The world today is not the same as it was.

The incredible and horrific terrorist attacks on American targets in New York and Washington DC have shocked the world and alarmed people every where.

We Condemn the killing of innocent people in America and elsewhere. Attacks on civilians, threats against life and murder are crimes against humanity.

We, secure in our belief in the sanctity of life are abhorred by such acts of violence.

Arabs and Palestinians who continue to suffer the complex tragedy since their uprooting, and the Israeli state sponsored violence against them should only stand firm against terror even with the knowledge of the long standing support for Israel by successive American governments. We absolutely reject the logic that horror and murder is the only way to change policies.

The anger due to American policies in the world and in our region should not blind us to see that those who were killed and wounded in these horrific carnages are our brothers and sisters in humanity. Their murder can never be justified.

For them and their families we extend our respect, and sympathy.

Dr. Eyad El Sarraj--Sep. 12, 2001

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