Letter for Adnan

Dear Adnan,

I know that the clock is ticking and with every passing hour, your need for food to sustain your life grows ever more crucial. Dear Adnan, I do not want you to be yet another martyr, leaving your wife and family alone. You are making a significant statement, but the Israeli's won't be moved by your death. You are just one more in a sea of souls, whose lives have been forfeited on the altar of oppression and hopelessness.

The fight will continue with or without you. But with you, our side is stronger, our voices louder, our determination to achieve justice more unbreakable.

Please take sustenance and live to help achieve the goals so many dedicate their lives to. Let them take not one more life.

You already have my admiration; let me not have to grieve your death.

Pat Carmeli
Cazenovia New York, USA