Supporting Israel

This letter is in regard to the Editor's
Notebook review of statements by Dr.
Charles Jacobs, director of the Boston-
based David Project ("Let Truth Be
Told," July 14, page 5). I found much
to applaud. His efforts to create an
"alternative narrative" to the Palestinian
propaganda through a "massive show of
truth" is certainly an effort that deserves
attention.
However, the prime concern for
Israel is the war on terror. Israel has suf-
fered terrorism, but it has also shown
great progress in limiting casualties
while increasing economy and manag-
ing to live a Jewish life. This is the
short-term as well as the long-term
objective.
If the Israeli response is consistent
and tough, there will be a crack in ter-
rorist actions. Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas ran for
election based on the fact that the
Palestinians have gotten nowhere in the
past 50 years. He overwhelmingly won.
In the aftermath, however, he has
shown little backbone. Hamas,
Hezbollah and a weak Abbas continue
to lead the Palestinians down a fruitless
and devastating path.
Despite bad preSs and Arab lies, the
American people overwhelmingly sup-
port Israel. Personally, having been to
Washington visiting members of
Congress, I can discermgreat support
for Israel. This is where, luckily, it really
counts.

Joseph Savin
chair, executive committee
Zionist Organization ofAmerica
Michigan Region
Bloomfield Hills

Beating Fundamentalism

In 1798, Thomas Robert Malthus, a
British clergyman, predicted a popula-
tion explosion. Massive population
increases now are seen everywhere.
Nowhere is the problem more acute
than in Pakistan, Saudia Arabia,
Morocco and Indonesia as well as other
Muslim majority countries where about
half the population is younger than 30.
The idea of population control is far
from consideration of political, reli-
gious and civil discussion in Muslim
countries. Advent of social, economic
and medical progress makes the
increase in world population more
acute.
As the opponents of the Malthus the-
ory could have argued, the world took
care of itself, though the Band Aid for
population explosion was quite small
relatively. They may argue that smaller

wars, pandemics like AIDS and geno-
cides such as in Darfur are reducing
world population. But what about the
masses of young Arabs in Saudia Arabia
or Morocco? What future do they have?
Mainstream Islam has no solution,
blaming the West for their failures.
Fundamental Islam proclaims to have
a solution: The world must be Muslim.
Since Islamic fundamentalists cannot
deliver the masses of the frustrated
unemployed, they have to come with
something to show that they are work-
ing hard for them, even sacrificing their
lives. Every terrorist attack is followed
by waves of joy in the Arab world,
which means the fundamentalists are
achieving their goal.
The intimidation of major govern-
ments like the United States or the
United Kingdom is seen not only as a
stage to remove non-Arab forces from
Arab soil, but also as the weak and
underprivileged beating the wealthy
and strong.
The fight against the West is not pro-
jected to the masses because they will
not understand it.
Massive immigration of the masses
into Europe, North America and
Australia are not enough to cool the
process. This population movement
will create major problems in the
European Union, coupled with the
robust Muslim birth rate.
In conclusion, Islam-mediated funda-
mentalism and terrorism represent a
struggle for a living space for the under-
privileged Islamic masses. Terrorism
will continue until the problem is
resolved. This may be very difficult.

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Clarification

The story about Nate and Ethel Fine's
50th anniversary (July 21, page 59)
should have included the names of
their daughter-in-law, Elyse, and two
grandchildren, Samantha and
Hannah.

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