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Egyptian Editorial Calls for More Suicide Bombings

23 August 2001

Echoing a sermon given some time ago by the Palestinian Authority Moslem cleric Akrame Sabri, an editorial of the Egyptian government daily Al-Akhbar contained a call to Arabs to "Kill your enemies wherever you may find them. This is a life and death conflict between you and them and it will not be over through calming attempts.”

Under the title,"A Message to the People of Palestine" the August 17 editorial calls for “Islamic and Arab initiative for solidarity with the heroic Intifada and… supporting it with deeds rather than words, in order to force Israel to end its occupation of the Arab lands, without the smallest concession on any right whatsoever.” However, until that initiative is taken, “although everybody has abandoned you [the sons of Palestine], do not be sad and do not wait for anybody´s help. Protect your land to the very end and do not accept humiliation. Do not leave your homes.”

The humiliation that the al-Akhbar editorial referred to is the Israeli conquest of “the Palestinian Orient House in occupied Jerusalem and [the placing of the Israeli] flag on it, in order to stab the Palestinians painfully in their hearts and take control over one of the symbols of the Palestinian presence in the imprisoned city.” This was justpart of the Israeli “psychological war against the Palestinians,” according to al-Akhbar, which is designed to “sow fear in their souls and create in them the illusion that their struggle and their heroic operations of martyrdom [suicide bombings] will bring catastrophe on them.” However, the editorial concludes, “the only thing that will force your enemy to surrender and to accept your demands is force, whatever the sacrifices may be.”

-- Anonymous, August 23, 2001