On Gaza

Whenever an event of this magnitude happens, which in this region is at least twice a year, there is always the feeling of an obligation to say something. To express something. Something emotional. Something heartfelt. Typically, anger. Yet all I tend to feel is instantaneous frustration. There are things in this life of which we don’t really know the endgame. We don’t how they will end but we are comforted on some level by the realization that there is an end, and it’s not only inevitable tangible as well. That no matter how small the light, it does exist at the very far end of this dark, dark tunnel. With the Palestinian situation, it never feels this way. Hence the frustration. My generation has grown up with such events happening year after year, and on a smaller scale, day after day. And it’s all been a series of disappointments; a continuous cycle of frustration, with just about everything.

To the rest of the world, it’s just another news story. Hamas launched rockets, and Israel struck back. That’s how it reads. People pass judgment based on these “facts” as they are presented. No more, no less. And although this very event has happened many times in the past, the back story is almost irrelevant. On this side of the world, people live that back story every day, and the closer you are to the fire, the more you feel the heat. These events are almost designed for people to judge, in the same way a film, with its heroes and villians, are designed for an audience to make similar determinations. It drives them in that direction. In truth, there is enough judgment and blame to go around. Not one side, not a single variable in this complex equation is innocent, except the civilians, and that’s just the reality of such situations. Two warring sides, civilians in the middle.

On the surface, these events are always whittled down to simplest of terms, the lowest common denominator possible. One side launches rockets the other retaliates aggressively, just what the doctor ordered in this region.

Beneath it all, there are complexities that most people don’t even consider yet alone grapple with on a daily basis. But once you do, you begin to see where to more accurately throw your blame:

To the Israeli government and its policies regarding Gaza. Today, the world wakes up to an attack and yet few remember that this piece of land with all its people have been under siege for months and months now. Imagine a life where the most simple things in your day are determined by your enemy. Be it food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel in your car or the heat in your home. Even your joy or your sorrow are based on things completely out of your control.

To the Hamas and all the little movements operating in Gaza. The political grabs, the futile rocket launches. The vain leadership.

To the Arab governments. Actions speak louder than words, and our leaders display little of both.

To the Arab street, whose populations only wake up for a protest once or twice a year and then disperse, and then forget, and then ignore, and then lose hope.

To the American and western governments, not only for their support of Israeli policies but for the decade of ignoring the problem all together hoping it would go away.

To…To…To…

In a matter of weeks or months, these next few days will be completely forgotten. Things will go back to the way it was. Judgments will have been passed and forgetting. The policy of ignoring the situation will be reinstated. The cycle will restart itself.

That may be the only consistent thing about this ongoing situation: the restart button.

Also Read:
Video | Young Jordanians Protest Gaza Attacks
Gaza Today, Sameh’s blog

37 Comments

  • “To the rest of the world, it’s just another news story. Hamas launched rockets, and Israel struck back. ”

    There’s this little hope inside me that maybe this one won’t be just another news story; maybe this one could at least disturb people on this side of the globe to start thinking that Israel is quite fallible and has been given a green light until it’s gone too far. Maybe the timing of this tragedy, just as the US is switching to a new administration, could prove to be a little more favorable to palestinians and a little less sympathetic to the Israeli government.

    I just spent the last hour or 2 reading blogs-not middle eastern or muslim/arab affiliated blogs, but various american blogs and a lot of what I read…a lot of the commentary and opinions out there, along with the slightly different nature of the news reports, and the fact that a few of my non-arab non-muslim friends have opinions this time………..all combined have given me this little hope.

  • Peace talks and treaties shall be dealt with as a tool and a way to deliver prosperity, a strategy to handle current situations to deliver better opportunities to next generations, for their decisions and their choices.

    With deep disgust to government like Hammas as no responsibility whatsoever lies in their strategy, deeper disgust to the Ramallah government if they don’t unite with Gaza now. Future hopes don’t match the current bloodshed.

    Bombing Gaza and killing hundreds is no less than bombing Amman, the people are the people everywhere, and the blood is one.

    In desperate hope, I still wish for a reaction.

  • “In a matter of weeks or months, these next few days will be completely forgotten.” Tops! Sad but true!
    This has been going on for so long now, but our people tend to get used to hearing bad news!!! Shocking!
    I know there’s nothing we; individuals, could do but if we can’t fight, the least we could do is pray,, God bless our people, our families and our sacred land. May this be the end of a vicious era and the end of all those heartless inhuman nasty beasts.
    Hang in there,,
    God bless.

  • Yeah, and I can add that the amount of crime committed in each Israeli attack has to be more aggressive and more brutal to initiate another “restart”!

    I hate to admit this, but it seems like we are getting used to it! Isn’t this what they want!? At least from us, the ones outside of Palestine??

  • “With deep disgust to government like Hammas as no responsibility whatsoever lies in their strategy,”

    do you think anyone could have done any better? here are the three possible scenarios:

    – Peace negotiations. they go on and on and on. apartheid walls built, jewish colonies expand like wild fire while palestinains towns are besieged by barbed wires, refugees rot, refusal to negotiate Jerusalem and return of refugees.

    – no peace negotiations. apartheid walls built, jewish colonies expand like wild fire while palestinains towns are besieged by barbed wires, refugees rot, refusal to negotiate Jerusalem and return of refugees.

    – resistance, any resistance: same as above but you have something to negotiate with even if at a heavy cost to your people. But do you know any liberation that was pain free. Vietnam 1 million killed? Algeria 1 million and a half killed. Lebanon…France, Russia, Britian, and those who fought against Nazism lost millions of people for freedom.

    if Jordan is under Israeli occupation and colonization that we in Jordan would not resist by any means necessary. freedom can never be free or painless. negotiations alone never work.

    so please let’s cut the bull and stop mouthing off garbage just because the US says it. freedom is not given, it’s taken. and Gazans were not better off before Hamas. Gaza was one big massive jail with lawless and corrupt Fatah man running it like a zoo. i think the Gazans made the right decision and that’s what scares US and Israel and Arab thugs, that when Arabs choose, they prefer underdogs over corrupt US-appointed thugs.

  • ما يحصل في غزه ليس من جديد، منذُ تأسيس الكيان الصهيوني في فلسطين التاريخيه ،أعتادا هذا الكيان المجرم والعنصري على قتل وتشريد الشعب وخلعه من أرضه بكل الوسائل الدمويه، في عام ١٩٤٧ أقترف الكيان الصهيوني أبشع الجرائم ضذ الانسانيه ،حيث قامت العصابات الارهابيه الصهيونيه بحمله مدابح وفتك أعراض عن جنب وطرف ،أذ أن هذه السياسه كانت وما تزال لب الفلسفه والنهج الصهيوني…هناك الكتير من ما يسموا أنفسهم بللبراليين العرب، يضعوا اللوم على حركه حماس بم يحصل في غزه،وأنت يا نسيم واحد من هؤلاء، لم يكن هناك حركه أو حزب أسمه حماس عندما تأسست دوله ال صهيون العنصريه ،فرضيآ لوا حماس أختفت من الوجود اليوم،،هل تعتقد سوف تنتهي هذه المجازر؟؟؟ الجواب على هذا السوأل معروف عندالجميع والتاريخ يثبت ذالك

  • “…هناك الكتير من ما يسموا أنفسهم بللبراليين العرب، يضعوا اللوم على حركه حماس”

    تقصد اليبراليين الجدد العرب. الليبرالي يحارب من أجل الحرية والعدالة حتى الموت كما حصل في الثورة الفرنسية. الليبرالي الجديد هو مسخ وكائن إنتهازي يستغل عبارات ليبرالية مثل “السلام” Ùˆ “الإعتدال” Ùˆ “مكافحة التطرف” Ùˆ “نبذ العنف” ليبرر الإستسلام والخيانة وليدين المقاومة.

    لايوجد ليبرالية خارج الديمقراطية ولذلك لايودجد ليبرالية عربية . الدكتاتورية لاتولد ليبرالية بل تولد تجمعات إنتهازية تحت شعارات ليبرالية أمثال ايمن الصفدي وجميل النمري وحازم صايغة وغيرهم من الحثالات المحسوبة على النظام العربي القمعي.

    الرجاء عدم الخلبطة .الا إذا كنت ترفض مبادئ الليبرالية مثل المساواة والديمقراطية والعدالة الإجتماعية واللتي لاتوجد بالعالم العربي.

  • This has been breaking my heart all day. I’ve struggled for the last ten years to make people aware of what goes on in Palestine– as if I could even begin to imagine. I’ve written my government, protested in rallies, taught classes, boycotted Israeli products and companies that support Israel. Nothing ever seems to work.

    I would say that I hope something comes out of this tragedy– that the world will sit up and listen for a change. But I’m not holding my breath. The local news stations here in my home state in the US didn’t even MENTION the Israeli raid this evening in the news. Nor could I find mention of it on CNN when I was telling my grandfather about it (he hadn’t heard by the evening– and the man regularly watches the news throughout the day).

  • reminders:

    1. 26/2/08 John Dugard released a report to UN detailing the Israeli violations addressing the UN, US, EU, Russia telling them that they failed in protecting the Palestinians.
    2. 28/2/08 Israel killed 110+ Palestinians after Hamas firing rockets and killing one Israeli
    3. 4/3/08 Abbas calls for a truce through Rice to resume Peace Talks
    4. Gaza remains under siege, settlers build more units 750 ++, non stop daily killing and harassment continue
    5. 16/4/08 Israel kills 22 Palestinians in refugee camps north Gaza
    ….

    6. 17/12/08 UN releases a resolution to move forward with irreversible 2 – states negotiations.
    7. 27/12/08 Israel Kills 230+ Palestinians after Hamas firing rockets and killing one Israeli

    ….

    on the other hand, I have not seen anything in paper of what the two state look like assuming that this is getting finalized, take a look at this for example; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFtts9TfJlA

    what I can’t find in all the above, is a reaction whether it was from the Arab League, the Islamic summit, The Bureau of Palestinian Rights Committee, The UN, The US, The Quartet to guarantee that Israel is not allowed to do raids in the futurelike those of 27/12 and 28/2.

    we should claim a guarantee. this is vital. its not about Israel, Hamas, or Fateh and who is in power. its to quatify what is allowed to be used by those. it has gone toooo far.

  • i realize many will not agree with me but its my opinion ..

    the way i see it there is a bright spot in all of this carnage .. that maybe just maybe this will lead to a third intifada .. you will say so what exactly will this third intifada you are so excited about accomplish .. well im hoping it will bring about the collapse of the PA .. that would be a good start for a new chapter

    note: when i say the PA i dont mean fateh .. i mean the PA

  • @mo what the hell are you talking about, this bright spot you are talking about will cause even more carnage…What do you mean when you say PA???

    You dont know the first thing your talking abour mate, thats why you covered yourself by writing “i realize many will not agree with me but its my opinion ..”

    Sounds like you are going with the same plan as the Israelis as a third intifada will just give them an excuse to create more carnage….Fatah blamed Hamas and Abbas has been quoted to say that he will enter Gaza after Israel finish…..

  • Blood is spilled, the holy land rages with hundreds of years of animosity, hate, and religious fervor.
    None of this will change, chaos will reign supreme as the conditions worsen.
    Pride and hate allied with fear and death, are the true rulers of the holy lands.

    Lets hope Christ will arrive and bring peace, lets hope Muhammad appears to enlighten the people.

    Or lets hope a large comet strikes the holy lands, destroying all conflict, erasing a futile war of racial hatred.

    There would be only 1 commandment of relevancy: Love thy neighbor. It cancels out its fellow commandments.

    There seems to exist no shred of hope, no minuscule amount of grace left for the middle east.

    May holy teachings of each nation beckon them to reason.

  • “Blood is spilled, the holy land rages with hundreds of years of animosity, hate, and religious fervor.”

    that’s the mother of all BS. the israeli conflict is barely over 60 years. before that, the jews were just minorities living amongst the arabs with not history of conflict other than at the time during the the Prophet Mohammad in Khayber. after that, jews found safe heaven amongst Muslims in Andalusia and it was the Arabs who reopened Jerusalem for jews after the Romans have expelled them. Lesson learned: never trust the bastard, for no good dead goes unpunished. Read Abba Ebans book Heritage: Civilization and the Jews and you will see how Arabs have treated Jews fairly well. We have been betrayed by them. NEVER F@$%#NG AGAIN!!!

  • yazan .. when i say i want to see the PA collapse .. i mean i want to see oslo collapse .. cuz i for one consider it to be a shitty deal .. its my opinion and nobody said you had to agree with me

  • I hate to be the devil’s advocate here but I feel I just have to say this:
    Let me start by saying that I totally disapprove of acts of violence on BOTH SIDES..
    I may be what yasmeen described earlier as a liberal Arab but… it is kind of Hamas’ fault..
    I hate to this, but il ghizzawyyeh brought this upon themselves.. “3ala nafsiha janat baraqesh!!”
    if Hamas really won the elections in Gaza back in 2006, this means that the people living in Gaza approve of the ideologies and actions of the government.. which leads to the conclusion that they saw this coming!
    I, again, hate to say this, but it is kind of an expected response. Albeit disproportionate in magnitude, it IS self defense afterall!! (again, I would like to stress on the disproportionate part.. DISPROPORTIONATE! DISPROPORTIONATE! DISPROPORTIONATE! DISPROPORTIONATE! )
    And what are Hamas officials promising?? retaliation!!!!!!!!
    so far more than 300 people are already dead and officials still think that violence is the solution??
    By now people may think I’m one of those vegetarian hippies that call for peace and peace only so I’ll keep keep it short:
    rather than calling for the nonexistent and non-necessary “dameer il 3arabi”, I want to call people to the much needed and, also nonexistent, ARAB LOGIC!

  • until now i did not hear of a single New Year party in the whole of arab world cancelled….bala dameer 3arabi bala …, i think we should pack it up and watch from home coz frankly we look ridiculous in front of the whole world with these flag burning and kick the ambassador breakouts every now and then, then we go back to normal, then it happens again (Lebanon July war 2 yrs ago, iraq war 3 yrs before that etc.), then back to “Lamice & Muhannad” groundbreaking turkish series, then back again with gaza this time etc…..someone should pull the plug from this facade once and for all….

  • H hey H,,do you really think this is new, before Hamas was born ,100s of massacres since the creation of Zionist entity were carried out by your Zionist friends ,go read history on Zionism, maybe you will be resurrected

    (edited)

  • رسالة الى الحكام العرب بالنيابة عن تلاميذ غزة
    نزار قباني
    آه يا جيل الخيانات ويا جيل العمولات
    ويا جيل النفايات
    ويا جيل الدعارة
    سوف يجتاحك مهما أبطأ التاريخ
    أطفال الحجارة

  • Londoner: Fuhies and Biet Laham towns cancelled new years cellebrations in moarning the dead.

    Jalal Nouh: Saying its a liberation front can easily cover lust for power.. ignorance will not deliver anything to the people. A true leader attempts to deliver the best of his time. I do not defend Abbas, may he be corrupt as you wish.. He is not as bad as those in Hammas.

  • H, ‘I hate to say this’, but if you were in front of me right now I just might slap the Zionist stupid out of you.

    People that are defending their right to live and protecting their land and their honor are now to blame? Wallahi inkom nas naymeen w sha3eb 7attet raso bil trab.

    In light of everything that’s been happening since the beginning of Israel, and in light of this week’s news, you really make me sick.

  • H: The “violence on both sides” statement equates the murder of 5,000 Palestinians in the last seven years with the death of 19 Israelis by Hamas rockets over the same period. As a liberal Arab myself, I think equating the two is disgusting.

    “this means that the people living in Gaza approve of the ideologies and actions of the government” – so you are saying that no civilians in a democracy are blameless? I wonder if you will hold onto this opinion the next time a suicide bomber blows up a bus in Tel Aviv. Will you be defending him? Will you say “well they elected the evil bastards, so they deserve everything they get”? Did you say this after September 11th? After the London bombings? After the Madrid bombings? I think not.

  • H,

    Hammas is not to be blamed for their national goals, it would be for their old/new ways and the lust for power that surfaced lately, as Fateh is to be blamed for lack of any structural form and wide corruption.

    And liberal view does not mean equality with Israel in terms of profits and losses. Liberal is more of people from different walks embrace certain goals opposing ideological mainstreams.

    Israel is never off the hock, they are blamed since implanting new demographics in Palestine under ottoman empire till this bloodshed in Gaza. May they have resolutions of their right to exist as they wish, they simply don’t.

    My advice to you is never loose direction, I am bored with tagging liberals with all failures in our region. Liberals are a spectrum of people from right and center with more leftists.

  • dee,
    I think after about 4 generations, people should face the fact that, albeit harsh, winning back Palestine and kicking the Israelis out is a losing fight.. it’s like the Native Americans kicking the white, black and hispanic people out of the U.S.
    again, as harsh as it sounds, it’s a losing fight that we should not pour our resources into, may they be political, humanitarian or otherwise..
    The situation makes me sick too but it looks like common sense and logic sadly make YOU sick!!

    Ibby,
    “As a liberal Arab myself, I think equating the two is disgusting.”
    that is a very good point you are making but it looks like you did not read my post till the end: ISRAEL’S ACTIONS ARE DISPROPORTIONATE IN MAGNITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!

    “so you are saying that no civilians in a democracy are blameless?”
    you are spot on with this point but that still does not nullify my argument..
    when I say the people of Gaza, i mean the “majority” of the people who led to the election of Hamas.. that, my friend, is the weak spot wherever you go.. it’s the tyranny of the majority who approve of Hamas’ actions that makes life a living hell for peaceful people who just want to live through the day!

    ahmad,
    I’m gonna say it back in your own words coz I can’t find any better way to put it:
    “And liberal view does not mean equality with Israel in terms of profits and losses. Liberal is more of people from different walks embrace certain goals opposing ideological mainstreams.”

    You can easily say i’m an idealist but at the end of the day, I think back and say: this region has been war struck since people started writing history books!!!! It’s not a place to look for ideal solutions..

  • H,

    Whats the price you are willing to pay for living a normal life, just like any person in this world with all the ups and downs a normal person recieves, or hopes and frustrations a normal person experiences?

  • Ahmad,
    I don’t know if I would call it a normal life I’m living right now, but I’m paying the price of not seeing my parents while studying in the U.S.
    If life is gonna stay the way it is right now in the Middle East, I guess I’m gonna pay this price of not seeing my loved ones except for a couple of months a year for the rest of my life.. but I guess, why the question??

  • H: “you are spot on with this point but that still does not nullify my argument..”. I was not trying to nullify your argument. I was testing it. Your argument, taken to its conclusion justifies September 11th, after all the majority of Americans elected their successive governments . It also justifies the London and Madrid bombings where the majority of the people voted for the governments which took them into the Iraq war.

    Stand tall in the American university you go to, and tell your fellow students that the US people brought September 11th upon themselves by electing successive governments which brought war and destruction to various places around the world. Go on, do it. Stand up for your right to argue.

    “I’m paying the price of not seeing my parents while studying in the U.S.” – puts Gaza into perspective doesn’t it? All those silly people running around and bleeding everywhere and not one of them is thinking “We should be thinking of those expatriate students and they high price they are paying”

  • Ibby,
    I guess my point is that you don’t need to equate two acts of terror to figure out they’re both bad!
    If you want to play the game of whose terrorist attacks are worse and cause more deaths, I am not your person and this is not the place to do it

  • H,
    I was only trying to point out what most human beings in this world consume their lives in doing. Below expectations for a few, realistic for some, an ambition to majority.

    We as arabs did not have our chance in transition from middle ages to modern life as all other nations, the strike of Palestine theft was at a critical point in our history that damaged our lives in all possible ways. Dialectic was always by the beat of the Palestinian cause: the identity, the wars, the resources, the divide, the military coups.. not to forget the previous 200 years under ottoman empire and 30 years average of european colonization.

    And its not the case of native americans, or native australians.. in our case, they came from everywhere claiming that we took their land and they are coming back, with all their influence and readiness to market their story.

    The long lines are only to reflect that this conflict can not be taken in comparison with other conflicts. Its one of a kind conflict. We can point out whoever conspired on us, but have a long way to get ourselves out of what we are in.

    Some believe that accepting their existence is a point to move on from, to things that touch everyone’s daily life tangibles, and thats a rational call for future, and next generations. But I think that this is a social identity problem that goes way beyond materials, our culture, religion, social progress theories, historical ties… A parallel strategy needs to be adopted by the masses to answer the question of which leads to which, Palestine and Development? I think that Development leads to Palestine.

  • هيا
    لن اقول من هي هيا
    فلا عاش ولا تنعما من لم يعرف من هي هيا
    قليل من العرب لم يعرفوها و اكاد اجزم ان هيا لن تتشرف بمعرفتهم
    هيا تلك الطفلة العربية الغزاوية الكبيرة
    عرفتها عندما رأيتها بالاصفر ملفوفة محمولة على الاكتاف
    رأيتها و اقسم انني ظننتها نائمة
    رأيتها و اقسم انها اجمل
    و اروع من جميع اطفال الارض
    و اجمل من جميع ملكات الدنيا
    هيا لا تحزني على ذلك الفراق
    فتلك هي الراحة
    راحة من خزي و عار
    فكيف يا هيا استطيع افهامك ذلك الجبن العربي ؟؟
    هل يستطيع كبار اساتذة الجامعات و اكثرهم علما ان يدخلوا في رأسك الجميل و عقلك الكبير مدى ضعف ذلك الشجب و هذا الاستنكار ؟؟؟
    هل تستطيع معلمة مدرستك تلك ان تفهمك كيف اني و لأجل رؤيتك على التلفاز محمولة شهيدة مررت بمئات الفضائيات العربية الهزيلة بها اشد الاغاني مجونا و جنونا
    و لم اجدك يا هيا
    كيف استطيع ان اقتعك بأن حياتك ان استمرت يا هيا هي افضل ؟؟
    كيف استطيع يا هيا و بعض من رأيت من العرب يحتفلون و يرقصون ؟؟
    فلا تندمي ولا تحزني
    فأنت الشهيدة الحية
    و ان عشتي يا هيا و كبرتي و انتي عائشة بقلوبنا فمن من الازواج يستحقك ؟؟
    من من الشباب كفؤ لك ؟؟
    هل هو من هؤلاء الراقصين ليلا نهارا ؟؟
    ام من هؤلاء ذوي انصاف البنطلونات ؟؟
    لا والله
    ام هو من احفاد من يفتتحون القمم العربية و الخليجية و المال و الاقتصاد حديثه
    الا يخجلون من قمة كلمتها الافتتاحية ليست هيا ؟؟؟؟
    الا يخافون من قمة لم تزينيها بحضورك الجليل البهي ؟؟
    من من الازواج تستحقين يا هيا ؟؟
    انه لن يكون الا شهيد مثلك
    لأنه مثلك يا هيا فأنتي بتضحيتك تلك لا تستحقين و لن تنالي الا شهيد مثلك
    فلا تحزني لاهل تركتهم من بعدك اذ انهم الان يحتفلون
    لكن ليس ككل البشر
    انهم الان فخورين
    هل تعلمين لماذا ؟؟
    لانك زدتيهم عزا
    و منحتيحم فخرا

    عذرا يا هيا من ان تلك القنوات
    و هذه المحطات
    لم تبث صورتك الرائعة و انتي نائمة
    لكن اتعلمين ماذا

    انتي انبل و اشرف من ان تكوني بجانب تلك المغنية او ذلك الراقص

    عذرا يا هيا من ان تلك القمم العربية
    لم تضمن اسمك البهي في نصوصها الجافة القاحلة كصحرائهم

    اذ انك الماء و انتي الحياة و انتي تلك الزهرة
    فكيف لذلك الماء او تلك الحياة او اجمل زهرات الارض ان تعيش بصحراء بترولهم ؟؟

    عذرا يا هيا من ان برامج احتفالات رأس السنة مليئة بحيث لا تتسع لذكرك العطر
    لكن اتدرين يا هيا ؟؟
    يكفيكي انك حية في قلوبنا
    برأس السنة ونصف السنة و اخر السنة
    بل كل السنة

    فلا تبالي فكيف من فاز بجنة عند الله العزيز الجبار ان يبالي بذكر عند البشر ؟؟؟
    ولا تبالي ولا تحزني فان لك يا هيا اخت قد لحقتك شهيدة هي اختك لمى

    اذ ان قوة العزيز الجبار منحتك رفيقة لك بالاخرة

    حتى تغنيكي عن كل البشر

    و كل العرب
    فسلام لك يا هيا و يا لمى

    سلام من بعض العرب
    سلام مني اليكم

    و لا تنسي يا هيا ان تدليني اين انسال دمك الطاهر الشفاف
    حتى ان جاء زمن و زرت غزة هاشم استطيع ان اشمه لا بل اتنشقه

    لكن لا تدليني عليه يا هيا فسوف اعرفه و اجده
    هل تعلمين كيف ؟؟
    انه ذلك البستان المزهر بجميع انواع الورود

    انه ذلك المكان الذي روى بدمك الطاهر ضميرا لا بد ان يصحى

    و لا تنسي يا هيا ان تعلميني كيف كنتي شجاعة بما يكفي لتحمل كل تلك الالام
    و كم كنتي بنا نحن العرب ساخرة
    يرحمك الله يا هيا و يا لمى

    فقط انظروا لصورة هيا حمدان تلك الشهيدة ذات ال 11 عاما في جريدة الغد 31/12/2008
    و سوف تعلمون من هي هيا

  • i see some of you saying hamas is bad i see some body defending hamas .. and then i see some body who say Palestinian people made this decision and must face the results .. I say could you plz be one hand against Israel .. its not the time to say they r bad or not .. its the time to realize that there is a people right there get killed under a government they choose what a bright fight this is .. they know what they choose and we will be with them .. dont listen to media they r distracting u all the time..

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