"What do they take us, Arabs, for? Have they fossilized in their minds an old image of the servile natives that we once were? Do they really think that an Iraqi father or mother who has lost his/her baby to diarrhea or cancer because of their sanctions, their bombs or their depleted uranium, can be bought with a sack of flour and a case of mineral water?"

from "Raid and Aid Charade" by Omar Barghouti
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=3381