Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:24 AM
Subject: Blatant aggression.
Oct. 15,2003
The Editor,
The Globe & Mail.
Dear Editor:
Norman Spector's diatribe, {" Why Israel attacked Syria" Oct.
15}, defies logic and credibility. He justifies Israel's act of blatant
aggression, in defiance of international law and the UN Charter, as an act of
self defence, when there was no shred of evidence that any training
camps exist at the bombing site. Be that as it may, Israeli occupation of
Syrian territory, that has been allowed to stand for 36 years in defiance of
international law and repeated Security Council resolutions, passes
unnoticed.
Mr. Spector speaks of Palestinian terrorism but Israeli state
terrorism , demolishing thousands of homes, killing hundreds of innocent
men, women and children, collective punishment, expropriation of property and
daily humiliation, all in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and
tantamount to war crimes, deserve no mention.
Surely the readers of the Globe & Mail desrve better than
that.
Yours sincerely,
Ismail Zayid, M.D.