We Palestinians
can no longer deny our responsibility for the death of our own people.
Bassem Eid 08.12.14 (described
as a Palestinian from East Jerusalem)
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For 26 years I have been
devoting my life to the mission of defending human rights. I have seen wars and
terror. And yet, the past month has been one of the most difficult times in my
life.
I live in East Jerusalem and
witness the destruction of life around me. Highway 1 has once again turned into
the line separating between east and west. The Palestinians in the capital
attacked traffic lights and damaged the Light Rail and power supply lines. But
I cannot accept that as a social protest – it's pure vindictiveness.
The coexistence I have been
fighting for my entire life has been executed in the city square.
There is no doubt that the
death and destruction Gaza has been hit by are like a tsunami. Both people are
in pain, but each side denies the other side's pain, and so the pain gets
worse.
And still, as a Palestinian, I
must admit: I am responsible for part of what has happened. We can no longer
deny our responsibility for the death of our own people.
Most of the Palestinians were
against the rocket fire on Israel. They realized that
the rockets would not give us anything. They called on Hamas to stop firing, knowing that it had
paved the way for the death of its own people.
We knew that Hamas was digging
the tunnels which would to
lead to our destruction. We knew that three people live on every square meter
in Gaza. And Hamas knew that an attack on Israel would lead to mass death, but
it's leaders are more interested in their own victories than in the lives of
their victims.
Indeed, Hamas depends on death,
which gives it power and allows it to raise funds and purchase weapons. Hamas
has never been interested in liberating the Palestinian people from the
occupation. And Israel will never be able to destroy the infrastructures it has
built. Only we, the Palestinian people, can do that.
It was the Gazan residents'
responsibility to rebel against the Hamas rule. We knew what they were doing to
us, but we let ourselves off easy and allowed it to happen.
Will all this death finally
teach us a lesson? I hope so. The lesson is that we must get rid of Hamas and
completely demilitarize Gaza. And then open the crossings.
I'm saying this as a loyal
Palestinian. I'm saying this because I am concerned about my people's future.
2 comments:
So true! I wish, but don't expect, that more Palestinian Arabs would act on this prescription and rid the Land of Israel of these hateful Hamas, terrorists
Naive to expect them to protest & then be shot by Hamas.
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