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I
woke up this morning to hear the shocking news of my mother's house
demolition. The
Israeli Bulldozers
demolished the water well adjacent to the house, as well as tens of
houses in the area. They
also uprooted vast areas of fruitful agricultural land including
Orange, Olive and Guafa
groves. Many families in the area are homeless at the moment the
Red Cross supplied them
lately with tents.
I cannot explain to you
how bad I feel; all my childhood memories, our family's proud
moments when water was
pumped from that well for the first time. I still remember my late
father's rare photos,
the minute I drank that water out of his hands I still remember the
joy,
relatives, friends and
neighbors coming to celebrate this moment with us.
The olive, orange and
Guafa trees, and many other trees do not carry symbolic value only,
but also they have great
economical value. They are the lifelines for many families in the
area. To these people,
agriculture is their main and only income.
The Israelis aim to
devastate our already devastated economy, to uproot us, to destroy
our
culture and to deny our
very existence on this land for thousands of years.
It is worth to tell you
that the Israeli army did not give any warning to us, or to the rest
of the
families, prior to the
houses demolition. The houses were demolished with furniture inside.
As you know my mother
lives in that house, but recently I invited her to live temporally
with
me to be able to take
care of her during this difficult time.
My mother feels so bad
about what happened. Our thoughts are with our neighbors who are
very poor and have no
alternative homes.
Beside all what I
mentioned this is a big blow to the environment. Some of the trees,
especially what we call
"Jummaiz" trees, are very rare species.
What is happening is a
big violation of human rights, economy, environment and peace.
I feel angry, helpless,
devastated and abandoned. The sad fact is that despite all these
crimes against humanity,
the Israelis do not care. They know that they will, once again, get
away with it. The
support for the Palestinian is extremely fragile. The world is
always willing
to blame the victim, the
Palestinians. However, I will not loose faith. During these
difficult
moments, I remember a
very touching poem, which was written by the most gifted
Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish,
I came
back from the dead,
To live I
represent an uncompromising wound
The
brutality of my executor has taught me,
to
bite the bullet,
And
carry on,
And
sing,
I
will sing,
I
will resist,
I
will resist.
I can assure you, that
one day, we will replant these trees, rebuild our houses and water
will
be flowing again, even
stronger than before, hopefully it will wipe out in its way the
horrific
memories of long decades
of Israeli aggression.
We may be weak, but
justice is on our side
And one-day it will
prevail.
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