The sufferings of the Palestinian People particularly those in Gaza is not some fairy-tale in some far away land. The injustice and oppression they are shouldering is not mere arab propaganda versus zionist politics. Ordinary people just you and I, just like of us all - human beings - are dying, maimed or traumatised by the daily incidences of 'no-peace' and 'no-safety'.
But on reflection, we know deep down in our hearts that those people in Gaza are not ordinary people like us really. They are much more stronger, braver and spiritually better than us because we could never bear the pain, losses and sufferings that they carry. How we would cower low if a huge fully armed tank came rolling down our path? These people instead stand and throw pebbles or stones at that tanks. Imagine how we would tremble if a loaded automatic rifle was pointed at our heads. The children of Gaza just look back at the soldiers pointing those rifles! How shattered we would be if we lost all our family members to an air strike or artillery shelling? These people bury their dead and carry on living their pitiful life.
Bette Midler sang "God is watching us..." but I wonder how many of us really care. But someday, God with all His Might will rain down His Fury upon, not only on the State of Israel, but also on all of us for letting the brutality, cruelty and inhumane actions take place in our lifetime in front of our eyes! Everything we do on this earth has impact on the rest of us. That is the way things are - kill a butterfly here and some earthquake happens somewhere. Do a good deed there and good things come to you here. Laugh if you want - disbelieve in the mysterious way God moves and the way He has ordained things to be. But the new holocaust is here - in Gaza!
To the struggle of the oppressed and the dominated, the following pictures speak louder than words. Hopefully, those who see them will reflect and ponder how we all had let the atrocities happened?
THE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES & INFRASTRUCTURE
KILLING THE INNOCENT
HARMING CHILDREN & CIVILIANS
USING EXCESSIVE FORCE
APATHY FROM ALL
Numbers don’t lie
“The majority of these [Palestinian] children were killed and injured while going about normal daily activities, such as going to school, playing, shopping, or simply being in their homes. Sixty-four percent of children killed during the first six months of 2003 died as a result of Israeli air and ground attacks, or from indiscriminate fire from Israeli soldiers.”
- Catherine Cook
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