RATZ/CRM-THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND PEACE MOVEMENT, ISRAEL CALLS ON THE PEACE MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED-STATES AND EUROPE TO DIRECT THEIR PROTESTS AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE REAL INSTIGATOR OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND SEASE THE PROTEST AGAINST THE UNITED-STATES WHICH IS NOW FULFILLING THE ROLE OF CURBING THE ATTACKER.

AS AN ISRAELI PEACE MOVEMENT, RATZ/CRM SEES THESE ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS AS, AT THE BEST, A SHOW OF NAIVETY, AND AT THE WORST, IRRESPONSIBILITY.

THESE DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SHOW THIS REGARD FOR THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND IN PARTICULAR, ISRAEL.

THOSE WHO ARE SINCERELY CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE IN OUR REGION AND ARE IN FAVOUR OF NEGOTIATION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS, SHOULD BE INTERESTED AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE IRAQUI DICTATOR.

ANYONE OBJECTIVELY EXAMINING THE SITUATION, CANNOT BUT VEW FAVOURABLY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S WISE DECISION TO SHOW RESTRAINT UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.

DR. BENNY TEMKIN