Maream-Jena Nabut
Media Studies Graduate Student at AUB
Have you ever heard of a martyred man's father proposing to a martyred girl? This might sound very awkward, but not in Palestine! Couple of months ago, a Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli soldiers and was accused of trying to stab an Israeli soldier. A man hears this news and could not bear do nothing, but looks forward for revenge. He stabbed an Israeli soldier before he was shot dead. As a thank you gift, the father of the man proposes to the father's girl, hoping both girl and man would meet in heaven and live a happy life! Yes, it sounds like an Islamic fairy tale indeed, but it is just a symbolic act to illustrate the horrible situation Palestinians are living in.
You might wonder why the Palestinian stabbed an Israeli, and ask "wasn't there another way to resist?" Well, the other way of resisting is using stones! Yes, Palestinian demonstrations against Israelis till nowadays is stones vs. heavy weapons. Since October 1st, 2015, Israelis started breaking into Al-Aqsa mosque on a daily basis to illustrate their respect to none of the religions. This made the life of Palestinians in Jerusalem even worse than it is already. Therefore, Palestinians invented a new way to get revenge from Israelis through stabbing, seeking to find satisfying results.
One Palestinian stabs and gets killed. Another man hears the news and looks for revenge, tries stabbing an Israeli soldier and gets killed. A third Palestinian who is still a child hears the latter story and develops the idea of wanting to get revenge for his cousin who was killed by Israeli soldiers. And the chain continues... This is the Palestinian hope, after a furious and anger not only from the Israeli occupation, but also from the Palestinian government who is doing absolutely nothing to save what is left from the Palestinian dignity. However, the big problem is not here; it is when the Israeli soldiers inclined in shooting Palestinian men, women, boys, girls, and even elderly, using the excuse of "they were trying to stab us", while most of the times they were not.
It has been noticed that Israeli soldiers are recently killing many Palestinians then adding a knife next to their dead bodies. Security cams not once, twice, nor ten times, but much more, captured how an Israeli shoots a Palestinian, then quickly adds a knife next to the body. Whoever knows the Israeli occupation force very well, knows that Israelis do not need an excuse to kill Palestinians. However, in order to keep their "good" image to the world, they make sure to make excuses each and every time they shoot a Palestinian.
What makes things worse is when Israelis shoot these Palestinians, then detainee the bodies sometimes hours, days, months, and even years. According to many families who returned their child's dead body declared that Israelis not only kill Palestinians and save the bodies, but also they steal their organs right away, knit the bodies, then return them to the families.
Since October 1st, 2015 more than 150 Palestinians were killed. Their ages varies between 2 months and 80 years old. Not all of them were killed because of stabbing Israelis of course. Some were accused of trying to stab, some were shot dead during demonstrations, and many children and elderly were killed when Israeli forces invade a neighborhood, fills it with tear gas bombs, causing this category not being able to breath, resulting death.
What is happening in Palestine is more complicated that I can write. No matter how much I write, I will never be able to demonstrate the anger these Palestinians felt that made them act this way. And I did not mean to write about these martyrs as if they are just numbers, because they are not. Each and every one of them had his/her own story; one was on her way to school, one was preparing for his wedding, one wrote a post on Facebook about what is happening in Palestine and got killed, one asked his mother for his special meal but never returned to eat it, and one was on his way to the mosque but continued his prayers in grave, and finally, some were on their way to work, and still remain in the Israeli numeral graveyard.
Is it called "Intifada"? I do not know. Till when the situation is to remain like this? When one says, "I live in a refugee camp (In Palestine), I have nothing to lose" you will figure out the answers all by yourself...
Media Studies Graduate Student at AUB
Have you ever heard of a martyred man's father proposing to a martyred girl? This might sound very awkward, but not in Palestine! Couple of months ago, a Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli soldiers and was accused of trying to stab an Israeli soldier. A man hears this news and could not bear do nothing, but looks forward for revenge. He stabbed an Israeli soldier before he was shot dead. As a thank you gift, the father of the man proposes to the father's girl, hoping both girl and man would meet in heaven and live a happy life! Yes, it sounds like an Islamic fairy tale indeed, but it is just a symbolic act to illustrate the horrible situation Palestinians are living in.
You might wonder why the Palestinian stabbed an Israeli, and ask "wasn't there another way to resist?" Well, the other way of resisting is using stones! Yes, Palestinian demonstrations against Israelis till nowadays is stones vs. heavy weapons. Since October 1st, 2015, Israelis started breaking into Al-Aqsa mosque on a daily basis to illustrate their respect to none of the religions. This made the life of Palestinians in Jerusalem even worse than it is already. Therefore, Palestinians invented a new way to get revenge from Israelis through stabbing, seeking to find satisfying results.
One Palestinian stabs and gets killed. Another man hears the news and looks for revenge, tries stabbing an Israeli soldier and gets killed. A third Palestinian who is still a child hears the latter story and develops the idea of wanting to get revenge for his cousin who was killed by Israeli soldiers. And the chain continues... This is the Palestinian hope, after a furious and anger not only from the Israeli occupation, but also from the Palestinian government who is doing absolutely nothing to save what is left from the Palestinian dignity. However, the big problem is not here; it is when the Israeli soldiers inclined in shooting Palestinian men, women, boys, girls, and even elderly, using the excuse of "they were trying to stab us", while most of the times they were not.
It has been noticed that Israeli soldiers are recently killing many Palestinians then adding a knife next to their dead bodies. Security cams not once, twice, nor ten times, but much more, captured how an Israeli shoots a Palestinian, then quickly adds a knife next to the body. Whoever knows the Israeli occupation force very well, knows that Israelis do not need an excuse to kill Palestinians. However, in order to keep their "good" image to the world, they make sure to make excuses each and every time they shoot a Palestinian.
What makes things worse is when Israelis shoot these Palestinians, then detainee the bodies sometimes hours, days, months, and even years. According to many families who returned their child's dead body declared that Israelis not only kill Palestinians and save the bodies, but also they steal their organs right away, knit the bodies, then return them to the families.
Since October 1st, 2015 more than 150 Palestinians were killed. Their ages varies between 2 months and 80 years old. Not all of them were killed because of stabbing Israelis of course. Some were accused of trying to stab, some were shot dead during demonstrations, and many children and elderly were killed when Israeli forces invade a neighborhood, fills it with tear gas bombs, causing this category not being able to breath, resulting death.
What is happening in Palestine is more complicated that I can write. No matter how much I write, I will never be able to demonstrate the anger these Palestinians felt that made them act this way. And I did not mean to write about these martyrs as if they are just numbers, because they are not. Each and every one of them had his/her own story; one was on her way to school, one was preparing for his wedding, one wrote a post on Facebook about what is happening in Palestine and got killed, one asked his mother for his special meal but never returned to eat it, and one was on his way to the mosque but continued his prayers in grave, and finally, some were on their way to work, and still remain in the Israeli numeral graveyard.
Is it called "Intifada"? I do not know. Till when the situation is to remain like this? When one says, "I live in a refugee camp (In Palestine), I have nothing to lose" you will figure out the answers all by yourself...
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