Said Hammami
Sir: The tragic and senseless murder of Mr Said Hammami, the London representative of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, is a severe blow to all those who wish to see a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. I heard Mr Hammami speak on two separate occasions, and the first time that I met him he immediately impressed me as a man of great courage, intellect and ability. There is no doubt that, had he lived, he would have played a leading role in any new Palestinian state. He was also a man of great honesty and humanity, who realised that the road to a true peace in the Middle East could only be by negotiation and conciliation, not by murder and terror. His death is a great blow to all those of us who share that view. Stephen W Aulsebrook Faculty of Law, The University, Leeds
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