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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joseph krinsky who wrote (14829)	4/3/2002 11:22:44 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 27666

Parents of Peace Activist Who Met With Arafat Leave NYC Home After Threats, Relative Says The Associated Press Published: Apr 3, 2002 NEW YORK (AP) - The parents of an American volunteer who was denounced for visiting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's besieged compound fled their home after receiving death threats, another son said. Adam Shapiro, 30, a member of a group in solidarity with Palestinians, has been denounced by critics who compare him to John Walker Lindh, the so-called American Taliban. His schoolteacher parents, Stuart and Doreen Shapiro, have left to stay with out-of-state friends, son Noah Shapiro told The New York Times. "People in New York have interpreted my brother's actions to say that he is a terrorist, a traitor, an aide to Arafat. And none of this is based on fact," said Noah Shapiro, a lawyer. His parents, who are Jewish, decided to leave after receiving threats by phone and e-mail. Fliers also were put up asking people to call a telephone number to hear a recording that offered the Shapiros' purported home address in Brooklyn. Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group, said he called law enforcement officials on behalf of the Shapiro family. He called the threats against the Shapiros "sinister and serious. We find it reprehensible to target anybody based on what they believe and what they stand for, whether or not we believe in their actions." Adam Shapiro, who says he doesn't follow any particular religion, made numerous television appearances and was quoted in news accounts describing the siege by Israeli troops on Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah in the West Bank. The invasion followed a series of terrorist bombings, including one that killed 25 people at a ritual seder meal on the first night of Passover. "It's not that I don't understand people's anger," he told the Times via telephone from his home in Ramallah. "But I do think it's based on hatred and not on a balanced and fair understanding of the situation." Shapiro was trapped with Arafat for 24 hours, sharing breakfast with Arafat and about six aides Saturday morning. Israeli troops let Shapiro leave the compound Saturday evening. Shapiro is part of a Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement that has appealed to foreigners to bring attention to conditions among Palestinians. Shapiro has been living in Ramallah for three years. He said he plans to return to the United States in May to marry his fiancee, Huweida Arraf, but not before "getting a security detail." ap.tbo.com