[b]The Apology[/b]
Following the latest atrocity in Jerusalem, Secretary
Powell pleaded with the Palestinians to issue some
form of denunciation. Arafat complained that only the
Palestinian side is ever required to denounce terror.
Predictably, the Palestinian denunciation later
mumbles that they, "deplore the murder of civilians on
both sides." Perhaps the Palestinians have a point,
and so to set the record straight, I do hereby
denounce the following in the name of the Jewish People:
1. All Jewish suicide bombers who have ever acted against Arabs.
2. All Arab buses blown up by Jews.
3. All Arab pizza parlors, malls, discotheques and
restaurants destroyed by Jewish terror! ists.
4. All airplanes hijacked by Jews since 1903.
5. All Ramadan feasts targeted by Jewish bombs.
6. All Arabs lynched in Israeli cities; all Arab
Olympic athletes murdered by Jews; all Arab embassies bombed by Jews.
7. All mosques, cemeteries and religious schools fire
bombed or desecrated by Jews in North Africa, France,
Belgium, Germany, England or any other country.
8. The destruction of American military, governmental
and civilian institutions in Kenya, Pakistan, Iran,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen - along with the murder of U.S.
Marines and diplomatic personnel.
9. All Jewish school books which claim that Arabs
poison wells, use Christian blood to bake pita,
control world finance, and murdered Jesus; or that Arab
elders meet secretly to plot a world takeover.
10. And I am particularly ashamed at the way my fellow
Jews attacked the World Trade Center, Pentagon and
civilian aircraft on September 11, ! and danced in the
streets to celebrate the act.
Prof. Stephen Berger
Tel 6 Weitzman Street Tel Aviv 64239