"March 18, 2003: I watched President Bush announce last night his decision to go to war without United Nations approval and, just after that, the news from Baghdad declaring that President Saddam Hussain will not accept exile, and that there will be a war in the coming two days. The global popular protests, the international demonstrations and letter- and petition-writing campaigns could not prevent the hostilities of the American and British policymakers. Once again, public opinion has failed to change the policy of "might makes right."The Israeli government tells its people to prepare their sealed rooms and take out their gas masks, while the Palestinian Authority announces an emergency plan in case of a possible escalation of Israeli violence against Palestinians, as the media focused on Iraq. Some 20,000 Palestinians protested against the United States and Britain's military offensive against Iraq.