April 20.2005
The Editor,
The Globe & Mail.
Dear Editor:
Marcus Gee's flowery praise for Sharon's solution
:{"Mr.Sharon's 92-per-cent solution" April 20} defies credibility. The
settlements that Mr. Sharon plans to annex are illegal and are in violation of
the Fourth Geneva Convention, and thus defined by international law as war
crimes. the apartheid wall that sahron is building is a land grab that has been
condemned by the International Court of Justice.
Furthermore, the Disengagement plan and Sharon's
solution are a charade as clearly illustrated by Sharon's chief
advisor, Dov Weissglas, who stated: "Palestinians would have to turn into
Finns" before this could happen. "Effectively, this whole package called the
Palestinian state, with all that it entails, has been removed indefinitely from
our agenda," he said. "And all this...with a [US] presidential blessing and the
ratification of both houses of Congress." Just in case someone may still have
illusions, he explains that the proposed disengagement "is actually
formaldehyde. It supplies the amount of formaldehyde that is necessary so there
will not be a political process with the Palestinians." As Ephraim Sneh, a Labor
member of the Knesset, observed, "Formaldehyde, it should be noted, is the
liquid in which dead bodies are preserved."
Yours sincerely,
Ismail Zayid, MD.