Report By Lamya Tawfik, IOL Cairo Staff

CAIRO, September 9 (IslamOnline) - A number of organizations in Egypt have produced a 23-minute, 7-language CD which documents the agony of the Palestinian people under the aggressive Israeli war machine.

The CD was produced by Safeer, an Egyptian publishing house, under the patronage of the Arab Lawyers Union, the Palestinian Committee of the Arab Doctor's Union, the International Center for Studies and the Egyptian Association for Culture and Dialogue.

The CD has footage of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, including the well known massacres of Sabra and Shatilla, 1982 and Qana 1996. The voice over is presented in seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Arabic.

In a joint statement produced by the sponsoring organizations, they called upon individuals and organizations to take part in letting the message reach a million western individual.

"We need to let them know the facts; that Palestine is Arab land; that many Jews came here from around the world; that they committed crimes against humanity and threw the Palestinian natives out of their own land with the help and support of the world's powers," said the statement.

"We need to let them know that the Israeli war machine targets the entire Palestinian society, not differentiating between a child, woman, youth or old man and that it aims at destroying houses, infrastructure, and ruining farm lands.

"In doing that Israel breaches all international laws and resolutions as it kills detainees and hinders ambulances from doing their job. It also stops media men from covering the events so that the truth does not reach the world and as a result, many of them have lost their lives," they added.

In a conference held at the Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo, the participants lauded the production, some mentioning that it needed to have more facts and figures besides the emotional footage.

Speaking to IslamOnline, Abdullah Obaid, the director of the Programs department in Safeer, said that the idea came after Husni Saber, an Arab residing in Germany sent a letter to the Egyptian Newspaper Al-Ahram in April suggesting the production of the CD.

Saber said that he met a German lady who was moved to tears by the scenes of Israeli victims of a Palestinian martyr bombing. He showed her a CD with scenes of Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians and her attitude changed completely. She is now one of the strong supporters of the Palestinian cause.

Obaid said that Safeer is planning to contact NGOs and Arab organizations in the west for the distribution of the CD.

To get a copy of the CD, please mail Safeer International on: