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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black">From: <A
href="mailto:samandes_at_zahav.net.il" title=samandes_at_zahav.net.il>Simon
Sinoff</A>
To: <A href="mailto:Undisclosed-Recipient:;"
title=Undisclosed-Recipient:;>Undisclosed-Recipient:;</A>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 3:01 PM
Subject: Fw: a must read...brilliantly written
letter....
<STRONG>I know that the following has nothing to do with the Bucovina or
Czernowitz, and I was already once reprimanded that I
digress...</STRONG>
<STRONG>However, Most of you being jewish, you are probably concerned
about what is happening here, so I dare send you a letter which is very well
written and expresses our feelings so well...</STRONG>
<STRONG>You may agree, or not, but I felt I had to share
this.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Thanks for your attention, Lucca</STRONG>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black">From: <A
href="mailto:DavidBrotsky1975_at_aol.com"
title=DavidBrotsky1975_at_aol.com>DavidBrotsky1975_at_aol.com</A>
To: <A href="mailto:undisclosed-recipients:"
title=undisclosed-recipients:>undisclosed-recipients:</A>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:55 AM
Subject: a must read...brilliantly written letter....
<FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT color=#000000
face="Century Gothic" lang=0 size=2><I>The following letter was written to
the President of Rutgers State University by an Israeli citizen after
reading her published comments on the on the Israeli/Palestinian
situation.</I></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face="Century Gothic" lang=0
size=2>Dear Ms. Kates,I think you are a remarkable woman.
You are neither an Arab nor a Jew, you do not study the Middle East, or
any associated subject, and correct me if I am wrong, you have never visited
this region. Therefore I am somewhat astounded at your expertise and to your
comments on Israel being an "Apartheid" state.I have lived in Israel
for many years and I would be delighted to take you on a little virtual tour
of our country. Let me first give you a couple of minor points. Israel
occupies 0.1% of the land mass of the Middle East and it is the only
Jewish state, not only in this region, surrounded as we are by 22 Arab states,
but in the world. Let us begin your virtual tour!!You have
already been through immigration at Tel Aviv Airport with your boyfriend, whom
we shall call Ken. You will have filled out a visitors form. This form
will not ask you, as it will in many of the countries that surround us, what
is your religion, and it will certainly not ask you, as they do in Saudi
Arabia, for a "certificate of religion".The day is Sunday! You will
want to attend a church service. No problem in the Apartheid State of Israel.
We tolerate and freely allow worship for all religions. This is more than can
be said for nearly all of the surrounding 22 Arab nations. In fact many of
them would not even have a single church, let alone a synagogue.After
a lovely service you and Ken would head for a leisurely lunch, maybe at one of
the lovely beach front restaurants in Tel Aviv. You would most likely have
returned to your hotel and put on a very casual outfit, as fitting the very
hot Israeli summers. This could be a pair of shorts and a tight fitting
skimpyt-shirt. No problem in the Apartheid state of Israel. In
Israel we allow freedom of dress, especially for women, who are not made to
wear bulky long robes, a veil to cover their face, and, wouldn't it be a pity
if you had to cover that lovely coiffed hairdo, as you would probably have to
in most of the surrounding 22 Arab states.During lunch Ken could gaze
lovingly into your heavily painted eyes, complete with a good application of
black mascara. He would be free to lean across and kiss your lips, finely
painted with lip liner, 2 shades of burgundy lipstick and gloss. People
would probably think you were in love, especially as Ken has proudly displayed
a good wine on the table. Public displays of affection and consuming alcohol
in the Apartheid state of Israel is nothing unusual and its not even
scorned upon. That's more than can be said for most of the surrounding
22 Arab states, where your glossy lips would be considered whorish and alcohol
is forbidden. But, Ken being a little flirtatious pinched one of the young
waitresses while you went to reapply your lipstick. It was harmless and
luckily for the young girl in the Apartheid State of Israel, her father and 6
brothers will nottake her to the family pool in the evening and drown
her, as they would in some of the surrounding 22 Arab states.After
lunch you and Ken drive around. You are even allowed to drive. It is not
forbidden in Israel. You stumble across a kindergarten. The children are
running around and enjoying themselves. They are not made to sit for hours
reciting by rote, pages of meaningless text from religious books. Their games
are in the sand pit or on the swings. They are not infested with hate or told
the only honor to their lives will be in death. In the Apartheid state of
Israel we rejoice in life and living. We do not promote murder and violence by
brainwashing our children with hatred, as they do in many of the surrounding
22 Arab states.By the end of the day you and Ken come across a
political rally. Many thousands have turned up. In the Apartheid State
of Israel, all the citizens, men, women, Jew, Arab and Christian are free to
vote. We are allowed to openly criticize the government and our
media, including the T.V. and newspapers, offer, without prejudice, a choice
of opinions. Every person has the right to openly agree or condemn the
government. This can certainly not be said for most of the surrounding 22 Arab
states, ruled as they are by oppressive dictators, where any dissent is met
with dire consequences.Of course most of the 22 surrounding Arab
countries can't offer you a good old fashioned homicide bombing as a tourist
attraction. This can only happen in the apartheid state of Israel, surrounded
as we are, by so many hostile countries, determined, as you are to wipe us of
the face of the earth. Where else can you get on a crowded bus, often
packed with children and come face to face with some poor, plighted
Palestinian ghoul who thinks life isn't very jolly, having been fed and
rainwashed by evil organizations like Hamas, to believe that the only way
forward is to murder innocent people. This dehumanized creature will have been
fed on a 24/7 diet of lies and hate incitement, he will have been coaxed with
the reward of 72 vestal virgins waiting for him in Paradise. His demonic
mother will be dancing in the street waving her $10,000 check.While
Israelis are scraping their dead children off the sidewalks, the Palestinians
will be lighting fireworks and dancing in the street, to honor this mass
murderer as a hero, often to their children who are being systematically
nurtured to be the next generation of mass murderers.The apartheid
state of Israel. Forgive me, Ms. Kates, but you seem somewhat confused as to
the meaning of the word. It usually refers to segregation. Its funny, isn't
it, that a large section of the Jews who live in this apartheid state had to
flee for their lives from nearly all of the surrounding 22 Arab states.
These countries not only have no tolerance for Jews, they refer to anyone who
is not a Moslem as an Infidel and an enemy. I find it somewhat curious that
you find nothing "apartheid" about these countries. Maybe you should do a
project on how many churches there are in Saudi Arabia. Let me help you -
there are none. It would not be tolerated.I am proud to live in this
Apartheid State. In 55 years we have become one of the most
technologically advanced nations on this planet, with many innovations that
have made Israel a true leader in many fields. It is tragic that we have to
live in a region that feels threatened by our achievements. Israel is not an
apartheid state and it is appalling that a so-called intelligent and thinking
person like you can go around finding feeble excuses for mass murder. Ms.
Kates, there is no justification, in any society, for getting on a crowded
bus, often packed with children,detonating an explosive belt, often packed
with nails and shrapnel and destroying innocent lives. This is not a freedom
fighter, or a person seeking justice, but a chronically and irreversibly
evil human being.I can only assume that one day in the near future Ms.
Kates, you will chip off that heavy layer of make up and discover your
conscience.As always,DAVID</FONT><FONT color=#000000
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