I have sent the below letter to FCBarcelona
club today:
Dears
I have read different reports indicate that your club has
invited the Israeli soldier “Gilad Shalit” to watch the classico game against
Real Madrid and to be honored by the club. Today only, I have read on your
official website, your official note about this invitation, and that you as a club,
did not invite him, but accepted his request to watch the game, and you have
accepted a request from three Palestinians at
the same time to attend the same match. Let me take advantage of this event and
try to enlighten some important points here.
First of all I would like you to know that
I don’t have any doubt of your good well , and good intention as well , but on
the other hand you should know the full truth and our opinion as Arab fans .
The soldier Shalit was captured during the
attacking actions of the Israeli army against the Palestinian people in Gaza
stripe in 2006, this soldier is not a hero nor a victim, despite the fact that
the propaganda of Israel is trying to put him in such a position.
There are hundreds of thousands, literally
hundreds of thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israel prisons, civilian
people (men, women and children) who are suffering, and no one is giving them
any attention. Those are the real victims not Gilad Shalit.
These prisoners could not express their
feelings toward your club, because no one asked them! They do not have the
luxury to follow your club and watch its games, while Shalit had this
opportunity during his capture period!
Shalit was released in 2011, and in return,
Israel released more than one thousand Palestinian prisoners! You may ask why
could one soldier worth more than 1000? It is very simple, because the
Palestinian side has captured only Gilad Shali, while the Israeli army is
committing the arrestment of the Palestinian farmers, students, and workers on
daily basis without any guilt.
You can refer to the United Nations
official records and statistics of the Palestinian cause , and you will
recognize the truth very easily , ask for the numbers of the Palestinians who
have been killed , or have been captured and taken to prisons , ask about the
numbers of the Palestinian people who still live in refugee camps in the near
countries like Syria , Lebanon and Jordan , ask for the numbers of the Palestinian
children who lost their parents by soldiers like Shalit , try to collect some
information , some basic information about the Palestinian people and you will
realize who Shalit truly is !!!!
Regards
Ayman Y. AbuLaban
28-9-2012
