(Translation from Arabic to English)
My dear friend Mr. John Dabeet
President, Americans and Palestinians for Peace
Washington
Warm Greetings,
With great gratitude and appreciation we received your kind letter, in which you expressed your support to the Palestinians peoples’ struggle against the Israeli criminal war, and Israeli State terrorism against us.
We would like to thank you for your feelings of support and solidarity. We value your effort and help with the United States administration, and the U.S. media in order to lift the injustice impose upon our people, and stop the annihilation and the apartheid in which the Israelis are inflicting upon our people as an occupying force . We would like to thank you for supporting the Palestinians’ just rights and most importantly the right to return, establishment of the independent Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital.
We continue to express our thanks and salute, and we wish you, your organization board and members health, happiness, and success.
Ramallah 3/20/2002
With best regard,
Yassar Arafat
President of Palestine
Chairman of PLO
President of Palestinian Authority