Dear friends,

We can never thank you enough for your support and wonderful feedback! 
If it were up to us, we would post each and every e-mail we receive , but due to the enormous number of mails, we'll post a few every week,  here on the feedback page for us all to share.

Greetings from Canada:

You seem to have hit a nerve, by your courage to open the eyes of concerned Christians worldwide, and have brought the truth about what really is going on, in the Holy Land.

We will study your site thoroughly, and please don't let WND or Debka File discourage you, they are just Jewish propaganda media, who thrive on their own egos and arrogance, and promote hate news at the expense of God fearing freedom loving human beings.

There are 13 million Jews in the world, who threaten 6 billion humans' lives, with a nuclear holocaust, in order to expand their territory and dominate the middle east +.

Israelis are not Jews and Jews do not represent Israel lawfully. Jews are occupying God's Land without God's permission. The Holy Bible shows us that Jews and Israel are two different Kingdoms, separated by King Rehoboam in 930 BC, and the the word JEW, which means Judah and Judaism, shows up in 2Kings16:5-6 [740 BC], FOR THE FIRST TIME. If God wanted the Jews to rule over Israel , our Holy Scriptures would say so, but Bible says the opposite and many American Politicians and Religious leaders have been hoodwinked.

I hope you continue your campaign for JUSTICE, and if I can help, let me know.

A. Deacon

Beautiful. God Bless You.

Peter A. Sahwell

to have thought of the campaign.
I am member of the European Parliament and very much concerned about the right to live and engaged on Palestine-Israel.
Your campaign is just absolutely important,i cannot described my joy when i discovered it. Above all in these days were just crimes are done against palestinians.
I will organize the italian translation and i think we should also have exbition the the web, also here in the European Parliament.
Thank you thank you very much.
Please get in touch .

Luisa Morgantini

Insha'Allah the Palestinian people will see peace and regain their land very soon. Fantastic website, keep educating everyone out there. There are still  many ignorant people (especially here in the US) that need to see the truth. 
Thank you very much.

Farouk C.
Jewnited States of America

Hello, my name is Aline, I'm 18 and I heard about your website by reading Courrier international,this newspaper translate and publishes articles from the entire world. So I've read some israelians and palestinians articles, and, even if my tears are due to allergies or to the memory of my father's death, I wanted to tell you I understand and I admire (?excuse me, i'm far from bilingual!) your action. 
Every day, I wake up with the news on the radio. Les chars Israeliens ont continué cette nuit à avancer dans la bande de Gaza... At school, we are told about the Palestinian/Israelian history, but the only thing I remember about it is: war. With my friends, when we talk about this conflict, we always agree : palestinian people don't have to pay for politician's mistakes, nor for the kamikazes actions. This not their fault. What you are suffering can only make you more sad, and despaired (?). Qui sème le vent récolte la tempête. I'm unable to translate it, but I'm afraid Palestinians children will be brought up by the violence, the humiliation, and the hate. And it will be a cycle, and have no end. 
So, never forget that young occidentals people think of you. I'll tell all the people I know about your action. I don't know how I may help (I often wonder about it). I just can promise you : we don't forget you. And we really hope one day all the people will share the world, and not with Coca-Cola. I'd like to brace the screen, but you may be sleeping in it and a little disturbed ! :-)
Maybe some people of Palestine who can use the web would like to communicate with us? Tell me if it's possible! (I use my boyfriends family PC, but maybe we could write, or just send cards to help people to travel and dream? But at the fac, we can use internet, so we'll just be interrupted by holidays)
I hope you will understand this message, despite my lack of vocabulary.
Have a nice day, or at least a nicer one than yesterday !
Love 
Dear friends!
Great idea! I've passed these website onto all my friends end even put as a link to some friends home page. I guess this campaign could be more agressive in europe. The only who can make israeli with the USA sponsor stops the holocaust against the palestinians.

Jose Dantas
Sao Paulo - Brazil

I think your website is very emotional, human and direct. I do want to point out though that just as the people you portray in your ads have little hope and live in a land of despair, so do the Jewish people. What about them, dying at the hands of suicide bombers. Maybe we should all consider humans as equal and try to respect each other's rights to coexist. Thank you. 

we are all brothers and sisters, we all come from the same source. muslims say allah, christians say god, buddhists say the buddha, what ever the name we are all integrally linked.
My wife is Jewish from Tel Aviv, i am an Irish Catholic and last year we adopted our son kalhid-born a refugee.He is Palestinian. A beautiful boy who we will raise in love and proud of his Palestinian heritage. 
the problems in the middle east will never be solved with violence and terror, on both sides. young children jewish and muslim need to be tought from school age that unconditional love, compassion and tolerance are the only tools needed to mend the terrible rift in the middle east.
freedom for all people. freedom for palestine. freedom brothers and sisters.
Sean Connolly

Excellent. Just excellent.

I am a graphic designer living in Sonoma California far from the horrors in other places. I have been debating with fellow Jews, even family, about the very issues you present. I am constantly amazed at the levels of ignorance and hatred here. Please know that my heart and the hearts of many others are with you in your struggle. If there is something I can do from Sonoma please email ideas. I spend a lot of time making phone calls and sending emails to government officials and newspaper columnists.

Best,
Ken Winston

I am a student came from china.i understand you and support you .I bileve palestine will be indenpence because of you .you are heros.

Sirs:
I have just completed both the artical in the current J post as well as a brief look at your site, Needless to say your concept as well as execution are high quality.

It is sad indeed that your efforts have been halted by those who might have had an effect in reaching those who preach hatred to the young. In addition I find that not one person of means amongst the hundreds of mega wealthy in the middle east has come forward to endorse your campaign. 

Perhaps there is evidence that free speech and democracy result in the ability for the young to realize their dreams. 

OLAM B SHALOM

My name is Alex
I'm 24
I'm from Italy
and I have just seen dyng2live and i want to express all my appreciation about this work
it's a wonderful site
Greetings
go on this way...!!!!

bye

I myself knowing several Palestinians her in the U.S. Have found them to be some of the kindest most nicest people I have ever met. Don't think that all Americans are not aware and tired of our country's support of israel. 
We with net access are the most informed since our media is controlled by jews more or less. Your plight does not go unnoticed in the eyes of G-D. And that is the most important thing. I don't like violence. What a world we would have if any child could walk down any street in any country in the World and be loved.
G-D bless you and may we all pray and live in peace.
Timothy Joe James

I want to compliment you on the beautiful work you have done on this site. 
Accessing this kind of material helps those of us in the United States who work on the Pro-Palestinian effort to be heard in a country that is mostly deaf to us. Slowly and through much hard work and in the face of much hatred, we will continue to work toward a greater understanding of Palestinians and their rights. I truly thank you for your efforts to provide us with as much information as possible to accomplish this.

Kind regards,
Niki

Dear friends!
Great idea! I've passed these website onto all my friends end even put as a link to some friends home page. I guess this campaign could be more agressive in europe. The only who can make israeli with the USA sponsor stops the holocaust against the palestinians.

Jose Dantas
Sao Paulo – Brazil

Bismillah. Asalaam Alaykum: 

I am a female Muslim 3-dimensional artist working primarily in glass and stone. For the last year I have dedicated my work in creating pieces that commemorate the Palestinian victims of Israeli violence and massacres. I was recently selected to created a large memorial commemorating the Dir Yassin victims which will be built and displayed in Geneva, New York this year inshaAllah. 

I have had great difficulty finding complete and comprehensive lists of Palestinian victims, although I do have a complete list of Dir Yassin and The Ibrahim Mosque victims. I would very much appreciate any assistance that you can lend. I am especially interested in a complete and comprehensive list of all children. I have now working on a special piece that will feature a rock with every single Palestinian child's name who has been martyred. 

You can contact me at the following: 
Haifa Bint-Kadi 
72 Water Street 
Cumbola, PA 17930 
(570) 277-6789 

Ja Zack Allah Khere! 
Haifa

HI
My name is Husam Sharawi I live in Amman, Jordan but my roots come from Palestine from Hebron
i've seen your website recently
i thank every person that has helped to make and develop this Wonderful website and the campaign images were very fantastic ,its really sensitive i hope that i can support you with my virtual website : 
http://the10101.freehomepage.com
you can go to the creativities section plz see the images that i've made by myself if u saw any interesting image u wanted to get or use it, plz tell me about 
it, and i'll be glad to send u .

Peace Out
And GOD Bless Our Palestine

Husam Sharawi

This is a wonderful job that you are doing, only justice will bring peace, keep up the good work spreading the truth! 


Pedro (Peter) Armesto 
Asst. Director of Utilities 
City of Manhattan 

Dear Palestine-Supporters

Thanks alot for your campaign in order to support the palestin. people. 
i finde your idea very good, i made a lot of links to your website on 
our homepage www.palestine.ch

I will see, how we can help you more here in switzerland

Please keep on and stay in touch!

regards
www.palestine.ch
Osama Amour

I was forwarded a message from a friend of mine today concerning your website and your need for American activism and support of the rights of the Palestinian people to live in peace and freedom. I tried to log on to your website, dying2live, but recieved a message that I was not permitted access to it.

I have watched in horror as Israeli tanks have buried Palestinian civilians alive in their own homes, as humanitarian aide has been denied those people, and as Israeli soldiers have shot on sight anyone who dares to seek food or medical assistance. I am disgusted and ashamed that my country's economic and military support of Israel has enabled and encouraged such atrocities. And I know that what I have seen on the Internet and read and seen in the mainstream American media is heavily biased toward Israel. 

There is no justification for the inhuman cruelty with which Palestinians have been visited over the decades of Israeli occupation. That any Palestinian remains who has the wisdom and restraint to advocate political and nonviolent means by which to combat such cruelty is amazing, and humbling. My gut reaction to the few pictures I have seen of the destruction and slaughter of your people has been one of anger, outrage, and grief, as well as shame at my country's complicity in these crimes.

I would like to visit your website, and want you to know that there are many, many Americans who find Israel's actions, both now and in the past several decades, unconscionable and insupportable. I marched in Washington, DC on April 20 of this year, against state-supported terrorism and genocide on the part of our country. Palestine is one of the many places in which we have proven that our war against terrorism should begin at home, and that our leaders' railings against terrorism, even as they support it and export it to other parts of the world, is the basest and most despicable hypocrisy.

You have my support, in any way I can offer it, and my prayers for the safety and freedom of your people.

Beth Henry

Thank you...It will help me to understand more your people.


Bernard Dallaire
Montreal
Québec
Canada

Thank you for these marvellous pictures, thank you for giving us another image of Palestine that we can carry with us and spread around . When I'm too desperate after reading the news, I have a look at these pictures and hope comes back. Today I carry them with me and show them to my family and my friends. May all politicians see your campaign and be inspired to do something really bold to end the vicious circle. My heart is with you and Palestine.
Thank you, and congratulations!


Marc-Olivier Bévierre
FRANCE

For me, your problems seems to be far away and complicate? But I just know that, as every one, I want peace and the same chance for the children to realise their dreams.
So if it's to late for doing something for "our today", we have to do something for " their tomorrow".
Bonne chance et n'abandonnez pas. Nous avons tous besoin d'avoir la réalité sous les yeux.
Chloé Strasbourg, France 

Dear Webmaster @ dying2olive.com 
i am the webmaster of the following page  http://www.geocities.com/thisisisrael i have just added a banner for you in the friendly links .
i hope that you will do the same , so we can help each other .
We do really appreciate your work . 
we are waiting your reply no matter what it is . 
thanks anyway .

hi site team , 

i'm amazed with ur website and i wish to take part in ur campagin and u can also see my website many of its pages are dedicated to palistine 

www.urvoice.net

www.urvoice.com 

cya and keep the good work 
ibrahim 

Congratulations for this beautiful campain. 
I will tell all my french, spanish and portuguese friends to difuse it.
I went to Gaza 3 years ago, and what I remember over all is the smile of children and young palestinians. They need us, we don't have right to disappoint them.

Keep smiling,

Claire.

i want to say that you're print campaign for palestinian children is fantastic. we need to see more 
images of palestinians that show their humanity, and commonality with us all. i am a pro-palestinian 
activist (and graphic designer) in the san francisco bay area. 
i am forwarding your website to a lot of my activist and designer contacts. 

i suggest that you enter this campaign in design annuals, like Communications Arts magazine, and 
Print magazine. I think the CA Design & Advertising 2002 annual deadline for entries is june 14th, 
so you don't have much time for that one. i'm sure you know that getting into design annuals will 
get your work even more exposure. 

i'm curious if you are a design firm and have samples of other work that you've done, and, where are 
you located in Jordan? 

thanks again, 
karen barry 

This is a wonderful job that you are doing, only justice will bring peace, keep up the good work spreading the truth! 

Pedro (Peter) Armesto 
Asst. Director of Utilities 
City of Manhattan 

Dear Friends:

Thank you for the campaign, we very much need clear messages with compelling images to have an impact. I would hope that people could download them and take them to the demonstrations here in the US. I am afraid to say that some of the placards at the marches here are rather inflammatory, and I am concerned that they fail utterly to reach anyone who is not already of that point of view. They also do little to build the broad coalitions necessary  change US foreign policy in Palestine. At this point, we cannot indulge in the luxury of being "right"or righteous. Instead, we must be persuasive. 
Your materials can help.

Is it appropriate and okay for individuals to download your images so that they can put them on t-shirts or on placards? I am not thinking of t-shirts for sale, but for individual use, to make a statement?

I look forward to hearing back from you at your convenience.

Best wishes,
Laurie Coyle
independent filmmaker
San Francisco California

Hi. 

Your website is sophisticated, emotional and brilliantly executed. 

The question is, what results are you looking to create? 

Are you simply looking to disseminate information? Or are you looking to affect the outcome of the conflict and create a peaceful solution, where all  parties can live in dignity and honor? If you believe that a peaceful solution includes the creation of a Palestinian state and the secure existence of Israel, then there may be a way that we can work together to use advertising strategy to influence that outcome. If you believe that the solution includes the cessation of Israeli occupation as well as Palestinian suicide bombings, then doing some collaborative work could have a powerful influence. 

Take a look at our website: passionmarketing.com. Many liberal organizations dealing in mid-east issues, including the Ford Foundation, 
Peace Now, the Jerusalem Foundation and the Abraham Fund are our clients. (I am a national board member of Peace Now, as well.) We do only non-profit marketing of issues and causes. 

Working together could be a very dynamic way of influencing a situation which badly needs some positive influence, before we all lose our sons and 
daughters in this conflict. It is time for sanity. 

Gary Wexler 

I'm a twenty year french , and your campaign bring me to think that i'd never seen something so full of grace done for the people .
I sincerly hope that these few images are going to move the ones who are still not concerned by the daily abasement of Palestian. 
you' re really right for not having approach any politic matters, cos' each one could have criticize the you worked; and hardly what is the more important are the human life, and at first to rescue the younger ones.
Don't give up, you'll certainly change something very important. 
Emilie

Good morning, 

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR WORK IS VERY VERY BAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT AND I TRY TO DISPATCH YOUR WEB PAGES TO ALL OUR FRENCH ARABIC COMMUNAUTY. 

THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
peacefull. 
TAHYA FALESTINE.

Dear friends:
¡Wonderful your work I have read in internet!
I am a spanish journalist who is writing a book about life in Palestina. I have travelled several times to your land I had the oportunity to understand your fight. In this book I explain how dificult can be life for palestinian people.
Could I use your information?. Could you send me by e-mail some suggest?
Thanks for all. Lola ( Spain)

Hello, my name is Edward Kelley , until just a couple of years ago I was under the spell of the media masters and thought that everything in the middle east was the fault of the palestinians. 
I actually believed that the Israelis were the victims in the middle east. You have to fight media with media , In the US we are totally at the mercy of our Jewish media masters. You must find away to bring your story to the average american in a way that will open our eyes to the truth. A movie that would portray your struggle and expose the Israeli lobby in the US would be a good idea. 

Sincerely Ed Kelley

To dying2live team,

I want to extend my thanks to all the team who was involved in the campaign, I know you faced a lot of trouble and still do, but do know that you do have supporters everywhere.

I have one comment about the slogan you chose for the campaign, I disagree that Palestinians have to "die" in order to "live", no one should die in the first place. It's true that the fact remains, Palestinians are dying, but we shouldn't present their death as the road to live especially that the campaign's target is international. My point is "Palestine doesn't have to die in order to live".

Thanks again, and please do include me in your mailing list if you do have one.

Best Regards,
Razan Khatib

Dear Team

I would like to thank you for your work on the campaign, I am proud and happy that you achieved such remarkable work in spite of the difficulties.
I have seen your website, posters and stickers. all are beautiful strong and come as a loud thunder voice to our silence.

Please allow me to make one comment though, I feel that the Palestinians have done their share of dying, I only hope for the day when the Palestinians fight with their education, social talents and art (like your campaign) rather than their death. fight for a happy and healthy Palestine.
I hope for the day when Palestinians are "Living to Live".

Again, thank you very much for your work, I feel the love behind it. It is a victory.

Best wishes,
yours,
Diala Khasawneh

I was very moved by your campain for the Palestinian cause: by attaching names and faces to these people of whom we read about every day in the papers, it renders human the problem and reminds us in the West that we can no longer brush them off as a lost cause in some far and distant land. Having read about it in the Courrier international (France), I am optimistic that more and more Europeans (at present, half of the people who view this site are American) will be supportive of the your activities for an independent state of Palestine.

HOWEVER, I am somewhat troubled by the title of your campaign, "dying to live". To tell you the truth, I have long had bad feelings about the terrorist attacks on Israeli citizens in restaurants and buses, and was particularly depressed when I heard that many Palestinians actually encourage terrorist attacks (to earn the status of martyrdom), because this only re-inforces the Western perception that the Palestinians are a fanatic and violent people. "Dying to live", it seems, to suggest a justification of the bombings that, for the most part, don't arouse very much sympathy.

Apart from that, I think what you're doing is revolutionary and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. I will send this site to my friends and hope it circulates around teh world.

Jenny Uechi

Congratulations on your website! I will pass it on everyone I know. My own country is being occupied by foreign forces. This website is truly an appeal to world's conscience. Never give up on your mission.

Jay, a torn citizen from Congo (formerly known as Zaïre) 

It's a good initiative , I am sorry but I do not write english very  mutch , I hope for Peace and Justice for Palestinian People. I give this  web adress to my friends ,
Louis , from France .

I'm a french man, and 've ridden an article about you in the newsmagazine "Courrier international". Congratulations : when advertising people use their art in the aim to increase respect and consideration, it gives us a good example of the power of words and pictures. 

Bernard Jacquand, Lyon, FRANCE

To All Involved: 

As I write these words, my eyes are filled with tears, tears of sadness, but tears of happiness and hope as well when I saw your website. I am an American who lived in Kuwait for 3 years and gained consciousness a about the Palestinian movement there. Ever since then, I have been on the bandwagon, preaching the message to both deaf and listening ears. PALESTINE MUST EXIST. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD WILL ONE DAY JOIN THE NATION OF ISRAEL TOGETHER, NOT MAN!!! ISRAEL WAS NOT CREATED BY THE HAND OF GOD BECAUSE GOD LOVES ALL HIS CHILDREN AND WOULD NEVER THROUGH SOME OF HIS CHILDREN, THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ABRAHAM AS WELL, INTO ETERNAL ANGUISH. Some have actually come around. My other point has always been, THE WAR FOR PALESTINE IS NOT BEING FOUGHT IN ISRAEL, IT IS BEING FOUGHT IN THE LIVING ROOMS ON AMERICA!! Public Relations is the only way. That's how the Jews took Palestine and that is the only way the Palestinians will ever get it back. 

A few items to consider. Women represent 52% of the population. Your website is very boy dominated and the 2 girls seem like tokens. Also, most of the kids look very typically Palestinian, but what about showing all colors more? There are Palestinians that are very dark, evidently have African blood as there are blond Palestinians. In this wan you could counteract the perception that Arab culture is male dominated and controlled and possibly have a better chance of gaining support among African Americans and Latinos, who more and more are gaining a fierce political presence. 

GOD BLESS YOU!!!! ALLAH WAKBAR!!! 

Your sister, Victoria 

Victoria S. Kennedy

Dear friends, 

Your campaign seems great! I read about it in the Daily Star, the Lebanese daily newspaper, and learned that the campaign appeared in Jordanian newspapers and magazines, but I’d rather see the campaign and read about it in the New York Times or the Washington Post or the Boston Globe. Dying 2 live must be aggressively launched in the Western media where it’s mostly needed. That’s the only way to get the message across to the West whose 
image of the Palestinians is distorted by biased media coverage. 

Lina Badih 
Toronto, Canada

Good day,
I pray each day for the peace, safety and freedom of the Palestine people. I am discusted with what I’ve seen done to you’s and more discusted that most of the world has stayed silent, out of fear or whatever reasons each may have. As a Christian I am broken-hearted that the Christian world has stood by and not done anything in the name of all that is descent and of Gods teachings. I wish you’s a better life,with a speedy journey to peace, and I know that God is watching and will not let this continue much longer. It is time for the world to wake up to this most shameful time in our history and put a stop to these terrible things. As an American poet, I call to all the poets of the world to turn there pens into weapons of justice and write and help bring peace that is so long overdue.

God Bless You All

Respectfuly
Frank Sullivan

Dear Dying2Live Team,
I think you have found a great way to show the world the sorrow many of us feel because of what is happening to the Palestinian people. The violence is much more attractive to the media for some reason, but what we need to see and feel is what the average Palestinian sees and feels everyday. They have hopes, dreams and the will and integrity to see these dreams through. They want to make their country beautiful and peaceful and have the ability to do so. But their country and their land are occupied by a force which seems totally inhumane. A force which itself had to endure much suffering in the past, and now seems intent on inflicting that suffering on the innocent Palestinian people. As if it were an abused child, in turn abusing its own sibling. I can only imagine how frustrating it must feel to be in any Palestinian's shoes. Here are a couple of points I think might give a new perspective on the situation :
· True, there is violence on both sides and people just trying to lead normal, fulfilling lives are being killed, Palestinians and Israelis. BUT, who is committing the violence on the Palestinian side? Radical groups charged with rage and fury by this historical conflict they find themselves in, which misleads them into the killing of civillians, i.e. MINORITY. NOW, who is committing the violence on the Israeli side? The Israeli army, controlled by the government of Israel which is elected by the people of Israel, i.e. MAJORITY. 
· When significant moves toward peace were made by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, and it appeared progress was finally being made, a thorn was thrust into the side of this great event by the sad assasination of Yitzhak Rabin. Granted, the assasin was a radical and an extremist, but where did he come from? Where did he learn this extremism? Israel, not Palestine. 
I salute everyone who has worked, or will work on this site. The world needs many more people like you. I am proud to see fellow arabs showing the world that we are a sophisticated and peaceful people. Many people fall for the big Western media production machine's uncompassionate portrayal of the events in the Middle-East. If only they could hear the stories of the children on this website, and the stories of their siblings, cousins, parents, aunts, uncles.....
Yours sincerely,
Magdi

Asalam Alaikum. It would be much easier for someone like me to download a simple black and white image with a short but consise text...aimed at breaking the propogandized pro zionist vision that most non Muslim Americans have of Palestine's situation. I could print out leaflets and put them in peoples windshield wipers on their cars.
Also, I must say, that as much as I would like to contribute money to your organization, I, as many others in America have a new found paranoia of donating money to "controversial charities" over the internet. There has been so much about "blocking accounts and freezing assets" in the middle east, as well as the "witch hunts" that the US government has carried out on some Muslim families here. Please know that I give regularly to my local Masjid which sees that amounts are sent towards Palestinian causes.
Mrs. Hoque

We can no longer see for our eyes are full of tears 
We can no longer hear but the deafining cries of men and guns 
We can no longer feel for we are numb with pain , sadness and fear 
We can no longer taste for bitterness lurks within 
We can no longer smell for the stench of death has become our parent , our 
relative , our friend 

Please help our senses come to life 

The children of Palestine .
Zeid

I wish you and all of those who are working on this project all the best. A very aesthetic, simple and honest campaign.
Is this being distributed in the lands where it can make a difference? Europe, the US and maybe in Israel itself? I am sure it will have an amazing effect if it reached the audiences outside of Palestine.
Is there anything I/we, ordinary citizens of the world, can do to help you in your mission?

Salamaat to you all,
Khaled

I am just an ordinary woman at home but if I can have access to some pictures and articles, I could present them to the Glasgow Newspapers, or let my friends in Islamic Relief have access to them. 

I want to help. It pains me so much to sit here and watch the news. It makes me angry. 

Isobel Newbigging

I greatly admire your work with the Dying 2 Live campaign. It focuses on one of the most disturbing effects of the Israeli occupation: a lingering feeling of despair and hopelesness. Your campaign also succeeds in focusing the public's attention on the 
blatant human rights abuses taking place in the West Bank and Gaza. 
Congratulations on a job well done. 

Sincerely, 
Mr. N. Farach 
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

My reason for contacting you is to let you know that just like me there has to be millions of people who sympathize, and what is even more important  feel a tremendous deal of admiration for the courageous way that you fight for Justice. Please keep us inform about your movement, and realize that  the amount of misinformation that is being constantly pump in the USA media regarding the Palestinian cause is horrendous. 
Carlos 

Dear Dying2Live.com,

The AWAKENING AWARENESS - MARK OF DISTINCTION award is earned by people and organizations who put the utmost effort in the name of justice, supporting fair coverage and whose sincere goal is to balance the news, with only the consumer in mind.

This award is given with great merit to you, for your portrayal of children's dreams.

Please go to http://www.citizenarab.com/award/winner.asp
Read your review @ http://www.citizenarab.com/award/01042002.asp

Congratulations.

Citizen Arab Team

Please do not think that Americans do not care for you. As a lifelong American I can see the wrongs that are being done to your people. My heart goes out to you and I pray to GOD our father in heaven to always be with you!!! There are many stories in my BIBLE about your people . This story is a very beautiful one I want to share it with you, and I hope you will not be offended:

Genesis 16:3,11

"And Sarai. Abraham's wife, took Hagar her maid (the EGYPTIAN) and gave her to her husband to be his wife".
"And the Angel of the LORD (GOD) said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name ISHMAEL; because the LORD (GOD) hath heard thy affliction."


Genesis 17:20 

" And as for Ishmael, I (meaning GOD) have heard thee: Behold, I(GOD) have BLESSED him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he begat, and I(GOD) will make him a GREAT NATION."

Genesis 17:26
17:9,10
"In the selfsame day was ABRAHAM circumcised, and ISHMAEL his son." 

"This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND THY SEED AFTER THEE; Every man child among you shall be circumcised'. "And GOD said unto Abraham, Thos shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations"

So We can all see that GOD loves ISHAMEL and his peoples and will NOT forsake them!!!

("For he looked for a CITY which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is GOD"

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I am extremely impressed by the contents of your site, and by your campaign especially. I am an advertising student, and I am so glad to see that someone is putting the profession to good use. Your images and concepts are strong and I dare say as effective as any ad campaign I have ever seen. 
Just one last thought, I have not yet seen any effort made towards the Palestinian struggle that might reach the hearts and minds of outsiders. I never saw them portrayed to the outside world as I see them, as human beings with hopes, dreams, and emotions, rather than just people with cuts, bruises, broken homes, dead relatives, and other crises. Not until I saw this site, I mean.
Good job, and good luck for the future,
Eamaan
Syria

PS. I would like to help with this project of yours, because I really believe in it but I do not know how I can do it. All i can offer is my help through my words. If you need any written texts, I am quite capable and love to experiment writing touching pieces. In fact, I had many reservations about the way you phrased the ads; I thought they could be much more effective if they were phrased only slightly differently (no offense). Please contact me at this e-mail if I can be of help.

dudes...i was thinking ..how about cooparating with an israeli site? i am from israel i can helP you contact sevral... 
thanks. 
nice job.

Paranova

Dear Sirs 

Thanks for your wonderful website, I loved it. I found the pictures so modern and artistic and the links you've included very useful. 
The layout of the site is good, but, there was one thing I was not so thrilled about, the way you used only half of the screen for the pages, it was nice on the actual campaign page, but a bit annoying on the rest, because I had to press down so many times to reach the whole list. 
And on the links page, I suggest that you break it down to three separate sub pages, links, articles, and addresses. 
Thanks again, and god bless you

Reem Khader

i'm very proud to find some people think like you... and it is very very very nice you word ( Palestine dying to live)

how can i help you iam in your request...please any thing to break the silents words in our mouthes.....
thank you very much for this beautiful site... your site is very simple and small but it have a big forwarding and meanings and iam happy to see that there is people think as you for our country palestine..
thank you again and if you want any help from me iam ready
(iam web designer and computer programmer ) – 
Idriss

Dear Dying2Live team, 

Great job. I salute you for all your efforts. Did you try spreading this campaign in American campuses? Also, I have one comment. I suggest you add the name, age, and city of each child. It makes it more personal I think. 
Also, the fonts are too small, they might need to be bumped up by one point or two. 

Again, you've done a wonderful job. 

In solidarity, 

Karim 
Cairo, Egypt

first of all ‎ need to thank u s‎nce ‎ cant f‎nd websites related to Palest‎ne and Palest‎n‎ans;‎ live in turkey,‎ m a turk and ‎ really love Palestinian people,‎ w‎sh all the best especially the peace for all of u.
as far as ‎ know from the news ,the situat‎on there gets better but ‎ dont know ‎f ‎t s real,‎ searched here ‎n my country for a contact ‎ mean to be helpful,to do sth for Palest‎n‎ans even the author‎t‎es ‎n the embassy said ''sorry we have noth‎ng to do except pray Allah''
hope to contact to u,and get news,‎nformat‎on related to ur lovely country...
Hilal Pekedi‏, from turkey

I'm an American and I have no idea why the plight of the Palestinian people has touched my heart so deeply. I troll the internet for information because there is no reliable information in the "Land of the Free". Only propaganda. I had the honor to be among those demonstrating in Washington DC on April 20 against the occupation of The West Bank and Gaze and against what the Bush administration is trying to turn our country into. I understand the rage and helplessness that leads some Palestinians to give their lives to hurt those who oppress them and suck away their hope and their lives.

I see others who would also have sympathy with the plight of these people--but the suicide bombings, particularly in the wake of 9-11 cause them to harden their hearts. I do believe that you are on the right track in spreading the human images of Palestinians and revealing their hopes.

In the 1960's I was active against racial segregation, against the Viet Nam War, for a free Cuba and against Nuclear Testing. My training was in non-violent resistance and civil disobedience. 

It is clear that no Western government will be responsive to the desperate circumstances and pleas of the Palestinians. Apparently even the UN is not going to be responsive. A while back it occurred to me that the battle has to be won one person at a time. What your site does is similar to what I have in mind. I am speaking to Palestinians that I know here, to Arab Americans, both Muslim and Christian with the plea that they speak to others about the use of non-violent civil disobedience. The kind of martyrdom that will win the hearts and minds of the people of the world is the kind that goes like a lamb to the sacrifice, without weapons, as Gandhi did when he won India away from the British Empire and toppled the colonial world. 

A new colonialism is being initiated by the leaders of my country. Please, speak to those who have influence. Convince them that announced non-violent resistance and civil disobedience will win the day as suicide bombings will not. And publish pictures of those who would dedicate their lives to the cause of peace in the Holy Land. 

A while back I investigated going to the occupied territories but could find no place to "plug in" and after thinking about it, I realized that as a woman, I would probably not be heard. I would still like to go and stay, but have no idea how to do so. If there is anything that I can do, here or there, please let me know and I will do it if it within my power

Brooke Neal

Let Palestine be Free
Isn't Permanent Occupation Terrorism?
Isn't daily threats terrorism?
Isn't constant fear terrorism?
Isn't denial of education terrorism?
Isn't constant curfew terrorism?
Isn't destruction of a persons home terrorism?

Douglas L Perle

First of all, please allow me as a Palestinian in the diaspora to heartily thank you for your excellent effort and unsurpassed level of sophistication. This is better than a thousand angry words, and it is much better than demonstrating or burning flags or angrily shouting or watching TV, helplessly.

Please advise me how I can obtain these excellent photos for printing and distribution to all those who I know, to change set minds...

I would appreciate your earliest reply.

Jamal Mansour
Damascus, Syria

I found your website throught the Palestinian Chronicle and like it very much. They have a link to your site through a small click-through graphic. I would like to include the your graphic and your link on my website and would like to have your permission to do so. 

My web site is http://rememberjenin.com. I am still in the process of developing my site, but want it to be a place where people can go to find information, including links to other information sources, on what happened at Jenin during the Israeli army attack last month. I don't believe that what happened there 
should be forgotten or that war crimes, in whatever form, should be excused. 

Your site is not about Jenin, per se, but is a wonderful statement about the need for Palestinians to have an unfettered future. So, if you don't mind, I'd like to provide a link on my site to yours. 

If you think it worthwhile, would you also consider including a link for my site in the "links" section of yours? 

Michael Crowley

I do not know what to say. I am speechless. I cannot understand how a people that endured the holocost now inflict pain of the same porportions on others. People have the right to live, to protect their home and to help bring their childerns dreams to reality. The world is becoming a very disappointing place to me, though I can truly say I don't know what it is to be disappointed. God, I believe gave us all life so that we may experience His many wonders. I am disappointed in humanity for losing its moral objective
What is one to do bombarded by militay force? How else does one retaliate for the loss of their home, or loved ones? Why does the world not listen, but instead critisize the means. Anyone faced with such desparation can not say he would not react in a similar way. Why is one side justified in their means and the other not?
I am glad to have found this web site and I hope that many others do to.
A Concerned Canadian

Salaam-

Words cannot describe how frustrated I am by my government's policy regarding Israel and Palestine. I am of very meager means, but wish to contribute in some way.
Please advise me of any way I can assist in the pursuit of justice.

James C.
Philadelphia, PA, USA

You have captured my already captured heart which cries out for justice and peace for Palestine and hope and love for my brothers and sisters in Palestine. I am DYING to see more of this kind of advocacy done in all the arab world, I do hope that other initiatives like yours will spring up and speak the truth to the world.
Brilliant work, may god bless us all...
Rosie Nasser, Beirut – Lebanon

Salaam,
I received the link to your web site http://www.dying2live.com from a friend of mine and have now noticed your banner on other web sites. First let me say the the ads are WONDERFUL! Thank you for investing your time in such a meaningful ad campaign. I am from Chicago, IL and am interested in publishing your ads on highway billboards. I would also like to have other states join in and do the same.
I plan to raise money locally for the ad and I was wondering what kind of permission or release would I need from you to move forward with this project. Or, if this is at all possible, please advise.
Peace,
Hajjar
Our rage has no pillow on which to rest its head.

May God Bless your efforts. Americans should forward the dying2live URL to  their elected representatives. I am sending an e-mail to my elected  representatives here in Louisiana today. The children of Palestine should  not have to wait for freedom! 

James D. Jackson 
Gonzales, LA 70737

Your web site is a great idea, I wish you the best of success. I urge you to continue to push a message of peace and reconciliation. No matter how horrible the crimes that Israel has inflicted upon you, responding in kind means surrendering the moral high ground. Given the differential levels of power and penetration between the pro-Israel and pro-peace forces, you must be especially careful to ensure your message of peace and progress cannot be twisted into one of hatred and bigotry.
I really like the side-by-side photos. Two specific comments: (1) Einstein did not decipher "the equation of the universe", rather he constructed *a*
theory of one class of phenomena (gravity). You might say "an equation of the universe" rather than "the". (2) Beethoven was only deaf at the end of his career. Your text seems to imply he was always deaf. 

Best wishes,
Michael Vinson
Sarasota, Florida

It is high time we start presenting ourselves in such a civilised and human manner. I am proud that we have such refined qualified media people in our modest home, Jordan. The children of the world are the only hope of the world to make it a better world, Palestenian children are in urgent need of the simple basic need of hoping and dreaming, what better way to present this need than this nobel campain dying2live. Keep up the good work and god bless your team whoever they may be.
Iman Jundi

with all my heart, and with all that God has granted me, i'll help. 

Reda, 
Algiers.

I was extremely glad to see that the advertising and media community in Jordan has joined efforts in a media and public awareness campaign to try and more effectively expose the world's eyes to the inhumane atrocities that Palestinians have suffered, not only in recent weeks, but for many many years.
It has been my experience as an American married to a Palestinian that this horrible treatment, treatment that we Americans would not tolerate if inflicted to us or our neighbor, has gone unnoticed and ignored by the masses, and silenced or hidden under a rock by oppressors. The success thus far, for this blanket of ignorance to the Palestinian plight, I believe, is due to the lack of exposure, knowledge and education of the true Palestinian plight. It is a long, difficult process for one or two people to "get through the heads" of those around us in the free world, that such horrible things happened and continue to happen in a place with a name, that is perceived as a negative in the first place. People on this side of the globe do not comprehend what "occupation" means. They do not realized that when they hear on the news casts, that global leaders or humanitarian organizations have to "get permission" before entering the West Bank, what that really means. 
They continue to be blinded to the true meaning of occupation and easily ignore it. Through the repetitive nature of a campaign, as in your public awareness and media campaign, there is hope that people will eventually "get-it". I absolutely agree, that the force of change is held within the students and youth. It takes many true-life examples, constantly repeated, to even begin to get through to the adult mind.

The contents of your website, clean-cut and to the point, is beautifully done. The creativity is impressive. The Campaign slogan is excellent, as well as the sub-slogans. May I respectfully make two suggestions. 
(1) With regard to the 3 sub-slogans: "Dare we say he can laugh out loud? Dare we say there's such a thing as hope? Dare we say that his yearning is not in vain?"

Without someone knowing what generates these questions, (occupation), is there the risk that it might be perceived that because of their own government, they are being deprived? There is plenty of blame, in media outlets here, being placed on Palestinian leadership in connection with the youth.

Would a line something like: "Yes, once occupation ends." Be appropriate.

(2) The descriptive text at the bottom of the 3 campaign layouts,
above "Advertising and Media Sector..." is a little hard to read by a
point size or two.
Once again, may I congratulate you on a well-presented campaign.

Regards,
Emily

Sirs:
I live in Portland, Oregon, USA. I am extremely frustrated by my governments support of Israel. I have made phone calls to congress, written letters, and sent emails. I have just visited your website and am moved to tears. I would like to print the images on T-shirts and small poster boards, so that people in my city will understand. Please advise
Thank you,
Randal Davis, 
Portland, Oregon USA 

This is the most touching and effective presentation I have seen since the latest events. I was moved to tears just by clicking on each picture and looking into the eyes of the children.... their eyes and expressions are filled with words! 

On a more widespread level, it is a great idea -- the posters are such a great means of getting a personal and resonating message through the utilization of pictoral images and history, both of which make instant connections in the mind of the public!! 

Amazing job! 

Do you have a list of the sponsors or contributors? 

Thanks, 
Tamam Barhoush 

Dear friends, 

I want to congratulate you on an excellent job and very innovative idea. You have given us the tools, now its up to us, and especially Arabs living in America, to organize fund raisers and buy spaces in US newspapers to publish your material. 

Thank you, 

Maria Malas

Excellent work on the dying 2 live website.
See the banner at the top of our site.
Your flash-banner will appear on all the pages on our site for one month.
After that a link to your site will be placed in the Political section about Palestine.
If you link back to us, it would be appreciated and you would be placed in the 'Affiliation' section.

Regards,

Koutayba.com
http://www.koutayba.com

ps: Don't ever give up on promoting Palestine.

Hi,
As an Arab American living in the US, I'm very proud of this campaign, I hope we can see these adds on Posters and stickers everywhere (US, and the Arab world)

Keep the good work
Thanks again
Ali Dahmash

Dear friends

Thank you so much for this campaign of hope. Tonight I shall spread it to everybody I know in France, and in the medias. Bravo. Yes, Palestine is dying to live. 

Simone Bitton
Filmaker
Paris

Hello my name is Sherri I'm a 21yr old African American who's heartaches for your people and there oppression that the have suffered over the years like many African Americans in the U.S your thoughts are in many of my peoples prays.

I have no dog in this fight but I do believe that the Israelis have taken a page from the Nazis handbook on their "final solution". They are determined to humiliate, dehumanize, destroy and if that doesn't work kill the remaining Palestinians. Then they can have "more living space" Another tem used by the Nazis before W.W. 2. I am a combat veteran from W.W. who participated in every battle in Europe from D. Day 7am Omaha beach to V. E. day on the Austrian border. Was in the first occupation of Germany and we treated them with dignity. Have the Jews become so hardened by there mistreatment that they have lost their famous sense of justice, tolerance and fairness?

George Weitner

Hi,
I would like to request that you add a link to this commentary I wrote : 
"US "suckered" again in Israel"

http://www.counterpunch.com/campos0421.html

Thank you,
Michelle Campos

Thank you,very beautiful gift for us. 
I'll pass your wonderful website to my friends. 
Humor,Humanity and Hope... Now we need all of them. 
Thank you. 

Hiroe

This is what the world is been needing to hear from palestines. I wish you all the success that there is. I'm sure that with the support of the press around the world, this campaing can be the first step to a real change for the palestinian people.....

One little comment... with all due respect... The texts of all the posters are very powerful, no doubt, but I'm missing some information that can be, in my humble opinion, even more Powerful...for example, Khaled: 8 years old, Beit Jala 2001....

Congratulations once again, and thank you for this noble campaing.
Ruth Ramirez Abuabara
COLOMBIA

Dear Friends,
Just a hurried note to congratulate you and thank you for launching the "dying2live" campaign. I shall do everything I can to help you promote your campaign in America and circulate your images to the press.

All the best,
Michel

Absolutely amazing. I was moved to tears!
Ziad A. Al-Duaij
Senior Project Leader, Internet Business Department
National Bank of Kuwait

Dear all,

I just want to sincerely thank all those who took part in putting out this website. As a manager of a design firm in Ramallah, I really appreciate the effort; actually words simply can not express my gratitude.

We also play in small role promoting Palestine by publishing a periodical called "This Week in Palestine". You may want to check our site under
www.thisweekinpalestine.com

Thanks again for your much needed support.

Sani P. Meo
General Manager

السلام عليكم : لا أعرف ماذا اقول ؟ فعلا لقد ابدعتكم ، أنتم بحق قمة في الابداع والتعبير لا يمكن وصف شعوري سوى أنكم الأفضل وعلى هذه الأرض مــــــا يستحق الحياة شكرا على كل لحظة قضيتها اتجول في الموقع وفي القريب العاجل سأرسل لكم مجموعة من الصور قد تحتاجونها كمساعدة بسيطة جدا جدا ارجو أن تقبلوني صديق لكم أخوكم وصديقكم بشير القواسمي عمان

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your work is so wonderful, I am in tears from seeing the hope and vision you have brought to this, my herat is full of hope for the first time in many days. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this beautiful gift of hope you have offered!

Thomas Olson
New York City