Memories of Mideast wars prompt peace pleas
Isaac Yomtovian is a graduate student from Iran.
By Isaac Yomtovian
The year 1948 marked the beginning of Israeli
independence. That same year I was born to a Jewish
family in Tehran, capital of Iran. In 1956 when the
Sinai war broke, I realized the Arabs were not
ficjhting against individual Israelis, but against the
whole Jewish nation. I also realized I belong to that
Jewish nation, and my life and "future are not
independent of Israel. This attitude made me want to
study more about myself and my nation.
In the summer of 1967 the daily and hourly news
reports interrrupted every activity in Israeli. The
pressure and tension of the political and military
situation was so high that hardly anyone could work
properly. Then I witnessed another bloody war.
Israelis claimed victory, but no family was happy
about it. It took a long time for Israelis to adjust to
the situation.
Apparently these wars were not finished. In 1967
a new war started: "The Guerrila War." This time it
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was at home, not on the boundaries. Letters
containing bombs, bombs at bus stations, stores,
supermarkets, schools and many other public areas
caused death and injury tc many persons.
In 1969 I spent my summer in Europe where I
talked to Arabs from many countries. Unfortunately,
I found it difficult to have even a common
conversation about the Mideast, especially Mien they
learned I was Jewish.
This year on October 6 another historical disaster
occurred. It is significant that it began on the Jewish
holy day of Yom Kippur and during the Moslem holy
month Ramadan. (Fasting is a part of both.)
I was at the Tiferet, Israel, Synagogue when a
friend told me about the war. I couldn't believe it. I
couldn't stop my tears. All my bitter memories of the
last war flowed into my mind and disturbed my
whole mental outlook. I wonder: are these soldiers
guarding their country or being used as tools for
testing another country's new war equipment?
Oil has been used as a very effective tool against
Israel. Any country supporting Israel won't get oil,
although Arab supporters are able to enjoy the oil
supply. Thailand pilots, Japanese guerrilla, Chinese
equipment and advisors are other tools used against
Israel. So who is fiqhting whom?
There are at least 14 large Arab countries that
have rich natural resources and good oil exports.
They spend much of their incomes on guerrilla
warfare and army purchases, while the percent of
uneducated people there remains very high. Thoy
contend that the main reasons for these wars arc
refugees and Israeli-captured lands. I believe if they
really care so much about their brothers, they could
accept them into their lands and try to educate them.
They have the ability and needn't wait for their
enemy to solve this problem. Surely the land problem
could most effectively be solved by negotiation, net
with blood.
It if fortunate that American people realize the
Mideast problems. But it seems to me the majority,
especially the young generation, are very passive.
Many of my American friends did not know about
the recent American armed forces alert. I strongly
believe any person who cares about humanity and
peace must support the Arab-Israeli peace
negotiations now going on. Let's write the leaders of
the involved parties and encourage them toward the
peace negotiation, proving we do care about peace
and justice.
Mr. Anwar Sadat
Mrs. Golda Meir
Jerusalem, Israel
Cairo, Egypt
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