entry #23 Armed struggle The path for peace cannot be achieved via "non" violent methods. Although it has proven success in India and America. Unfortunately, the Palestinians do not face people who understand the wisdom behind leaving. The Zionists feel that the world "owes" them Israel as a result of  the unproven 6 milliion death toll handed to them by the Nazi's.  Their determination to imperialize cannot be handled with a peaceful demonstration. Don't let numbers stagger you. IDF are afraid. Their ithcy trigger fingers remind me of the war crazed lunacy Americans displayed in Vietnam ......and lost the war!  It also shows that their morale is weak and can be exploited with machine guns and missles, not rocks. Guerrilla tactics should continue to be implemented.  ...................... ...................... Enrty #24 Social & Political There are many Israeli's like my self that are ashamed and frustrated by our leaders insane arrogance and insensitivity towards the Palestinian people. And yet after returning from the villages of Hares and Marda, after dropping off food water and clothing for  Palestinian civilians.  A suicide bomber nearly ended the life of my mother and daughter shopping in a Nathanya mall. Neither you or I are going anywhere. In the end we will have to face each other again. Please let us not forget that not every Palestinian  is a terrorist and that not every Jew is a lunatic settler.  Terrible days lay ahead for all of us. I know; Israeli leaders like Ariel Sharon have manipulated your people to take action after action in order to justify old wrongs committed against your people in the past and set the stage for future acts of mass murder. People in the world could care but they can't act in time.  It's up to us as human beings to keep these lines of communication open.  I wish you, your children and your nation a future of peace prosperity and security. Danny Dworsky Entry #25 Social and Political I am truly getting sick with the Arab governments. As a Palestinian, I find Arab leaders deplorable as much as Israel. When President Yasser Arafat signed the disasterous and  unaccptable Oslo deal, all Arab governements and people attacked him and considered him a traitor. The Egyptian and Jordanian press went off their way to tarnish him. They all said that he should continue fighting. What I find to be really ironic. That the Israelis are fighting us because the West is encouraging them by weapons. We are fighting because the Arabs and Muslims are supporting us with speeches and songs. I beleive that the best thing for us Palestinians and for them as Israelis, is to ignore the West and the Muslims and find a way to live together as equal and at peaceful neighbours. Ala'a Ali Hussein Dubai Entry #26 Political We need an election and a referendum here in Palestine. Let Yasser Arafat continue to be the president. but we should get rid off some of the people around him. .......... .......... Entry #27 Social Strengthening the social structure has to be a top priority for building a strong society. Our communities have grown increasingly divided not only in the middle east, but all over the world. The ability to distinguish between loyalty and true freedom must be enhanced amongst the Palestinian people. It is time for us to question our leadership, democracy, ways of dealing with conflict, and what information are we feeding our children. Let us establish a society that would use its strengths and has no elusions about its weaknesses, and for God's sack, lets not wait for the Arab summit to find a solution to our misery.  Palestinians have the intellect to show the world that we are a unique people deserving of their own independent state. Hamid Mousa Ottawa, Canada Entry #28 Armed struggle I think Palestinians should stop attacking Israeli cities with bombs and just focus on settlers and soldiers in the occupied territories. Bombs in Israel will only help the Israeli's to convince the world and especially the Americans that the Palesinians are evil terrorists intent on destroying Israel. Besides: the Palestinians want to follow the example that Hizbollah set and Hizbollah did not explode bombs in Israel. Killing settlers is justified as they are armed occupiers and not civilians. Gert van der Straaten Nijmegen, The Netherlands Entry #29 Political The intifada is pointless. Arafat is making a big mistake against his people. He achieved nothing but hundreds of dead and tens of thousands of wounded. And what for? Barak was naive enough to offer to give back lands that no other Israeli government before would have even discussed giving back. The question here is not whether it is right or wrong or if the land belongs to Jews or Arabs. I think the question is how many generations the pals and Arab leadership want to keep the pals living under this awful conditions. Who cares if you have sovereignty over a couple of sqm`s more or less in Jerusalem, if you can live in peace instead of having your children dying for nothing? The Pals have to face reality and understand that Israel is stronger than all Arab armies combined and they will reach nothing by force. This lesson has been thought to pals since over 100 years. And Israel will definetly continue to give the pals this lesson for another 100 years if they do not turn away from violence.  Andre Althoz Entry #30 Social Palestinian leadership is sending their own children deliberately into death. They are sending their own children to die, as long as they only take some Jews with them. As long as pals hate Jews more than they love their own kids, there will be no peace.  As long as this kind of lifestyle is one of the main values of the Palestinian culture there will be no peace. What kind of country will Palestine be with Arafat as head of state? Public executions every Friday, stoning of women when betraying their husband or hacking of a hand of thieves. There can never be peace with such a culture and an open and democratic society like Israel living one next to each other. Andre Althoz Entry #31 Political By arguing Islamic, Jewish, or American ideals into any conversation with respect to the Palestinian cause tends to polarize the parties, and results in subconsciously prejudicing the reader. What is most important is the fact that the Palestinians want a nation in which to live without being controlled by an oppressor. What the Israeli population desires is the ability to travel and shop in the markets of their country without being blown to bits by terrorists. Peace is what everyone wants. Stop the violence on both sides and harvest  mutual freedom. The simplicity of this act is its' downfall, as both sides pride and religion enter all sides of the conflict. Why is it that religion appears to motivate their mutual destruction?    Gary C. Watkins Seattle, Washington, USA Entry #32 Political In order to shake Israel's full sense of security, it is of extreme importance that we uphold the intifada. The only real fear that israel has is of arabs uniting. The only step towards freedom, is the unity of arabs. This unity is not only in the sense of of the one aim, but also in the one people. We should stop this fight against israel with religion, and start fighting with the power of politics. Stop the world seeing palestinians as nothing more than terrorists, and start seeing us as more freedom fighting. So bombing cities in Israel will not help accomplish this goal. We should stop being 2 people, the muslim and the chrsitian, we should be one. There shouldnt not be parties that reflect religion as part of their goals, and hatred towards christians, but have politically active parties, that have one aim, PALESTINE. Entry #33 Political There are too many splinter groups working for Palestine.  We need a worldwide organization so that  all these splinter groups can work under one umbrella.  We must  put some strategic plans into place and although we may hate the Israelis with a passion but we can learn from them.  They are well organized and have worked tirelessly over the years to portray our us Muslims as subhumans and terrorists. The Islamic Association for Palestine is now under attack from the them. so the IAP is an organization that we should all become members of since they are in the front line of attack.  We need qualified writers who are informed to fight back.  The pen is mightier than the sword.   It seems that there are a lot of brothers and sisters worldwide who are willing to work for this cause.    If we can all unite under the auspices of this organization then there is a chance to move forward.  There may be a lull in the intifada at present but why do we always just react and are not proactive? Zahida Entry#34 Media I could accept your claims and case a lot more if you were truthful. Why don't you show the real sequence of pix that showed how the wet pants kid wet his pants. Your tendency to misstate and exaggerate really harms any credibility you ought to have and does turn people like me away from any legitimacy you do have.  I hope you have the courage  to show the bottom pic on your URL,  or are you intent on continuing to prove that Palestinian truth is an oxymoron. Alex Markin Entry # 35 MediaReply to Entry #34 Alex, You are an extremely stupid person. Why do not you stop and think what in god's name these foreign soldiers are doing in this boy's street. We do not accept that children to be involved in throwing stones. But the question you should ask yourself is "What the hell do Israeli soldiers and police do in Palestinian populated areas?" When you find an answer to this question, you may have a bit of sympathy to this boy. Wesam AbuAmer Dublin, Ireland Entry #36 Armed struggle Those Palestinians and Muslims who state on this site that the only way to succeed in your goal is through violence, don't understand the way Israelis and Americans think. Palestinians have every right in the world to protest the brutal israeli occupation and perform acts of civil disobedience. Acts of violence will only turn the Israeli public away from a desire to make concessions and remove American support from the legitimate demands of the Palestinian people. I know the argument is that Israeli violence against Palestinians justifies counter-violence. But just like you know that Israeli violence will not end the Intifada, but rather strengthen it, so too, Palestinian violence will not end the occupation - it will strengthen it. I know this is hard to accept when you are filled with anger and rage. But acts of revenge will only backfire on the Palestinian people (I say the same to my Israeli friends, and the argument is equally valid for both sides). Aron Trauring Entry #37 Media This is a farce! How dare you make your violent and disgusting people look innocent?  They have done nothing but harm. A famouse jew once said  "We (Jews) will not have peace with the Arabs, until they learn to love their children more than they hate us" German citizen Entry #38 Social and Political The Israeli centre and left, would be relieved to have a two state solution. A Jewish majority state in pre1967 Israel, and a Palestinian majority  statein the West Bank and Gaza. Each would drop its claims to the others land. Jerusalem could be a shared capital. From reading your site, one cannot understand whether most Palestinians are fighting for that vision of mutualrespect, or for a Palestinian controlled state to replace Israel. There are certainly more calls for "jihad" than for mutual compromise. David Latner Entry #39 Armed struggle I am not anti palestinian.I believe that the palestinian people deserve a homeland.The way they  are going about it however is wrong.Israel cannot be defeated by a ragtag Palestinian armed struggle .Bombing Innocent Israeli citizens will never win world opinion. Due to consistant bad leadership however the notion of a palestinian homeland seems far fetched. This idea of an independent state becomes more of a dream with every bomb. The only way to make this dream a reality is by stopping the violence and re starting peaceful negotiation. Please do not compare the suffering of the Palestinians to that of the Jews. If you were facing any other nation ie China, Russia or any other Arab nation you would by now cease to exist. Any other nation on earth would not treat you better than Israel. Ronen Katz Entry #40 We got similar messages like this one to Hell with palestinian people and if i can kill a palestinian. i will today Israel is surrounding jenin. and haleluhja. we will enter the city and start the blood bath. from the high north we will come and see the palestinian losers. They are losers. I wish them all dead. I count every dead palestinian.. I wish I could join the holy Israeli Defense Forces. Tommy Nilsen Entry #41 General It's time you took some examples from Gandhi, who liberated India, using only peaceful means. Aggression will take you nowhere. Guy Lotan Entry #42 Armed struggle Yes, for Armed struggle against Israel. Yasser Arafat is an old man who is now afraid of death. HAMAS and Islamic Jehad are doing a great job with their limited resources. Jews kill our children in our streets, we kill their children in their streets. If America is supporting them, We make them think twice about giving Israel F-16 fighter planes.  Let us attack American interests wherever they are. We might be weak, but we can do alot. Entry #43 Social This Site criticizes Israel for the unfair treatment of the people in the territories. True, Palestinians are checked, they are questioned, every time they walk in and out. But who is to blame for that?  Those who commit terrorist acts. Israel has to defend itself. I dare the Palestinians to live in peace for 3 months in a row. If you could prove that you are capable of living in peace, all of these security measures would not be required anymore. And find a new leader, one that can really represent you. Arafat received the best offer ever from an Israeli Government. It wasn't good enough? OK! but then why not at least admit that there has been some progress and then counter offer? Oh no, we know what the answer was... Arafat is afraid of peace. He has no role in a peaceful environment... PALESTINIANS: Find yourselves someone to be your president during peace time, and support him now. Jack. Venezuela. Entry #44 Political Peace will never flower or bear fruit in the Middle East until Palestinians are prepared to support a free and safe Israel, and Israelis commit to a free and independent Palestinian State..... Yet, this simple solution is neither recognized nor achieved, because the charismatic and visionary leaders required simultaneously on each side have yet to emerge. Seek them out!!!!! Unless and until they do come forth, no Israeli or Palestinian home or family will be able to live in peace and free of deadly confrontation...... There is truth and error in both camps. Mutually eliminating  error is a vital first step .Both are both God's handiwork. Do not desecrate that heritage! Let wisdom, not hatred , characterize  future Palestinian and Israeli actions and aspirations..... arturo Entry #45 Social In light of recent events I have been educating myself on the issue of Palastine and Israel. I think these things need to be done: Someone  needs to step in and say WAKE UP! we are all human beings! We need to be treated and treat each other with respect and equality. No one should teach anyone to hate. Israel should be a secular state that gives equal rights to all people. Land should never be confiscated and everyone should have equal protection under the law. But before anything can be done both sides must put down the weapons and open proper negotiation. I hope this happens soon, because now it is effecting us all.  I dont blame Palistinians for what has happened, I blame individuals on both sides who believe violence is an answer. I pray for families and victims of these attacks and those also who face such attacks every day. Jim New York Entry #46 Social War and fighting deplete every country that choose these above cooperation with neighbors.  Violence and hatred are a losing strategies in life.  Only coexistence in peace with Israeli neighbors can bring prosperity and happiness to Palestinians. A voice of reality. Entry #47 Social I am so sad that you country has been fighting for so many years. It must be terrible for children to be raised with so much hatred and  fear. I Pray that one day Israel and Palestine will live in Peace. My Jesus says Love your neighbor as yourself. May God Bless you All. From a concerned child of God Entry #48 Political The Palestinian people will continue to stand firmly behind our President Yasser Arafat. This great man have fought and sought peace. Israelis may hate him . Hamas may hate him and wish to replace him. But he will continue to be an inspiration to us all. Long live Yasser Arafat long live Palestine. Entry #49 Political History tells the truth.  When the UN partitioned Palestine into the states of Israel and Palestine in 1947 - Israel accepted that partition. Palestinians could have had their own state at that point. Instead Palestinians and Arabs attacked Israel with the  goal of "driving them into the sea" (eliminating them completely). Despite the Camp David accords and Oslo agreements, the PLO Charter has never withdrawn its written goal of eliminating Israel.  Given all of this, what can you do to convince Israel to trust an autonomous Palestinian on its border? Jordan could have been a very viable Palestinian State. Palestine is the Jewish homeland. Where could Jews make their home - in Brazil? China? Palestine (and Jordan) was Jewish land for almost two thousand years before the Arabs conquered it in 636 AD.  Why do Arabs object to the Jews having this tiny, tiny piece of land which is their ancestral homeland? For Jews Jerusalem (site of the original Temple and the Western wall which is the remnant of the Temple) is their ONLY holy site. Jews for thousands of years have prayed facing Jerusalem.  For Moslems Jerusalem is their THIRD holiest site and they pray facing AWAY from Jerusalem. I believe that Israel will help you have a nation successful and prosperous beyond your wildest dreams if you will guarantee her peace. Sincerely,  J. Reckseit  Entry #50 Political (reply to #49) Thanks for your support and contribution. In regard to your letter, I agree with you that Palestinians rejected 47 partition which could have given them double what they are asking for now. Do we regret that? No, we do not. If someone come to your house from Poland, Germany, Russia or Iraq asking you to have half of your house, will you accept? Jews came to Palestine as as refugees. The west  wanted the Jews to go there. If it was not for Westren support, Israel would not have existed at all.  In regard to your sequense of history, there are lots of mistakes. But this is not important. How do you prove to me that you are the great grandson of the Israelites? I can say to you that all the Palestinians are a mixture of the Canaanites,  Philistines, Arabs and even Israelites! All these people remained in that area and changed their religions as the years passed. This can be more credible than your suggestion that European Jews are descendents of the Israelites. President Yasser Arafat did the impossible for acheiving peace with the Jews. He extended his hand first to your hesitant late prime minister Rabin (assassinated for signing the peace treaty with the Palestinians). He did and still doing the impossible. But you are not appreciating it.  The clause in the chapter has been deleted with full support of the Palestinian parliment. Your talk about Jordan being a Palestinian state is disgusting, if you allow me. Germany cleansed the Jews. Israel cleansed the Palestinians and now you want the Palestinians to cleanse the Jordanians. This is unacceptable. Jerusalem is extremely holy for the Muslems. The Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is mentioned in the Quran. Chapter 17 verse 1. Actually this chapter is very interesting to any Jew to read. In it there is a prediction of the creation of a second state of Israel.  I decided to include your post because your views were repeated on many previous occasions and felt that a reply should be given. Qasem Qasem Ireland Entry #51 Armed struggle Jews do not want peace. They want to rule and be powerful. We should teach their leader a lesson. If the West want to support them, We muslims will show them what are we made of. The language of compromise is no longer there.  It is time for the guns to do the talking. Palestinians should not fear, Muslims will come to their help. Israel is one of our many problems with the West and America. America should remove its forces from Kuwait, Saudia Arabia and UAE. They should remove the sanctions on Iraq. America is scum in its policy towards the Muslims. Yasser Arafat used to be a terrorist, then he became a peace partner, now he is not doing enough to stop the "violence". Iran used to be an ally to America, when the Iranians overthrew their corrupt government they became enemies. Saddam Hussein was armed to the teath to fight Iran. He was killing his people but America decided to overlook that. When his time came they decided to get rid of him. I wonder how the Jews trust America. America will leave them whenever it decides they are no longer useful.  Jews, America might have given you the gun, but you were the ones who pulled the trigger. . And you shall pay for that. ........ ........ Entry #52 Media You may have put up a banner on the site that regrets the US attacks, but the photographs and newsreel footage tell a different story.  Palestinian men and women - I can't blame the kids; they are just innocent dupes - are dancing in the streets to celebrate the murders of thousands of innocents in America. These images give the lie to the captions of so-called weeping at bulldozing of houses, and wailing at funerals of Palestinian terror merchants.  It is truly impossible to even think of peaceful co-existence with people who celebrate death, murder and terror.  ........ ........ p.s the editor of this site has spoken personally to an American who was visiting Vietenam at the time of the WTC attacks. This American tourist described a state of euphoria in this non Muslim country following the attacks. This American tourist states that free drinks were offered and sweets given away. The strange thing about this that American media never bothered to show the delighted Vietenamese. but of all the nations on the world decided to show the Palestinians. Entry #53 Political I have no doubt of your sincerity, as well as other Arab Islamic groups who have expressed sincerity, over the loss of innocent lives caused by the current World Trade Center attack. If you and your members fully agree that attacks against civilians are immoral and unjust, then your organization, as well as your members, should condemn the terror attacks against innocent civilians in Israel as well. There are no differences between the two. Israel attacks primarily military targets in Palestine, or those suspected in committing acts of terror against innocent Israelis (similar but on a smaller scale as in the World Trade Center attack). If these attacks were caused because of anti-American sentiment because Palestians are gaining the opinion that the United States favors Israel, it is acts like this that cause America to be on the side of Israel. If all terrorism, even those taking place in Israel cease, then, and only then, will Americans be more sympatric of the Palestinian cause. Peter Altschuler altschuler@adelphia.net (Intifada.com; the condemnation has been done before) Entry #54 Armed struggle To all those who are celebrating the demonic terrorists atacks against not only the US but the world, celebrate the coming WAR. You have awakened a sleeping giant. May G-d have mercy on us all 2nd Lt James (Trey) Rollins MALS 39 IMRL/GSE OIC Entry #55 Armed struggle Whatever it was, please know that you failed. Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause. You shame your people. Did you want us to fear you? No, you just steeled and hardened our resolve. Did you want to tear us apart? You just united us. ……. Entry #56 Political Under Jordanian rule an apartheid like system prevented Jews from visiting the Western Wall. The world and the U.N. were silent whilst the ancient  Jewish cemetary on the Mount of Olives was systematically desecrated.   Under the control of the WAQF, Jewish sites of archeological and religious importance on the Temple Mount area are being systematically destroyed, and the foundations of the Western Wall are being undermined.   There have been a few attempts 2 destroy the Al Aqsa mosque, but none of these have been perpetrated  by the Israeli government, rather by  Jewish extremists, who, although they might like to think otherwise, in truth have about as much in common with Judaism as those psychopaths who  perpetrate suicide bombings, disguised as Muslims.      To say that Al Aqsa has been threatened with demolition by the Israelis s a blatent lie.      Muslims are frequently refused entry to pray at Al Aqsa by the israeli army,  because Muslims frequently throw  stones and other items on Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall below. Thanks, Josh Entry #57 Armed struggle If the attack on America was carried by few sick murdering Muslims, all Muslims should feel ashamed . If we wanted to attack America, we could have attacked the oil fields and pipelines. This attack is disgusting. I can not imagine that a human being can do such a thing. Entry #58 political America will never change its foreign policy because of a cowardly act. You damned your cause. Jim Fulgham Entry 59 Social Hate should be removed from Palestinian education system. Children should be tought what is useful not what is destructive. Larry Jassen Entry #60 Please make peace with each other:  it is not only your countries that are affected--it is the whole rest of the world and all of our existence.  Killing each other doesn't accomplish anything. Karen Krasean Entry #61 Political We received many angry letters from Americans in the aftermath of the attacks. Thanks be to God that no Palestinians were implicated in the attacks, hopefully it will stay that way. It is not up to us to tell the Americans what their response to the attacks should be. But we are entitled to ask the American people to demand from their government to stop arming Israel with weapons used against our civilian population. Also we wish to thank all Americans who sent letters of support and solidarity with the Palestinian people. We are sure that the friendship between our two people will be strengthened. The team Entry #62 Political I strongly believe that for lasting-honorable peace to be achieved: the land illegally seized & occupied by Israel