From: lando@BRACHOT.JCT.AC.IL (Zvi Lando)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
Subject: A Call for Peace
Date: 6 Apr 92 10:25:32 GMT
X-Unparsable-Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 13:25:19 IDT


Salaam , Shalom;

I read, yesterday the story of the woman who visited in the west bank. I was
shocked. I was embarrassed. I felt that all of humanity had reached a new, 
lesser spiritual level. From this feeling, from the bottom of my heart, I wish 
to  publicly call to my Moslem cousins:

Rise up downtrodden Moslems !!! How long will your dictators continue filling 
you with the opium of lies which like the opium addict leave you weak, 
apathetic to your own welfare and living in a haze or hallucinations.

A known fact of life is that, in order to solve a problem, one must be able to
look at the situation as it TRULY is. Without freedom, without truth, without
integrity, the Great Muslim Nation will continue as it is.

The lesson to be learned from the war against Iraq is that hundreds of millions
of Muslims, be they in Kuwait, S. Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Iran, etc. are being
controlled by a small number of dictators. The time has come for the followers
of Muchamed to rise up and take their lives in their own hands.

A man tells you of a woman that visited the west bank. She saw a small boy being
shot in the face three times, and then getting beat up. Any one with
any self-respect could see the blatant lie in this story, I won't even try to
undo that lie it is so preposterous. What in G-d's name does this help
your people by spreading (and believing) such lies? The truth is far from this.
The truth is that Iran and Iraq killed countless people for eight years, and
didn't even explain why they were doing it. 
The truth is that Assad brutally  dealt with Hamat several years ago while the
UN reported at least 28,000 civilian deaths. 
The truth is that King Hussein of Jordan sent in his Bedouin soldiers in 1966 
into the Christian city of Beit Jala, allowing them to kill  200+ men and 
raping the women. 
The truth is that the Emir of Kuwait sits on a golden toilet while his people
cannot vote. 
The truth is that children are bought in India to give entertainment to the 
rich of Dubai. 
The truth is that the plo leaders live like kings while others fight in their
names. 
The truth is that Arabs have killed almost as many Arabs during the "intifada"
than the Israeli security forces have. 
The truth is that Arabs who once were my friends are afraid to even say hello to
me because they may be killed for it. 
The truth is that your 'kings' are rich and have yachts and palaces, but your
young do not get
the education needed to become a strong nation among nations. 
The truth is that the Jews and the Muslims have, in the past lived in peace and
have spiritually influenced each other. 
The truth is that the Jews belong in Israel and not as some would like to 
compare them to "crusaders". 
The truth is that this tiny people have constantly beat your huge armies - NOT
BECAUSE THEY ARE BETTER - but because they fight a just cause.

These are the truths. This list could go on and on. Again, I call on my Muslim
cousins. Enough death, enough sorrow, enough wasting the strength that our G-d
gave to us! 

I am a Jew living in Tekoa in Judea. This same Tekoa where our prophet 
Amos said:

<Amos chapter 9 verses 13-15>

"Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake
the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; and the mountains shall 
drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring back the
captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, 
and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine; they
shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon
their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their lando which I 
have given them, says the Lord thy G-d. "

I, who am called by you Nazi, murderer, crusader (and worse) respect the Muslim
religion, realize it's truth and importance, call you to join with us to do
justice, to live in Peace, to honor each other, to sit as a family does and work
out in  human manner our differences. I, who am a "settler on the west bank" can
tell you that if you continue to resort to lies and violence, we will have no 
choice but to fight back. Believe me that this will not be good for your
people.

Just look at Israel - we have gone through hard times, unspeakable times
during the last hundred years. We were taken from our homes by Nazis, burned
and our flesh was used to make musical instruments. Then the British kicked
back the few refugees who managed to escape. Then we fought against your 
combined armies. Then we fought the U.S.S.R. in order to gain freedom
for our brothers. Where is "Great Britain" today. Where is the superpower
of the U.S.S.R. Where are the millions of Muslims who control such great 
wealth? And where is Israel? I tell you, today in all respects, the situation of
the Jewish People in Israel is such that rivals Solomon's times. This 'intifada'
has such little effect on Israeli life where the huge majority of the Israeli
public hears about it as if they lived thousand miles away. More building, more
schools, more freedom. Spiritually there are more students in our religious
centers THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY. Stop before it is too late. For your own
good! For your own freedom! For your religion ! For our common G-d !!! We can
work together, if we take our fate in our own hands!! 
My hand is outstretched, who will take it?

Zvi from Tekoa

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