Dear Khader and family,
I honor and respect your decision, Khader, to continue your hunger strike until the authorities allow you your rights. Yet, I can’t tell you how much I want you to live, to be a father to your children, a husband, to live a decent and happy life.
Although I am an Israeli Jew, I am first and foremost a human being, as are you. Therefore your justified distress at how Israel treats you is very painful for me, as is the occupation and injustice to Palestinians. I still hope with all my heart that the people responsible for you will free you, will allow you at the least to have a decent and honest trial. Even though I know that this is not likely to occur, I still hope, and continue to do what I can to change the minds of those responsible for your condition.
With much love and respect,
Dorothy