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From: MElsant@aol.com Date: Tue 20 Nov 2001 Subject: Support Israel! Hold Arafat Accountable for PLO Terrorism! (VIPAC) Dear Mr. President: On November 19 Secretary Powell made his long anticipated speech about the Middle East at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. That speech contained the following statement: "Terrorists must be stopped before they act. The Palestinian leadership must arrest prosecute and punish the perpetrators of terrorist acts. Palestinians must live up to the agreements they have made to do so. They must be held to account when they do not." That is a wonderful idea and it is a shame that Secretary Powell opposes putting it into practice. The Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill had an amendment sponsored by Senators Feinstein and McConnell that would have done precisely that. That amendment called for stopping your administration's 100 million dollar annual subsidy for the PLO and stripping the PLO of its diplomatic offices and credentials in Washington if it did not stop its war of terror against Israel. Secretary Powell demanded that that amendment be withdrawn because he did not want to hold the PLO accountable for its terrorism and the Senators succumbed to his demand. We once had a Secretary of State who did hold the PLO accountable for its terrorism. Secretary of State George Schultz after first establishing diplomatic ties with the PLO ended them when PLO terrorists attacked Israel. Because the PLO chose to continue its terrorism against Israel Secretary Schultz put the PLO back where it belonged on America's priority list of terrorist organizations to which no aid could be given and no diplomatic contacts or recognition extended. Please do what Secretary Powell called for even if he himself is reluctant to do so. Please hold the PLO and Arafat accountable for their 14 months of terrorist warfare against Israel and by executive order cease your 100 million dollar subsidy of the PLO strip the PLO of its diplomatic offices and positions in Washington and put the PLO back where it belongs on America's priority list of terrorist organizations that must be destroyed. And please stop expressing support for a PLO State that will only spawn more bin Ladens to kill more innocents in America as well as Israel. Instead please express support for Israel's historical and Biblical rights for sovereignty in Judea Samaria Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Sincerely ==^====================================== The President's email: president@whitehouse.gov The Vice President's email: vice.president@whitehouse.gov White House phone: 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461 Click on "Govt. Email Addresses" at www.vipac.org for other officials. TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send an email to majordomo@vipac.org with "unsubscribe vipac-letters" in the body of the message. ==^====================================== |
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