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| Abba |
A Girl from Gaza Identified by her ID
June 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Gaza Region
By: Haneen Zaqout - Grade 10, Friends School, Ramallah
We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination of all…for regular people. But for people who come from where I come from, figuring out who they are is not a choice for them. I come from Gaza City in Palestine, where surviving each day is a huge struggle for all Gazans. Leaving Gaza was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, partly because I miss my old life, and partly it is the guilt kicking in.
When I left Gaza, I had to go through this checkpoint. It’s not ANY checkpoint. It is the Erez Checkpoint and its there to imprison the people of Gaza because as soon as the Israeli soldiers see a Gaza ID, that person is automatically considered an utter terrorist. Without knowing who they are, without any idea whatsoever about those people, they decide that they are criminals. Who has the right to take a person’s identity from them? Or to judge them based on a piece of paper or nationality? How can they take away people’s choice of trying to figure out who they really are? I don’t know… but as I was walking through that long tunnel in that checkpoint, I realized that no matter what I do, no one will accept me for who I am. In that tunnel, they make no difference whether I am a terrorist or a person who is yearning for peace, not only for my people but also for the Israeli people.
I had the “privilege” to leave Gaza that others dream of having. Not because they don’t love Gaza, nor for the fun of it, but because it is so hard to live there. Home became something you want to escape from instead of being the place you can run to when life gets too hard. As soon as I was through that checkpoint, after being treated like an animal, after being “numbered” like baggage, checked out by all the screening machines that never occurred to my mind that I would ever see them. I now live in Ramallah, which is only 2 hours away from Gaza. I left that exotic part of the world called Gaza; but still have it on my mind every second of the day, still influenced by my past there, and still motivated by its people’s strengths.
On the news, the talk about how Gaza has NO fuel, NO food, and even NO electricity; but the TV is just a source of information to pass on how people are suffering…does that mean that anyone outside Gaza understands what the people are really going through? No, they listen to that devastating news, ‘feel bad’ for the people going through it, and continue on with their lives like nothing happened. Maybe some people can pretend, but as for myself I can’t! This is the main reason I’m writing this for as much as I know that words can be inconsequential, they can also make a difference in many people’s lives.
I hate that I feel guilty every time I eat a piece of chocolate, knowing that a friend or a little child is craving one. I hate that when I’m bored I can open the TV or the computer and waste time, while my friends have nothing to do considering they have no electricity. I hate how I can go wherever I want, whenever I want, even outside Ramallah, while my friends are stuck at home because they have no fuel to even go around Gaza city! I hate buying new clothes, because my friends can’t. I hate that I’m absolutely and utterly helpless.
However in Gaza, regardless of the situation, you always find love and hope, you find people struggling for their lives. A mother trying to put a smile on her child’s face, a father trying to get the strength to protect his child’s little body from a missile. In Gaza you find those mixed feelings between love and hatred, between hope and despair, between frustration and satisfaction. In Gaza, you find people smiling when they cross the borders, even when it takes them hours and even days to cross. In Gaza you find just what you need. You find home. |
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| Stonewall |
| It's a shame the parents of this little girl voted for a terror group to lead them. But, they love their children... to death. |
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| Abba |
Quote: Originally posted by Stonewall
It's a shame the parents of this little girl voted for a terror group to lead them. But, they love their children... to death. |
You're such a scumbag.
Hamas is such an evil organization, right?? Spare me. Tell us all how they are any worse than the IDF?? Do they both target civilians? Yes. Do they both kill indiscriminantly? Yes.
Does Hamas provide services to the people of Gaza while Israel's been tryign to starve them?
YES!!!
They had no choice. You want to blame someone, BLAME US. WE PUSHED for elections, against the desperate remonstrations of the PA and Fatah who knew that Hamas had public sentiment.
I'm so happy that scum like you remain marginalized foe the most part, and I can only hope that one day the same that was done to the Palestinians is done to you and yours. People are fucking stupid until the shit hits them too, THEN they become experts on suffering. Typical bubble boy.
You believe in god. You've stated as much. Your god thinks you're a scumbag too. Congrats. |
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| NickNuke |
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| Stonewall |
Quote: Originally posted by Abba
You're such a scumbag.
Hamas is such an evil organization, right?? Spare me. Tell us all how they are any worse than the IDF?? Do they both target civilians? Yes. Do they both kill indiscriminantly? Yes.
Does Hamas provide services to the people of Gaza while Israel's been tryign to starve them?
YES!!!
They had no choice. You want to blame someone, BLAME US. WE PUSHED for elections, against the desperate remonstrations of the PA and Fatah who knew that Hamas had public sentiment.
I'm so happy that scum like you remain marginalized foe the most part, and I can only hope that one day the same that was done to the Palestinians is done to you and yours. People are fucking stupid until the shit hits them too, THEN they become experts on suffering. Typical bubble boy.
You believe in god. You've stated as much. Your god thinks you're a scumbag too. Congrats. |
We should not have "pushed" for elections, you are right about that. When Muslims vote it usually does not turn out too well. Although, I don't think this is our fault. It's not like Arabs in so called "Palestine" listen to the U.S..
The U.S. government has been pushing this "Islam is peaceful" thing and so far... well, I don't think the position has been adopted. Of course what does "Peace" mean? Islam controlling the world, then there is so called "peace". Like that enjoyed in Iran. The "Peace" in watching children hanging from cranes. Stonings have always been associated with "Peace". In Islam perhaps.
I agree I am marginalized to a certain extent... by the ignorant. You are not ignorant you just want others to be ignorant. It helps your cause if people have no knowledge of Islam. No knowledge of it's history or the acts perpetrated by it's founder... the perfect man to Muslims. Their example. How they should lead their lives. It sure does explain the beheadings the world has seen from Muslims. It explains the killing of non-Muslims. The riots over cartoons and fatwa's to kill those who criticize Muhammad. His example of assassinations of those who criticized him. No wonder Saddam is the way he was, people say he was not religious but I don't think Muhammad was either. He was just a warlord who tried to incorporate 3 religions into one. Judaism and Christianity and the Arab Gods. It might have helped had he understood those religions. When that failed he developed a religion that seeks to destroy. Martyrdom being the greatest way to die. Fighting in the way of Allah... Jihad. A straight ticket to Paradise.
Thank You, Muhammad. That is your gift to the world... hell on earth.
Anyway, the Arabs in so called Palestine are doing just fine. They are fighting for Allah and many go to Paradise. They vote in a terror group and they get terror, coming and going. I think we call that success. 100%. |
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| CrackHead_Fan |
There was a pretty good documentary on HBO last year called "To Die in Jerusalem" about the slice of life in Palestine. You should check it out. It's the story of an Israeli woman seeking to meet the parents of the suicide bomber (a 17-year old Palestinian GIRL) that killed her daughter. I don't want to ruin the end for you (not that you're going to actually find it and watch it) but the Palestinians are FUCKING INSANE!
  
  
Aren't they cute? |
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| Mr Zaremba |
The "Palestinians" populace are encouraged take up arms and vest bombs and indoctinate their young in the art of suicide.
The Israeli populace builds houses |
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| booybob |
If you run with the animals, you will get fleas.
Tell the people of Gaza to act like human beings, not animals and maybe their situation will change. |
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| John Titor |
Quote: Originally posted by Stonewall
It's a shame the parents of this little girl voted for a terror group to lead them. But, they love their children... to death. |
Truth hurts , i feel sorry for the Children of the Nazis poor kids. :rolleyes: |
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| John Titor |
| Another , its the Dirty Jews fault thread from our resident Nazi. But the Terrorist are just misunderstood . :rolleyes: |
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| Tomofnnh |
| leave it up to John T. to type "nazis" and "jews" :rolleyes: |
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| John Titor |
Quote: Originally posted by Tomofnnh
leave it up to John T. to type "nazis" and "jews" :rolleyes: |
Hi ya ABBA mult ! |
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