Sporting a new determination to impose some order on my life, I finally began cleaning out my computer, erasing the hundreds of messages, unsolicited advertisements and other assorted clutter that fills up my e-mail system. So if you are still waiting for me to reply to a message you sent last February, don't give up hope - it should be coming any day now.

Cleaning out my word processor flies has proven to be even more eventful, as I have found a couple of recent letters I wrote that I never got around to sending. But rather than going to the trouble of folding the paper and licking the envelope, I thought it would be easier to just click on the 'send' button, and let The Jerusalem Post do the rest of the work. So, here is a sampling of two letters from my "outbox":

I feel compelled to write because in the past year you have waged an unrelenting campaign of violence and terror, targeting innocent human beings in the streets, the malls and even in pizza parlors throughout Israel. You have killed a lot of people and destroyed many lives. But I want you to know one very simple thing: You will never break the Jewish people or its spirit.

We did not survive two thousand years of exile, persecution, pogroms, Crusades, expulsions, forced conversions, martyrdom and Cossacks only to be defeated in our own homeland by a rag-tag band of cowardly terrorists. The Jewish people have come together like never before, united in fear but allied in fate, our determination to persevere fusing us all into a single entity whose will to live can never be crushed.

We are confident in the justness of our cause, unshaken in our belief that this land belongs to us, regardless of what your friends in Durban may think. The people of Israel offered you more than any other nation would possibly have been willing to give. Foolishly, you turned it down.

Yasser, you have no one to blame but yourself for the consequences.

Your reign of terror will never be forgiven. You have earned yourself a place among history's most reviled figures. Many Israelis once sought to give you a state all your own. Now, most would prefer to see you put on trial for war crimes.

You can travel the world as much as you like, bemoaning your fate and that of your people. But it won't make one bit of difference. For deep down, you know it as well as the rest of us: your time is up. History gave you an unprecedented chance, but you let it slip away.

Israel does not want war, nor did we ask for it. But make no mistake, dear Yasser - if given no alternative, the Jewish people will know how to fight it. And win.

The choice, as they say, is up to you. So stop now, before it is too late.

But I want you to know, I want each and every one of you to hear this: you are nothing less than modern-day heroes, sacrificing safety physical comfort to reclaim the Land of Israel for the people of Israel. You are pioneers in every sense of the word, and do not let anyone convince you otherwise.

For the past few months, the Israeli media has been gleefully hoping and predicting that the start of the new school year would reveal that a mass exodus of Jews from the territories had taken place over the summer. The ongoing, daily grind of shootings, bombings and mortar attacks, they said, were certain to empty your ranks of all but the most faithful and committed.

How wrong they were.

For not only has the number of Jewish students enrolled in schools in Judea, Samaria and Gaza increased, but so has the overall population, as Jews continue to build and settle all parts of our ancestral homeland.

Some of you moved to the territories for religious or ideological reasons, others went because they were seeking a higher quality of life. But regardless of what brought you there, it is the fact that you are staying that is truly impressive. Despite the dangers, you remain resolute. At a time when heroes are few and disappointments are many, your courage and bravery stand out, inspiring us all.

Be strong, be strong, for through you, all of us are strengthened.