I'd like to provide financial support to MER...
And please keep the good work of telling-it-as-it-is....

Thanks,
.CHEDLEY..

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Dear sir,
       I'm a 21 year old student and in love with MER. I am
willing to help in anyway possible. Just let me know....
           S.A
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    Sorry to hear about your financial problems.It does not
surprise me that you are not very popular.Telling truth has never been
popular in Washington,London Paris or Tel Aviv.  How I wish that
ordinary American joe knew half of what you have been telling us during
these two years.

    I will be too glad to help you in my small way.  I hope you
can keep MER coming.I was worried not getting your weekly digest.
May God help you in this brave enterprise. If you stop talking that will
be a dark day for America and world. Godspeed and good Luck.

       Syed Naseer
       Montreal, Canada
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Dear friends at MER:

I think it's awful if you end your fight. I'm a brazilian
journalist trying to organize an alternative press agency in Sao
Paulo... In the two months I read MER it was extremely useful
and encouraging....
I just think you can't stop.

        Antonio Martins
            Brazil
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I am distressed to think you may close down. What kind of
financial contributions do you need. I can send $100 now...

        Dennis Hudson,
       Smith College
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Dear Sirs:

     I've been getting MER for quite awhile now. It's a very
valuable service.   I will be happy to contribute...
     Keep it up!

        Sincerely,

        Grover C. Furr
        English Department
        Montclair State University
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   Subject:   Re: And The Bad News.....
   Date:    Sat, 5 Dec 1998
   From:   Giore Etzion

> We have been forced to suspend MID-EAST REALITIES.

sigh, you break my heart
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I suggest you come back to telling the truth, with a vengeance.
I wish I could offer you some time, but I don't live in the DC
area. However if you do need any volunteer assistance, I would be
happy to provide that to you...  I could also pledge $10.00 every
month, starting now.

        Mohammad Jafar
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I think MER provides an important, independent perspective. I
would be willing to consider supporting the organization financially....
Don't be afraid to ask for a significant amount. You are doing
important work... Best of luck.

        Gregory Smith
        Indiana
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To the founders and staff of MER:

I was very disturbed to read your latest message regarding the
decision to suspend MER. I had already asked myself the question
as to why your informative articles stopped reaching my email
account in the past week.

You have already -- and with good reason -- received messages
from many parts of the world commending the insightful and even-
handed criticism and reporting you have been distributing in the past
two years.  I would like to add my voice to theirs...

..your articles and criticism have always been part of my own
thinking.  You did not open my eyes, but you have certainly
provided the hard information I need to keep my resolve...  I
know what kind of courage one needs to muster to take a public
stand on these issues. For this position and commitment, you
have my utmost respect.

I cannot offer much financial assistance, but if you tell me how
to send it to you, I could offer MER a modest $100.

          Truly,

          Y. A. (Initials only by request)
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Dear friends,

I was shocked to read your email saying that you will have to
give up MER.  I have used your information in articles to newspapers
and count on it as an indispendable source of information.  I
urge you in the strongest possible terms to continue the work
you have been doing.  No one else is doing what you have done so
well.  I am retired and therefore do not have much money to
contribute, but I will gladly pledge a hundred dollars a year if
you can continue MER.

Hoping that all your subscribers will get behind you and support
you in such a way that you will be able to continue your
splendid efforts.

        Don't give up the ship!!

        With appreciation,

        William D. Reyburn
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Yes, I want you to continue, I love reading your articles, they
are very informative and describe our pathetic situation well...

          [Anonymous by request]
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Dear Editor;

It is sad to learn that you have been forced to suspend Mid East
Realities.  You obviosly need and deserve tangible support from
your readership...   Please suggest a monthly or preferably
yearly subscription fee to keep you going and also to know the
extent of financial commitment of your readership.  I do not
know what kind of specific "political" difficulties you are experiencing a side
from the obvious of efforts by the main stream media to silence you. Are
you at libery to discuss these difficulties? Your readership need to
know the nature of the beast you are facing? The source of your
difficulties i.e. why, who, and how? silencing your freedom to
express the truth and  right to report the ignored facts and
realities of the unfortunate people of the Middle East...

    [Anonymous by by request]

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