MennoLetter from Jerusalem

November 2004

• Download November MennoLetter from Jerusalem [75 KB PDF file - Help with PDF files] A Middle East View by Mennonite Church Liaison, Glenn Edward Witmer

In this issue:

“War is the terrorism of the rich and powerful. Terrorism is the war of the poor and powerless.”
—Peter Ustinov”

On the Improper Use of the Word ‘The’

by Glenn Edward Witmer
We join with Muslims around the world during the holy month of Ramadan, a time of fasting and restraint during daylight, self-discipline, and extended prayer.
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Holy Month of Spiritual Richness and Urgent Political Challenges

by The Lebanon Daily Star
“The vast majority of ordinary, decent, God-loving Muslims are…morally ravaged by the few criminal terrorists among them.”
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Why Muslims Always Blame the West

by Husain Haqqan
“The focus on external enemies causes Muslims to admire power rather than ideas. Warriors, and not scholars or inventors, are generally the heroes of common people.”
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Palestine: The Assault on Health, & Other War Crimes

by Dr. Derek Summerfield
“The man begged the soldiers to let him pass so that he could take her to hospital. The soldiers refused, and a Palestinian doctor…was obliged to attempt a physical examination, and to give the girl an injection, through the wire.”
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Jewish and Arab Israeli Youth Look “Through Other’s Eyes”

They visited and photographed each other’s homes and communities.

One Third of Gaza Settlers Resigned to Leaving

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Senior Sharon Adviser Reveals True Goal of Gaza Withdrawal

Evacuation is like Violating Shabbat

Vatican & Chief Rabbi Slam Assault on Patriarch.

“…He was raised to see Christianity as idol worship, which is forbidden by the Torah.”
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Israel on a Collision Course with Europe

Sanhedrin Renewed in Tiberias

“… it was foretold that it would be renewed, and from here it will be relocated to Jerusalem.”
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