Speak Out

The following letter was sent to the Philadelphia Inquirer on October 3,
1997:

David M. Stillman, Ph. D.
Ronni Gordon Stillman, Ph. D.
Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Inquirer,
Letters Editor

October 3, 1997

To the editor:

We are writing in reference to Tony Auth's editorial page cartoon of October
1, 1997. Auth shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a skullcap being
addressed by a pathetic Arafat against a backdrop of bulldozers building
houses and demolishing an Arab dwelling. The caption, Arafat's words, reads:
"Just exactly how many bulldozers do equal a bomb?"

Does your cartoonist consider construction projects the equivalent of sending
suicide bombers into crowded market places? Israeli building at Har Homa and
Ephrat displaces no one and is not on Arab-owned land. The land at Har Homa
is not even located in territory to which the Oslo accords apply.

We wonder if Auth and the Philadelphia Inquirer have such sympathy for the
motives of Timothy McVeigh, a man who has much in common with Arafat, the
Palestinian Authority, and their Hamas allies. Both McVeigh and
Arafat/PA/Hamas are political extremists inspired by virulent antisemitic
rhetoric. Each has sought to destroy a democratic polity through the
terrorist murders of innocent people.

Are Auth and the Inquirer planning any cartoons justifying the carnage of the
Oklahoma City bombing?

Sincerely,

David M. Stillman, Ph.D.
Ronni Gordon Stillman, Ph.D.

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