Date: 24/05/2016 Dear Mr. Prime Minister.
I learned that you will visit Uganda on the anniversary of the Entebbe raid that took place on 4th July 1976. The truth is that I was later shocked to learn that it was the elder brother of the Prime Minister of Israel who led that operation, and who was shot dead that night while rescuing 100 Israeli citizens held hostage by Palestinian militants. Allow me to extend our condolences, and may IDF Major Jonathan Netanyahu rest in peace. Here in Uganda the one question that everyone usually overlooks on this matter is 'What was it all about? You know better than I that the Palestinians have basically always wanted their land and their people freed from Israeli occupation. That legitimate quest hasn't changed to this day. And it is what all freedom fighters around the world struggle to achieve. In this specific incident they simply wanted the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, in exchange for the release of the Israelis they held. 27 Ugandans died during the operation. Years later, the Saudi government would beef up my father's security with extra visible and covert security agents when you first became Prime Minister in June 1996. There was credible concern that as the new Israeli Prime Minister (the youngest ever at the time), you might want to revenge your brother using your new found authority. However that security threat subsided when Mr. Ehud Barak defeated you in the July 1999 polls that followed. It would be inhuman for me to say anything that might be disrespectful to your special grieving ceremony scheduled for July 4th. What I would only kindly ask is that you not say or do anything that would injure or kill the constantly grieving Palestinian people and their lovely innocent children when you return to Tel-Aviv re-inspired after the upcoming visit to Entebbe. Just the other day Palestinians commemorated Nakba Day. May 15th 1948 is the day when Israelis went and expelled 700,000 Palestinians from their homes and handed their properties to fellow Jews. When or how they return is another question that as Prime Minister you could help solve for the sake of peace, de-escalation, and reconciliation. But today there is one important gesture you could do for the planet. I beg that you attend the Peace conference that France has unilaterally labored to organize. I kindly request that you sign the peace agreement that includes Israel also recognizing the Palestinian state, as Palestine has already long done when in 1993, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat officially recognized Israel. Remember that five years earlier in Stockholm December 7th 1988, after a two-day meeting with five prominent American Jews, a Palestinian delegation led by Mr. Arafat had publicly said in a joint statement that was published in the New York Times, that the Palestinian parliament (then in exile) had ''accepted the existence of Israel as a state in the region'' and ''declared Palestine's rejection of terrorism in all its forms.'' The New York Times said at the time, that this significant statement "was dismissed in Israel and greeted coldly by the United States." At a later news conference that same day, Mr. Arafat re-iterated the statement even more clearly, saying; ''We accept two states, the Palestine state and the Jewish state of Israel.'' So my humble request is for you to agree to peace and the two states, a matter that has apparently been waiting for Israel's signature since December 1988. What else could help stop the cycle of violence fueled by the persisting tit-for-tat revenge attacks that have become an almost weekly occurrence that the world watches every day on TV news? Agreeing to this humble appeal could therefore save literally tens of thousands of mostly Palestinian, but also Israeli lives that you have vowed to protect in your capacity as Israel's Prime Minister. Allow me to say Thank you Mr. Prime Minister for giving me this opportunity to raise these important issues. I would like to conclude by stating the following: All that my father Idi Amin wished for was a Free Palestine. For God And My Country. Signed: Hussein J. L. Amin. Kampala, Uganda. CC: facebook.com/Netanyahu/posts/10153671357082076 New York Times article here: nytimes.com/1988/12/08/world/arafat-says-plo-accepted-israel.html _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
