(Your Voice in a World where Zionism, Steel, and Fire have
turned Justice Mute)

A Shameful Statement

Note: A full page advertisement in Arabic of this appeal
appeared in Al-Quds newspaper, the largest circulating
daily in the occupied areas.


Urgent Appeal to Stop Suicide Bombings

We the undersigned feel that it is our national
responsibility to issue this appeal in light of the
dangerous situation engulfing the Palestinian people. We
call upon the parties behind military operations
targeting civilians in Israel to reconsider their
policies and stop driving our young men to carry out
these operations. Suicide bombings deepen the hatred and
widen the gap between the Palestinian and Israeli people.
Also, they destroy the possibilities of peaceful
co-existence between them in two neighboring states.

We see that these bombings do not contribute towards
achieving our national project that calls for freedom and
independence. On the contrary, they strengthen the
enemies of peace on the Israeli side and give Israel's
aggressive government under Sharon the excuse to continue
its harsh war against our people. This war targets our
children, elderly, villages, cities, and our national
hopes and achievements.

Military action is viewed [sic] are not assessed as
positive or negative exclusively out of the general
context and situation. They are assessed based on whether
they fulfill political ends. Therefore, there is a need
to re-evaluate these acts considering that pushing the
area towards an existential war between the two people
living on the holy land will lead to destruction for the
whole region. We do not find any logical, humane, or
political justification for this end result.

Signatories: Below are some of the Palestinian
intellectuals and public figures who have signed the
petition:

Dr. Sari Nuseiba
Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Saleh Ra'fat
Salah Zuheika
Mamdouh Nofal
Hanna Sineora
Dr. Mohammad Ishtiya
Ibrahim Kandalaft
Dr. Eyad El-Sarraj
Dr. Moussa El-Budeiri
Huda El-Imam
Dr. Marwan Abu El-Zuluf
Saman Khoury
Dr. Said Zidani
Dr. Omayya Khammash
Dr. Jad Is'haq
Dr. Manuel Hassasian
Salah Abdel Shafi
Shaher Sa'ad
Dr. Mohammad Dajani
Imad Awad
Fadel Tahboub
Majed Kaswani
Taysir El-Zibri
Dr. Ahmad Majdalani
Dr. Taleb Awad
Khader Sh'kirat
Zahi Khouri
Majed Abu Qubo'
Ehab Boulous
Dr. Isam Nassar
Dr. Salim Tamari
Dr. Suad El-Ameri
Dr. Adam Abu Sh'rar
Dr. Riema Hamami
Subhi El-Z'beidi
Dr. Munther El-Dajani
Osama Daher
Simone Cupa
Jeana Abu El-Zuluf
Yousef Daher
Jamal Zaqout
Dr. Saleh Abdel Jawwad
Dr. Nathmi El-Ju'ba
Dr. Jamil Hilal
Dr. Arafat El-Hadmi
Dr. Leila Faydi
Dr. Zakaria El-Qaq
Amna Badran
Dr. Ali Q'leibo
Marwan Tarazi
Dr. Raja'I El-Dajani
Issa Q'seisiya
Hani El-Masri
Dr. Jumana Odeh
Lucy Nuseiba
Abdel Qader El-Husseini
Zahra El-Khaldi