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Subject:       Islam:  "LETTER FROM A MOSLEM CLERGYMAN TO TWO MOSLEM
               ISRAEL SHOULD DECLARE OSLO 'NULL' AND VOID'" by Prof. Abdul
               Hadi Palazzi

Islam:  "LETTER FROM A MOSLEM CLERGYMAN TO TWO MOSLEM BROTHERS:  ISRAEL
SHOULD DECLARE OSLO 'NULL' AND VOID'"


by Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi


ROME, July 19, 1998, Root & Branch: 

Dear brothers, Yaakov Fogelman,
Director of the Torah Outreach Program in Jerusalem, forwarded to me some
messages of yours for my response.

I live in Rome and I am a clergyman (Imam) of the Italian Islamic
Community.  I consider myself a good friend of Israel and am trying my best
to help Moslems free themselves from anti-Zionism and to develop a positive
attitude toward Jews in general and towards Israelis in particular.

I believe that Israeli Arabs live in a privileged position:  they are the
only Arabs in the Middle East who live in a democratic State.  The
comparison between the positive way that Israel treats them and the
terrible way that refugees from "Palestine" were  treated by their
so-called Arab "brothers" is incredible.

I believe that "Palestinian identity" is something completely artificial:
it was forged as a propagandistic tool against Israel.  The strange fact is
that, at least here in Europe, I have never heard an Arab from the Land of
Israel ("Palestine") say:  "I am Palestinian."

Maybe this reflects the fact that here in Italy these Arab brothers live in
a democracy, while in the Moslem Middle East every word that comes out of
ones' mouth is monitored by dictatorial Arab authorities.  Almost all of
the Arabs here in Europe say "I am Jordanian, and, thank God, I have
nothing to do with Arafat [Abdul Rauf el-Codbi el-Husseini] and his gang."

Please remember that the so-called hero of "Palestinian independence," the
pro-Nazi Grand Mufti of British Mandate Palestine, Haj Amin al-Husseini,
never claimed that "Palestinians" are to be an independent people:  all of
his official declarations state that "Palestine must be recognized as a
integral part of Syria."

The real "Palestinian State" is Jordan, and from a linguistic, ethnic,
religious and cultural point of view there is nothing that can be
identified as "typically  Palestinian" and "non-Jordanian."

You asked me if I "know that the dictatorial Jordanian regime is more
corrupt than what we now have in in 'Palestine.'"  You further sttate that
the "Palestinian Authority is the best of all Arab governments."

Frankly speaking, this makes me really wonder which world you are living in.

I doubt that there is in today's world a more corrupt and criminal
organization than the "Palestinian Authority."  Arafat [Abdul Rauf el-Codbi
el-Husseini] and his mob travel around the world asking for money to "help
the Palestinian people."  They hide this money in Swiss and Kuwaiti banks,
while Arabs who live in Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank") and Gaza go
hungry.

Did you forget that the leader of the Palestinian Authority is a
bloodthirsty and moneythirsty criminal who murdered thousands of innocent
persons?  Don't you know that thousands of Arabs who regarded themselves as
friend of the Jews, or only dared to  criticize "the boss" were mercilessly butchered? 
Are you really unaware of the fact that, after signing a declaration against
terrorism, Arafatians are still working hand-in-hand with Hamas terrorists?

Look at recent newspapers:  you will learn that Feisal Husseini, a
representative of your alleged "best of all Arab governments," took part in
Gaza in ceremonies celebrating an arch-terrorist.

By signing the so-called Oslo Agreement, Israel made the worst of mistakes:
it legitimized a gang of killers in the eyes of worldwide public opinion.
I believe that the Israeli government should have dealt with Arafat [Abdul
Rauf el-Codbi el-Husseini] in the same way that it dealt with Adolf Eichmann.

A Palestinian State will be a disaster for both Israelis and Arabs.  The
Israelis will lose their security and the Arabs will lose their freedom of
speech under a criminal government.

Since I love Israel, I ask God to protect it, and to help its leaders to
understand that the only way to survive is to declare the Oslo Agreement
null and void.


Sincerely yours,

Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi
Rome, Italy

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Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi, of Rome, Italy, is Moslem Co-Chairman of the Root
& Branch Association's Islam-Israel Fellowship, which encourages a positive
Moslem attitude towards Jews and Israel based on a re-examination of the
authentic teachings of Mohammed as revealed by the Koran and Hadith
(Islamic oral tradition).  Dr. Asher Eder of Jerusalem, Israel, is the Jewish
Co-Chairman of the Islam-Israel Fellowship.

Prof. Palazzi is also Secretary General of the Italian Muslim Association,
an Imam (spiritual teacher) of the Italian Islamic Community, and holds a
Ph.D in Islamic Sciences by decreee of the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.

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Aryeh Yosef Gallin, President
Root & Branch Association, Ltd.
P.O.B. 8672, German Colony, 91086 Jerusalem
Tel: 972-2-673-9013, Fax: 972-2-673-9012

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