However, in London in March 2002, [Ghazi al-]Gosaibi wrote a poem called You Are the Martyrs, an ode to a Palestinian teenager, Ayat Akhras, who had blown herself up weeks earlier in a Jerusalem supermarket, killing two Israelis and injuring 28 others. The poem, which praised Akhras as the "bride of the heavens" who "stands up to the criminal" and "kisses death with a smile" outraged Israeli and much western opinion. The poem lambasted "a White House whose heart is filled with darkness". Gosaibi was promptly recalled as ambassador. Some thought that he had written the poem with just this in mind, to be able to return to Saudi Arabia and continue his reforms.from The Guardian: Ghazi al-Gosaibi obituary
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