Dear Mr. Santa,

This might be unusual request coming from someone who is a Muslim, but the fact I have few things on my mind.

Could you please swing by Palestine, and in particular to a place called Gaza this year. It is not too far from Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, who is ‘the reason for the season’. There are 1.5 million people who are starving there in Gaza and have been under siege from air, sea, and ground for almost three years. You may ask what is the reason for that? Those people wanted to be free and independent just like us here in America.

Over 51% of the population is under the age of 15. Among those people are solid 3,000 Christians also. Statistically speaking, there should be about 1,500 of their Christian children who will not be having a merry Christmas this year for lack of basic necessities to survive such as food, water, fuel, and medicine. Animals are in a worse shape than humans in Gaza. There is no grass or animal feeds left in Gaza. Parents and children alike are dying daily because they are unable to get medical attention inside or outside Gaza due to the blockade. The U.N. is no longer able to deliver food anymore because of border closings, and has also warned of impending human disaster..

The children of Gaza do not need toys or video games as they do in other parts of the ‘Cristian’ world, so I suggest the following:

Baby formula

Bottled water

Candles

Vitamin supplement. I heard many suffer from severe malnutrition

Clothing and toiletry

Batteries (all sizes)

Hearing aids for children

Animal feeds. I heard that a local pet store here is having a great bargain, buy one get one free!

Meal Ready to Eat [MRE]. The same kind used by the military.

No need for desert, there is one inside the MRE package. However, if there is some ginger bread man on special, I recommend taking several boxes. I am sure the children will enjoy it and will talk about it for years to come.

Thank you in advance. Have a safe trip. May Allah [God in Arabic] be with you, and as you would say; Ho, ho, ho.

Sincerely,
markum x

Dear Santa, Please bring peace to the world and food for all the poor and hungry even in Palestine. Santa all I want to know for Christmas is why Islam thinks it should be the only religion and proclaims jihad against those who are different if they do not bow before Mohammad?

Santa replies,
I would suggest, those who really care, take your friends and go over there and help them yourselves instead of sitting behind a computer crying about it and hoping others will.
Merry Christmas, Santa

So much injustice in this world. I am ashamed my country blindly supports israel and ignores its war crimes. If there is a god someone will one day have to answer for these attrocities.

Sometimes sending love, light and good thoughts does help...

You're always right!

well, not really but....

Tell it to Obummer. See how far you get.

The EU should commit itself to ending the blockade of the Gaza Strip and put its relations with Israel on hold pending tangible progress, 16 humanitarian and human rights organisations say today in a report marking the first anniversary of the war.

Amnesty International, Oxfam International, Cafod, Christian Aid, Medical Aid for Palestinians and 11 other agencies criticise Israel for banning the import of materials urgently needed for reconstruction but also lambast world powers for not doing enough to help after last year's three-week Cast Lead offensive, in which some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

Israel has the right and obligation to protect its citizens fromindiscriminate rocket attacks, the report says. But "punishing the entire civilian population of Gaza for the acts of a few is a collective punishment which is unacceptable and violates international law".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/22/gaza-blockade-israel-eu-report

First of all carlos, we don't bow before a prophet, we bow before GOD and no real muslim thinks Islam should be the only religion, however we do believe it is the perfected religion. Secondly, Jihad in arabic means struggle...not holy war..i suggest if you really want to know about Islam, you go to whyislam.org and quit watching Fox news.
peace

Five people did try..in NC..and they got arrested. BTW, some REAL christians tried to bring food and they too got arrested, your zionist politicians along with Israel that provides them with re election contributions don't want peace, they want an ethnic clensing and the land for themselves. This isn't a muslim vs jew conflict. 22 percent of the Palestinian population are christian and i guarantee they support Hamas over your imperialism. 10 percent of those persecuted and executed by IDF forces are jewish.

www.jihadwatch.org is a great source.