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The Myth of the Cold-Hearted Palestinian Mother åe1Uð Àu¹ò ‰« Y¹bŠ

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ÆWOKOz«dÝù« `UBLK

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ô n?U?×?²?« «c?¼ Ê«Ë ¨»U?¼—ù« W?×?U?J w ¨5LK*«Ë »dF« rC¹ nU% v≈ UJ¹d√

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By Saed Atshan U q Ê√Ë ¨ÊuŽËb rN½√ »dF« b−¹ v²Š ¨WKL(« Ë√ ©…—ËUM*«® wN²Mð Ê« U sJË
for decades, forcing them to fight for has had a negative effect on the qual-
TYT Reporter v?K?Ž  U?Þu?G?{ s? ”—u? U? q?Ë ¨Êu?O?F?« w? œUdK «—– ô≈ sJ¹ r ¨tÐ ÕdË qO
what is theirs by right whilst continu- ity of their education and led to wide-

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s a Palestinian, I am very ing to be persecuted, not only for their spread ignorance. I, for example, WOÐdF« ‰Ëb« œuFð rŁ ¨ «cUÐ »dF« l  ôUBðô« s ·bN« ÕU$ù ÊU U/≈ qOz«dÝ≈
disturbed by the fact that attempts to do so, but also for merely thanks to the fact that I was lucky Æ…—UG« ¡UN²½« bFÐ ©»U¼—û WOŽ«—® wJ¹d_« nOMB²« VŠ ©»U¼—û WOŽ«d«®
over and over again, the being Palestinian! Should they really enough to receive a decent education
Ê√Ë b?Ð ô ¨U?¼b?Ž q?N??¹ ô b? Èd?š√ …d? W?Žb?)« Ác¼ q¦ w »dF« lI¹ ô wJË
Western media has persisted in con- be condemned for attempting to put know that there are several non-vio-
demning Palestinian mothers for so an end to their suffering? Of course, lent ways in which I can express my UNöš s X³¦ð ¨l«u« ÷—√ vKŽ WOKLŽ  «¡«dł≈ l ©b¹b'«® wJ¹d_« nu*« o«d²¹
“cold-heartedly” allowing their chil- they shouldn’t, and yet they are. anger and indignation, the Internet ‚u?I?(U?Ð ·d?²Fð Ê√Ë ¨bÐ_« v≈ XHuð b 5UOJ0 qOJ« WÝUOÝ Ê√ WOJ¹d_« …—«œù«
dren to participate in clashes. The It comes as no surprise that most being a good example. Consequently,
r? «–S? ÆW?O?Ëb« ·«dŽ_«Ë 5½«uI« WU UN²ML{ w²«Ë ¨wMODKH« VFAK WŽËdA*«
fact is, it is not our mothers who of the young Palestinians who take I personally do not feel a need to par-
should be condemned but the Israeli part in the demonstrations are refu- ticipate in demonstrations, but I am UbMŽ ¨VF —U³²š« ÂU√ rN½√ »dF« ¡ULŽe«Ë …œUI« b−OÝ ¨WI¹dD« ÁcNÐ p– oIײ¹
soldiers who threaten their children gees, deprived not only of their homes the exception rather than the rule and Áu?F?œ U? r?ž— ¨Á—b?B? «u?«“ U? r?N?½√Ë ¨»U?¼—ù« W?L?N?²?Ð 5?b?N² rNH½√ ÊËb−¹
on the street, at roadblocks, and even and land, but also of enjoying any- what applies to me cannot apply to a
Æ»U¼—ù« b{ WOJ¹d_« …d¼UE*« Ác¼ w t½uFbOÝË
whilst they are sitting or sleeping in thing resembling a ‘normal’ exist- fatherless child in a refugee camp
their homes! ence. Allow me, however, to make who was deprived of his or her father W¹b½ d¦_« WOÐdF« n«u*«Ë ¨WOÐU−¹ù«  U×¹dB²« Ác¼ rž— t½√ d_« w b¹b'«
Yes, it is true that some Pales- something clear. These young people by Israel’s excessive use of violence. 5?ËR??*« q?³? s?  U?×?¹d?B?²?« Ê√ ô≈ ¨W?O?«d?F?« »d?(« W?³?I?Š w? t?O?K?Ž X½U U2
tinian children were killed whilst did not ‘choose’ to resort to throwing I ask you. How can we expect chil-
¨»dF« b{ pc sJð r UN½_ fO ¨…bײ*«  U¹ôu« ÁU& UdDð d¦√ X½U 5OKOz«dÝù«
participating in dem- stones as a means dren to believe that peace is just
onstrations - not that of expressing their around the corner or that one day in W?u?J?(« ‘u?A?ð ô w? ¨„U?M?¼ Èd?š√Ë U?M?¼ W?*U?J?0 …bײ*«  U¹ôu« wH²Jð p– lË
that justifies their Our mothers are not anger and frustra- the not-too-distant future, they will be «uKł√ ∫‰uIð 5OKOz«dÝû WOJ¹d_« WUÝd« ÊQË ¨W¹—U'« UNðôUBð« vKŽ WOKOz«dÝù«
deaths! - but what
cold, heartless crea- tion just as their able to return to their towns and vil-
ÆqLF½ ULO U½u−Žeð ôË ¨öOK rJH«u
about the ones who parents and grand- lages?
were killed whilst tures ! parents did not The reality of our situation is as r?U?F« w WOÐU¼—ù«  UOKLF« nB½ ÊQÐ ÍdB*« fOzd« `¹dBð U×{«Ë ÊU bI
going to school or to ‘choose’ to leave follows. Israeli soldiers have for dec- d³Ž wMODKH« VFA« …U½UF b¼UA¹ s Ê_ ¨5DKH wKOz«dÝù« ‰ö²Šô« UN³³Ý ÊU
the store? How, I wonder, does Is- their homes and submit themselves to ades now resorted to the use of ex-
WŽËdA*« VOUÝ_UÐ tMŽ d³F¹ Ê√ tMJ1 ô ¨U ¡wý tO „dײ¹ Ê√Ë bÐ ô ¨ÊUe« s Êd
rael hope to justify what happened an uncertain future characterized by cessive violence against Palestinians
to them and the way in which they, poverty and suffering. They were regardless of their age, which is why ÆULz«œ
in their innocence, suddenly became forced to fight, just as their families we find that approximately half of s? d?O?¦?J?« t? `?K?B?¹ ¨U?L?zU?Ž q?E?¹ W?O?M?O?D?KH« WËb« ‰uŠ wJ¹d_« `¹dB²«
targets for Israeli bullets and rock- were forced to leave. those who were killed or injured in
 UOF³ðË ¨WKI²*« WËb« Ác¼ WO¼U ‰uŠ WUš ¨WK¾Ý_« s dO¦J« tł«u¹Ë ¨ UO½UJù«
ets? One has to remember that as a re- the recent clashes were below 18
Perhaps those who rush to par- sult of the presence of Israeli settlers years of age and shot above the waist. l?I?¹ ¨U?N²¹«bÐ q³ UNЫdš —ËcÐ qL% WËœ w tH½ wMODKH« b−¹ ô wJË ÆUN²U≈
ticipate in the verbal attack against in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Now tell me, what mother in the  U?Þu?G?C?« W?Ý—U?2Ë f?Ý_« l?{Ë ¨·Ëd?E« Ác¼ qþ w ¨WOÐdF« ‰Ëb« oðUŽ vKŽ
our noble mothers need to sit back Palestinians living there - in what is, world would willingly expose her
w²« Èdš_« ‚uI(«Ë WLUŽ ”bI«Ë WËb« w WOMODKH« ‚uI(« qł√ s ¨W“ö«
and think about why the Palestinians after all, their own territory - are pro- child to that kind of terror? Our moth-
are protesting in the first place. Per- hibited from traveling freely between ers are not cold, heartless creatures. °r¼—U¹œ v≈ 5¾łö« …œuF ¨W√ Ë√ VFý UNOKŽ nK²¹ ô

haps they should remember, for ex- one city and the next and are deprived They, like all Palestinians, are inno-
ample, how the Palestinians are tired of free access to such basic necessi- cent victims and it is this fact more —UDO« UO'UT
and frustrated due to the fact that ties as water and electricity. In addi- than any other that the world needs dd$« W!Oz—
their homeland has been occupied tion, the occupation of their homeland to remember.
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Leave Me Alone! ÆWI¹dD«

lL¹ r ¨ÊUb« VŠU ¨bOFÝ œUL6 bOH0 ∫ddI

By Nisreen Abu-Ata haps I know them?” as if
TYT Reporter your answers - should you
decide to answer him at all
- have any relevance what-
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∫‰u?I?¹Ë ¨W?MOF sÝ s q√ r¼ s*
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ÊËd?łU?²¹ s¹c« p¾Ë√ l W½—UI*UÐ ¨Ÿ«Ë q?O?ł o?K?š v?≈ ·b?N?ð w²«

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he weekend for soever in regard to your fi-
ôË ¨ö?F? »U?³?A?« vKŽ wCI¹ U0 …QÞË UMzUMÐ√ sŽ nHð Ê√ ‰ËU%Ë
which you have nal choice of dress! Yep,
Æ©qH½® dzU−Ý lOÐ bMŽ d_« nu²¹ Íc« Xu« wH ÆWM¼«d« À«bŠ_«
been waiting the welcome to shopping Arab
vKŽ Í—«d≈ bOFÝ »dG²¹Ë ”dž  UÝR*« iFÐ tO ‰ËU%
whole week has finally ar- style!
t?M?J?Ë ¨Ÿu{u*« «c¼ ‰uŠ WÐU²J«  «—U??N?? W??O?L?M?ðË ¨W?O?ö?š√ r?O?
rived! There is a party com- Of course, the problem
¨‰U?H?Þ_U?Ð t?K?FH¹ U* nÝ_UÐ dFA¹ s¼– w 5šb²« Ê√ Ëb³¹Ë Ær¼bŠË s 5šb²« t³³¹ U ·dF¹ ÊU Ê≈ iFÐ ÂuI¹ ¨Èdš√ qIË ¨…b¹bł
ing up, and you still have to mentioned above is not re-
X½Q ¨gOF½ Ê√ b¹d½ ∫‰uI¹ p– lË ŸuMUÐ fOË ¨ÃuCMUÐ j³ðd ‰ôœ b???B???I???ð X???M??? Ê≈ ∫‰U??? ¨÷«d???√  «œU?Ž v?K?Ž r?N?F?O?−?A?²Ð —U−²«
find a dress to suit the oc- stricted to shopping for
V?²?Jð Ê√ V−¹ UNMŽ ¨·ËdE« Èdð ÆwM'« f??½U?? ¨W?zd?« ÷«d?√Ë ÊU?Þd??« ÆU¼c³½ lL²:« ‰ËU×¹
casion so, armed with some clothes. It seems that wher-
Æ5U*« —U−²« sŽ ô ÊU? Íc?« d?łU?²K W³MUÐ U√ c??M?? s??šb??¹ t??½≈ ‰u?I?¹ w?Ð√ ¨d?_« ULMOÐË ¨Wb i× p– q
money, you set out for the ever and for whatever you
UN³³¹ w²« —«d{_UÐ tðd– rŁ —U???G???B???« Y???¹b??Š v??≈ l??L??²????¹ Í√ t?³?B?¹ r?Ë U?U?Ž d?A?Ž W??Lš qšœ ¨÷«dž_« iFÐ Èd²ý√ XM
shops. shop, merchants assume
q?L?²?J?¹ r? ‰UHÞ_ WUš ¨5šb²« ¨U¼UMF eOO9 Ê√ sJ1 ô WU²ÐUÐ d?L?Ž t?I?¹b?  u?B?Ð «–≈Ë ÆÁËdJ b?Š√ d?L?F?« s? m?K?³¹ Íc« ¨‚—UÞ
So there you are, head- that it is quite acceptable for
Ê√ V−¹ ô ÂuK« Ê≈ ‰U ¨bFÐ r¼u/ œd?− t½√ vKŽ d_« v≈ dEM¹ uN ÊU?? «–≈ ∫ÊU??b?« ×U?š s? l?H?ðd?¹ dG√ «bÐ Ê≈Ë ¨‰uI¹ UL UUŽ dAŽ
ing for the stores along with them to ask you question
‰U?H?Þ_« w?U?¼√ v?K?Ž q?Ð ¨tOKŽ lI¹ s dzU−« W³KŽ Ê_ ªW×Ы— …—U& «dC ÊU «–≈Ë ¨tMšb½ s×M ¨«bOH ·U?B?½√ W?Łö?¦?Ð Áb?¹ b? ¨p?– s?
your friend, thinking about after question as if they’re
WU(« ôuË ¨rNU√ ÊuMšb¹ s¹c« s? Ád?Ož Ë√ ÂUÝË Ë√ ‰U¹d³≈ Ÿu½ rNð«u√ XFHð—«Ë Æ©«ud×MÐ UM¹œ√® dzU−Ý ÀöŁ ∫lzU³K ‰UË ¨q«uý
the kind of dress you want all aspiring journalists. Of
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to buy. Finally, you see a course, one can always ig-
t½√ WUÐË ¨‰UHÞú dzU−« ŸUÐ ô UN×З ¨W³KFK q«uý WF³Ý dFÝ U??ÝU??O??I?? 5??šb??²??« ÊU? «–≈Ë Á—UE²½« w ÊUË ¨tO≈  dE½
store that takes your fancy nore the questions or else
Æsšb¹ ô tH½ u¼ ¨ «—u?ž√ l?³?Ý Ë√ q?I?OA« “ËU−²¹ w?²?« ‰ôœ ÊS? ¨‚—UÞ bMŽ WułdK Ê≈ t?²?QÝË ¨ÊUI¹b q;« ×Uš
and go inside, your one and say, with a frown, “I’m
only intention being to find sorry, I don’t think that’s d?³?²?F?¹ wײK*« dłU²« ¨bOFÝ W³KF« sLŁ ÊS ©qH½® UNŽUÐ «–≈ ULMOÐ p–  d³²Ž« …bŠ«Ë …—U−OÝ  d²ý« d??F??A?¹ u?¼Ë »U?łQ? ¨s?šb?¹ ÊU?

the dress you have been any of your business”, but œ«d_« Ê≈ ‰uI¹ tMJË ¨UM¹b² tH½ sJ1 ô pcË ¨q«uý …dAŽ ÊuJOÝ  «u??M????« X??M?Ð Ê_ ¨U?ž—U? U?ö? ‚—U?Þ ÆwzUb√Ë U½√ ¨rF½ ∫u¼eÐ

dreaming of for the past few then the chances are that the V??−??¹ ôË ¨b??Š_ …Ëb? Êu?K?J?A?¹ ô Íc?«Ë ¨œ—u?²??*« ÊU?šb?« lO³¹ Ê√ w?U?²?U?ÐË ¨s?šb?ð UN√ Èdð l²« t? `?L¹ dLŽ w —U t½√ d³²Ž«

weeks. At Æœ«d_« tKFH¹ U vKŽ s¹b« W³ÝU× fHMÐ q«uý …dAF« tMLŁ “ËU−²¹ ‰U?łd?« v?K?Ž «d?J?Š f?O? 5šb²« t²QÝ UbMŽË ¨qł— ÍQ 5šb²UÐ
salesman,
first, the now in-
salesman “let us spend our s u l t e d ,
m i g h t hard-earned money on will feign
leave you the things we like complete  u H Þ
alone,
perhaps
rather than drive us out i n n o -
of your shops” cence,
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even al- saying
lowing things
you to try on a couple of such as “What’s the matter,
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dresses while you give your did I say something
friend a headache as you ask wrong?” prolonging the un- °ÆÆÆ
her, time and time again, welcome conversation even
WHOD u√ lO— ∫duB

“What about this one?” In further.

some cases, he might even Salesmen, take it from W0ö nO"—
offer to help you, making me. Interrogating your cus- X“dO WF0UW
suggestions that are suppos- tomers does not put them at
edly designed to help you in ease; on the contrary, in the
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making a choice (well, majority of cases, it ensures
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okay, the chances are he’s that they leave your shop,
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as bored as your friend and never to return. If you re-
w?? ÆÆÊu??K??L?F?¹ r?¼ ÆÆX?³?¼– U?L?M?¹√ ÆUNuý bŠ√ fO ÂuIð Íc« —Ëb« sŽ Àb%√ sË wMMJ ÆÆ dB Â√ XUÞ WHË œd−
simply wants to get you out ally want to help them, then
ô w?²« rNðdÝ√ «ËbŽU¹Ë «uLŽb¹ r ¢ÆÆÆÆÆÆ¢ qLŠ√ Ê√ œË√ ∫w ‰U  U???????ÝR???*«Ë W???¹U???Žd???« —Ëœ t???Ð ÆÆÆwðUOŠ Èd− U¼bMŽ XHË√
of the shop as soon as pos- stick to questions that are
w?? t??²??¹√— U?? Èu??Ý U??N?M?Ž ·d?Ž√ ¨rKJ²¹ ¡wý Í√ sŽ W¹«b³« w ·dŽ√ ¡ôR??N?? ÆÆÆÍœ«u??M?«Ë W?O?ŽU?L?²?łô« v?≈ X?³?¼– ÆÆÆÂU¹√ WFCÐ q³
sible, but hey, let’s give him relevant and leave their pri-
ÆrN½uOŽ Ÿ«u???½√ s??? t???½≈ r???¼b???Š√ w??? ‰U??? ÆÆÆrNMŽ Y¹b(« w Vž—√ s «uO Èb?Š≈ w? X?½d?²?½ù« w?¼U?I? bŠ√
the benefit of the doubt!). vate lives alone. Shopping
ÆÆÆÕö« Æ¡ULÝ√Ë 5ÝU¹ sŽ Àb%QÝ qÐ V³Ý s sJ¹ r ¨tK« «—  «—ULŽ
Unfortunately, however, is supposed to be fun, es- ¨ÊU?1≈Ë ¨…—U?ÝË ¨…—b?« b?L×
ÆÆUUŽ
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there are also those sales- pecially these days when ÆÆ¡ULÝ√Ë 5ÝU¹Ë rýU¼ rŁ ¨”—UË
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men who seem to believe money is so scarce and we Ë√ U?N?½u??M?ð b? ¡ULÝ√ ô≈ Ác¼ U
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that ‘helping’ a customer rarely get the chance to l{u«  UOC²I VŠ UN½uÝUM²ð
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necessitates delving into shop, especially for luxu- w? n?I?ð ¡ULÝ√ UNMJ ÆÆÆ·ËdE«Ë
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their private life far more ries. So, please, let us spend ÆZNM« fH½ vKŽË ¨‚bM)« fH½
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than is called for. You know our hard-earned money on Ê≈Ë ¨bŠ«Ë ËbF …bŠ«Ë WO×{
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what I mean. They start by the things we like rather
r?¼Ë ÆÆÆ U?³?³??*«Ë ‚dD« XHK²š«
suggesting a certain dress, than drive us out of your VI qL×¹ Ê√ id¹ 5Š °ÆÆƉUłd« ±π∂∑ ÂUŽ œuNO« ÂU bI ∫özU wM w??¦?¹b?Š  √b?Ð ÆÆr?ýU?¼Ë ¡U?L?Ý√Ë
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and then take it upon them- shops and straight into the w?M?×?½√Ë w?H½ s q−š√ ÆÆqHD« ÆÆÁdBÐ bI v²Š 5ðd UNOÐ√ f¼bÐ w t³J¹ ULŽ rýU¼ ‰«RÐ rNF
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selves to ask totally inap- nearest pharmacy, hunting ¨¡U?L?Ý√Ë r?ýU?¼Ë 5?ÝU?O U«d²Š« »d??F??« s??¹b?F?ÐË ¨5?ðd? Áu??Žœ¢ W³KF« Íd²A¹ t½≈ wMÐUłQ ÆÂuO«
ÆÆÆU½œuI½Ë UM²Ë s dO¹ dOž «¡eł
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propriate questions such as, for something to take away
w ÎöU r¼dLŽ ÊuFOC¹ r¼ ULMOÐ ÆÆU¹bF UN{d X³Š ¨WHzUš ÆÆÆb?Š_  U?U?N?ðô« q?O?√ X? w? t?×?З U Ê√Ë ÆöUý s¹dAFÐ
“And where, exactly, is the the headache brought on by
party going to be held?” your endless - and totally U?? ÆÆÆr??¼d??Ý√ V??½U??ł v??≈ «u??H??I?¹ q??J??Ð W??¾??O?K? W?d?ž w? X?A?Ž f?O? ô ÆÆq?H?D?« p?– t?U? U «c¼ ¨qUý WzU s d¦√ ÊU bŠ«Ë Âu¹

and, “A wedding, how nice! unnecessary - interroga- ‰«RÝ øqFH½ Ê√ V−¹ «–UË øøøU½—Ëœ ‰U??J??ý_«Ë Ê«u?_« q? s? »U?F?_« X?L? °°5ÝU¹ tU U «c¼ ÆÆÆöHÞ ≠Ád?O?³?Fð bŠ vKŽ≠¢Âu¹ q√ w¢Ë

Who’s getting married, per- tions. Êü« W×K X׳√ t²ÐUł≈ Ê√  bQð ¨X???K???I???M???ðË  d???U??Ý ÆÆÂU??−??Š_«Ë q?F?H?¹ «–U? X?½√Ë t?²?Q?Ý r?Ł ÆöOK °°nB½Ë q«uý WŁöŁ

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Looking
Death in the Eye
By Marianne Albina
TYT Reporter
Jerusalem
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any of us tend to forget some of
the experiences that the Israeli oc-
cupiers have put us through. I
guess we have suffered so much that from time
to time, our memories stop functioning, our
capacity to register all the suffering having
been exhausted. If it’s true that the human
mind has a tendency to erase the catastrophic
moments of one’s life, then I for one am glad.
I was sitting the other day at a friend’s
house, thinking about all the cities and vil-
lages that Israel occupied in 1948, the same
cities and villages that Israel subsequently de-
stroyed or else used as the foundation for its
state. Being a realistic person, I am well aware
of the fact that they will never again be a part
of Palestine, if for no other reason than the
existence of the State of Israel. Unfortunately,
I live in a world where no other kind of justi-
fication works except the kind that works for
the benefit of the strongest - in this case, Is-
rael - which means that the villages and cities
to which I refer will never again have a com-
pletely Palestinian identity or serve as home
to Palestinians enjoying their own sovereignty.
I appreciate the fact that we Palestinians
have to compromise and that it is useless for
us to expect to ever see those villages and cit-
ies in Palestinian hands. Nevertheless, it
breaks my heart to know that they are now
considered ‘Israeli’, regardless of the fact that
this implies that the Palestinians who once
lived there never existed. Who knows, in the
years to come, the Israelis might even claim
that they never did!
Already, the story of the former Palestin-
ian villages and cities is fading into history -
a story of an expelled nation, people whose
homes were occupied by total strangers who
humiliated them and took away their dignity,
who forced them to acquire a new identity,
that of refugees with no legal status, refugees
whose homes were destroyed by Israel, whose
loved ones were imprisoned, beaten or even
killed by the Israeli aggressors, whose land
was stolen and whose children were exposed
to violence from the moment they were born.
Imagine this. You’re sitting in your home,
listening to the radio, when strangers come
through your door and proceed to kill all the
members of your family, even the children,
and then - and this is perhaps the most despi-
cable part of the whole story - present them-
selves as ‘victims’ to the rest of the world.
Why massacre students, laborers, farmers,
women and children? Why? Did the Israeli
murderers not once spare a thought for the
mothers comforting their children as they
stared death in the face, or for the families
they slaughtered in front of their neighbors,
giving them a taste of what they could expect
to happen to them? I wonder. What rushes into
one’s mind as one realizes that one is about to
die? I wonder.
If merely wondering gives me the shiv-
ers, just imagine what actually knowing that
one is about to die must feel like.
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Durban is the Beginning Not the end
By Saleem Habash,
Ghadeer Yaser,
& Dima Yaser
TYT Reporters
A High Spirit
t the heart of the
cosmopolitan
South African city
of Durban, a first-of-its-kind
international summit on rac-
ism took place earlier this
month, embracing 150 coun-
tries from all over the world.
The goal of the summit was
to find ways that would al-
low the nations of the world
to work together to fight and
eventually eliminate the rac-
ism and hate that has contin-
ued to cause tragedies
throughout the history of
mankind.
Injustice
The still segregated
streets of Durban, which
lived, until only very re-
cently, under the tyranny of
apartheid, reminded the par-
ticipants in the summit of the
injustice that sometimes el-
evates one nation over an-
other simply because it
boasts a certain racial and
ethnic background. On one
side, one sees the homes of
the rich white colonialists,
while on the other, one sees
those of the poor working
blacks. Now that apartheid is
officially over, the streets re-
main as a constant reminder
of just how cruel human be-
ings can be in their dealings
with others.
“Amandla Intifada
amandla” (Power to the
Intifada)! “Pancie Israeli oc-
cupation” (Down with the Is-
raeli occupation). The streets
literally roared with the pro-
test cries of more than 30,000
people who had come from all
over the world to support the
Palestinians and their cause.
Solidarity
“The most amazing thing
I witnessed at Durban was the
level of solidarity we enjoyed
on the part of the South Afri-
cans, many of whom made a
huge effort to travel to the city
from all over the area, with
those coming from Cape
Town spending something
like 12 hours in a train simply
to show their support. They
have felt the pain of inequal-
ity, they know what it means
to be oppressed, and they
wanted to support us in any
way they could.” These are the
words of Rana Malki, the per-
sonal aide of Hanan Ashrawi
and one of the participants in
the NGO forum held in Dur-
ban.
“Even though South Af-
rica had toppled the apartheid
regime through the continuous
effort of its natives, there still
remains a significant amount
of tension between Africans
and their white former
colonialists,” said Rami
Batheesh, who is also a mem-
ber of MIFTAH’s staff and
who, like Rana, was present
at the summit.
Amandla Intifada!
One of the problems faced
by Palestinians such as Rana
and Rami at the summit was
that it was impossible to at-
tend all the activities of inter-
est to NGOs, such as panels
and debates, many of which
pertained to the Palestinian
cause. Eventually, however,
the Palestinian attendees, in
cooperation with Arab solidar-
ity groups and the South Afri-
cans divided their tasks; some
would attend panels, ask ques-
tions, take notes, debate, and
even, in some cases, partici-
pate in the panels, while oth-
ers would distribute brochures
and flyers. In all cases, they
made every effort to stand firm
in the face of the attempts on
the part of the various Zion-
ist/Israeli/Jewish groups to
marginalize and trivialize the
plight of the Palestinians,
partly by claiming that the
summit needed to discuss rac-
ism not politics, whilst ignor-
ing the fact that Israeli poli-
cies towards Palestinians are
racist politics.
“The great thing was,”
said Rana, “ that our spirits
were high, despite the at-
tempts of some to frustrate
and intimidate and the speak-
ers and ourselves with their
provocative questions and
false information concerning
the situation in Palestine,
partly because we knew we
were speaking with a united
Palestinian/Arab voice whilst
enjoying uncompromising Af-
rican support.”
“Fortunately, we always
succeeded in remaining calm,
even though the Zionist/Is-
raeli/Jewish groups provoked
us in many ways, such as by
giving us flowers in an attempt
to show themselves in a bet-
ter light,” said Rana, who
added, “They would take ta-
bles and tents without permis-
sion for their displays, and
they would ask Palestinians to
come to a negotiating table,
claiming that they were civi-
lized people who had the an-
swers to everything. This, of
course, caused some of the
Palestinian Israeli citizens
who took part in the summit
to loudly protest their claim,
no doubt because of the way
in which they are discrimi-
nated against as Arab citizens
of Israel. Of course, we had
expected this kind of attitude
from the Israelis and, being
well prepared, we were able
to respond intelligently with-
out becoming too emotional.”
Rami continued, saying,
The Arab teams had obviously
done their homework as they
came up with a large amount
of information to combat the
Israelis’ false information and
lies. Nevertheless, it’s really
no surprise that many of the
Palestinian attendees felt as if
their emotions were undergo-
ing a very severe test, espe-
cially in light of the attempts
to falsify facts concerning the
situation in Palestine.”
Victory
During the final moments
of the NGO conference when
the final declaration was an-
nounced, it seemed as if the
Palestinians were literally
about to dance with joy. Fi-
nally, for the first time ever,
the countries of the world had
united in saying that Israel is
a racist country and that Zi-
onism is a racist ideology;
pledging their support to the
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Palestinians, all of them were
in total agreement concerning
the proposals to request Israel
to stop its armed and warlike
aggression against the Pales-
tinian people. By the time
Mary Robinson, United Na-
tion High Commissioner for
Human Rights, who was
clearly not pleased with the
results, had no choice but to
read out the final resolution,
the hearts of all the Palestin-
ian attendees were beating
rapidly due to an unprec-
edented sense of victory,
whilst the whole assembly
clapped and cheered.” That
moment, without any doubt,
was the climax of it all,” said
Rami.
Rami and Rana told
PYALARA that they have a
message for our Palestinian
youth and that their message
is that they want us to work
harder, to learn as much as we
can about our history and to
record all the important events
accurately and then use what
we know in the name of the
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covered at Durban that emo-
tions are not enough,” said
Rami, who added that it was
the wealth of information
gathered by the participants
that really helped them to en-
sure that the summit had such
a happy conclusion.
We at PYALARA believe
that it is vitally important that
we work hand in hand with
all South Africans and those
of other nations who have ex-
pressed interest in maintain-
ing contact with Palestinian
youth in order to ensure the
success of campaigns and
programs with the potential
to positively affect the Pales-
tinian cause. Now, more than
ever before, we are convinced
that through international
economic sanctions and glo-
bal support we can end the Is-
raeli occupation. As Rami
said, Durban was the begin-
ning not the end. “All we
have to do now is to keep go-
ing.”
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Book Review
The Phenomenon of Drug Abuse in Jerusalem
Reviewed by:
Ghadeer Yaser
TYT Reporter
The Phenomenon of Drug Abuse in Jerusalem, published
by the Arab Thought Forum in March of 2001, is the most
recent study on drug abuse in Jerusalem; its dissemination, its
underlying factors and its impact on society. The nine chapters
of the study, which takes the form of a 135-page report and
contains several appendices, cover a wide range of issues re-
lated to drug abuse, especially among Arab Jerusalemite men.
Examples include the types of drugs used and suggestions con-
cerning different approaches to preventing the spread of what
the writer, Micheal Sayegh, describes as “this social plague”,
as well as ways of curing those who have fallen victim to it.
The data of the study was gathered through a series of ques-
tionnaire surveys, which targeted three different groups: 1) A
random sample of 250 male drug users (women were excluded
due to the insignificance of the number of women addicts to the
study and the social factors and traditions that would have made
reaching them almost impossible); 2) Five private and three gov-
ernmental institutions involved in confronting the drug prob-
lem; and 3) The three Arab hospitals in Jerusalem. The ques-
tionnaires were filled with the help of a trained field social
worker and a group of former drug addicts and clean individu-
als, while the gathered information underwent a computerized
data analysis test called SPSS, which was then used to create
relationship charts and to prove the validity of the study’s pro-
posed hypotheses.
Some of the results most worthy of mention are as follows.
Firstly, there are approximately 5,000 Arab drug addicts in Je-
rusalem, whose ages average between 18 and 25 (the age group
accounting for 44 percent of the Arab youth population in Jeru-
salem), which means they form 2.4 percent of the total Arab
population in Jerusalem. Secondly, approximately 69 percent
of the addicts are addicted to one of the most dangerous drugs
in existence, heroin. Thirdly, most of the drug addicts surveyed
blamed family and social problems for their joining the world
of drugs.
The final results of the study revealed a strong connection
between the 15 initial hypotheses and the facts on the ground.
For example, it was confirmed that, as initially believed, drug
abuse is more prevalent amongst men from larger families. Also
confirmed was the fact that men from dysfunctional families
are more likely to turn to drugs than those from a stable family
environment. Not surprisingly, the study emphasizes the role
of family and upbringing in creating awareness concerning the
dangers associated with drugs and their negative impact on the
lives of both individuals and their societies as a whole.
The main three approaches the study suggests in order to
combat drug abuse are as follows:
1. Prevention, which necessitates establishing a center spe-
cialized in prevention and imitating other successful local and
international (cure) projects, carrying out campaigns to raise
awareness among youth concerning drugs and the impact of
drug abuse, creating a regular magazine evolving around the
topic and holding forums and awareness raising conferences
that involve families and youth, as well as creating special pro-
grams for schools and universities.
2. Curing and rehabilitation, to be done through activating
rehabilitation and curative centers by developing the current
strategic plans to accommodate the needs of the society. This
involves networking with the different centers and institutions
whilst involving the families of drug users in the process and
creating active plans that cater to both the physical and psy-
chological needs of patients. This plan also involves creating
second chances for cured patients in their communities through
job training and the provision of job opportunities.
3. Combating drug possession, which necessitates that the
PNA pass and enforce strict and clear laws relating to the grow-
ing of drugs and their manufacturing, as well as the trading in
and consumption of drugs, in order to limit their distribution
and circulation.
After reading this research, one is left feeling extremely
concerned due to the size of the drug problem in Jerusalem
and the underlying factors that contribute to its exacerbation.
It is possible, however, that the layperson would find it diffi-
cult to understand the SPSS results on which all the results
and suggestions were based and I personally would have pre-
ferred to see some kind of background note explaining the
testing method. Another problem is the fact that studies that
are based on questionnaires similar to the ones used for the
purposes of this particular study run the risk of being some-
what inaccurate due to the state of mind of those surveyed,
which, in some cases, could stop them from being completely
honest and objective. Overall, however, the study provides the
reader with a good amount of useful information that could
certainly be put to good use by those involved in future projects
connected to drug abuse.

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Book review
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
gles” Harry is a nobody, treated
like dirt by his aunt and uncle
who inherited him when the evil
Voldemort killed his parents. In
the world of wizards, however,
small, skinny Harry
is famous because
he manages to
survive after a
Voldemort at-
tempts to kill him,
his only souvenirs a
lightning-bolt scar on his
forehead and a host of myste-
rious powers. Amongst other
things, these powers remind
him that he’s quite, quite dif-
ferent from his aunt, Petu-
nia?, a thin woman with an
extremely long neck that
helps her in spying on her
neighbors, his uncle
Veron, a fat man with-
out any neck at all,
and the couple’s
spoiled son
Dudley.
Harry’s life,
as you can imag-
ine, is not an easy
one, especially as he
has to live with his unbear-
able cousin who delights in hitting
Reviewed by:
Nadine Abu Ata
him every day, although strangely,
Rosary Sisters’ School
whenever anyone attempts to hit
Jerusalem
Harry, something happens to save
him. To make matters worse, when-
H
ave you heard about the
ever anything out of the ordinary
Harry Potter books,
happens, Harry is always the prime
which, so I have been
suspect, which means he is con-
told, are amongst the leading sell-
stantly being punished for things he
ers of recent years? Frankly, I’m
has nothing to do with!
not a great reader and usually put
Eventually, a mysterious letter,
a book down after reading only a
which is delivered by a friendly gi-
few pages, but when someone
gave me the first in the four-part
Harry Potter series as a gift, I fin-
ished the whole thing in four days.
Imagine!
What’s it all about? Well,
Harry spends the first ten years of
his life sleeping under the stairs
of a family that detests him and
then suddenly finds himself sur-
rounded by wizards, a caged
snowy owl, a phoenix-feather
wand, and jellybeans. Not only
that, but he discovers that he him-
self is a wizard! In the non-magic
human world - the world of “Mug-
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ant called Hagrid, arrives, saying,
“We are pleased to inform you that
you have been accepted at
Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry”. Uncle Vernon, of
course, refuses to allow Harry to at-
tend the school, but Harry goes any-
way, along with his owl Hedwig,
and here’s where the fun really be-
gins. Slowly, Harry discovers his
true talent, the reason behind his
parents mysterious death, and who
is out to kill him, and then, he un-
covers the most amazing secret of
all time; the fabled Philosopher’s
Stone.
As for the brilliant author of the
Harry Potter books, her name is J.
K. (Joanne Kathleen) Rowling.
Whilst still a tiny child, Rowling,
who grew up in Chipping, Gwent,
decided that she wanted to become
a writer and by the age of seven,
she had written her first book. Later,
she came up with the Harry Potter
idea while traveling on a Manches-
ter-London train and before long,
she was spending her lunchtimes
sitting in cafes writing the book. By
the time she had moved to Portugal
to teach English, got married and
had a baby, the first book was al-
ready one-quarter finished.
Whilst reading the first in the
Harry Potter series, I realized very
quickly that Rowling has a most ex-
traordinary style. Along with her
ability to attract the reader’s atten-
tion to the point where he/she is un-
able to put the book down, she uses
descriptions so vivid that one al-
most feels as if one is actually liv-
ing the story oneself. At times, the
book made me laugh, but at others
- especially when Harry was about
to be caught and punished it left
me feeling anxious and as if I
wanted to yell out to Harry that he
had to hurry and escape.
The Harry Potter books cost
around 50 NIS each, which isn’t
that cheap. It would be a really good
idea, therefore, if they were made
available in school libraries, mean-
ing that students would be able to
enjoy the whole series. I know that
I, for one, am already looking for-
ward to reading book number two.
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on answering a series of multiple-
choice questions for ever-increas-
ing amounts of money, is now so
popular that it is currently being
broadcast in 61 countries around
the world in a variety of different
languages. Here in Palestine the
show is no less popular than it is
elsewhere, and one of the reasons
I chose to write about it is that I
have seen for myself the positive
effect it has had on people’s lives.
Originally, many of my rela-
tives and friends would watch the
reading or going to libraries are
happy to sit in front of the televi-
sion and watch - not to mention
learn from - the program. Without
doubt, the program appears to be
empowering a great number of in-
dividuals with a genuine desire to
pursue knowledge, thereby serving
as an antidote against ignorance
and helping us to develop as a so-
ciety by spreading awareness con-
cerning the importance of improv-
ing one’s general knowledge.
If anyone wishes to have a go
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“Do your best for the good of the group”
By Firas Al-Jamal
Terra Santa School
Bethlehem

show simply to pass the time but
these days they seem to be watch-
ing it for an entirely different rea-
at winning a million riyals, they
should phone this number +23 94
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B
eing a member of the Terra
Santa School Scouts, I
have gradually come to ap-
preciate the enormous benefits as-

Photo: Ayed Salem

son, namely, to improve their gen-
eral knowledge. Now obviously,
this is a positive development and
I believe that Palestine TV should
air similar programs, thereby pro-
viding those watching with not
only an opportunity to test them-
selves and improve their knowl-
edge but also with some good
family entertainment.
Upon looking through a
lounge window at the time when
the show, which is hosted by
George Kurdahi, is being aired,
one will usually find family mem-
bers of different ages sitting in
front of the TV excitedly await-
ing the next answer. At first, I
found the fact that even small chil-
dren seem to enjoy the show
rather surprising, but then I real-
ized that for them - indeed, for
corded questions and leave their
personal details. If you are lucky
enough answer correctly and be
selected by the computer, you will
be notified by telephone, mail or
both and then flown to Paris with a
companion and taken to the MBC
studios with all expenses being
covered by MBC.
Many would say, no doubt, that
the success of the show is due to
the high amounts of money to be
won and they could be right. The
point is, if the prospect of becom-
ing rich is enough to encourage
people to learn more about the
world around them and put their
knowledge to the test, then so be
it! As far as I am concerned, money,
in this particular instance, has been
put to good use.
sociated with being a scout. To be-
gin with, scouting means much
more than merely playing the bag-
pipes or drums and putting on the
special uniform, scarf and waggle
that characterizes each group. No,
the importance of scouting has a
lot more to do with the way in
which it affects one‘s personality,
helping to develop it and assisting
in making one a better citizen more
capable of making a valuable con-
tribution to his or her society. Af-
ter all, scouts abide by the princi-
ple, “Do your best for the rest of
the group,” and in doing this, they
bear responsibility for the well be-
ing of others and learn not to be
self centered and to keep in touch
with other people’s feelings and
needs.
The nice thing about scouting
is that it is accessible to girls as well
as boys, which means that they,
along with their male counterparts,
are given an opportunity to help
build their characters and to de-
velop characteristics such as cour-
age, good will, obedience, and an
appreciation of the importance of
always telling the truth. They also,
through scouting, find themselves
able to do their fair share in help-
ing other members of their com-
munity, which is something that
every decent citizen enjoys doing.
Of course, scouting as a system
has certain principles that every
scout should attempt to uphold.
Amongst other things, a scout must
be committed to following the rules
of his or her group and to cooper-
ating with his or her fellow scouts
in order to enjoy the benefits asso-
ciated with working as one of a
team. In regard to the ‘fun’ side
of scouting, it should be remem-
bered that being part of a group
means that every scout is able to
make many friends and to enjoy
a social life that, were it not for
scouting, could very well be far
from interesting. How else, for
example, could one possibly learn
so much about wildlife and na-
ture, amongst numerous other
things?
Scouting is truly a wonderful
experience. Why not try it for
yourself - if you haven’t already
- and enjoy what is has to offer?
I‘m sure that you won’t be disap-
pointed.

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The Lost Dreams of
Palestinian Children
The dreams of Palestinian children are differ-
ent to those of children elsewhere in the world.
That should really come as no surprise, bear-
ing in mind that our children are being deprived
of such basic rights as being able to play freely
in the streets or sleep soundly in their beds.
Thanks to the occupation of our homes and
land, the innocent smiles of our children have
been replaced with fear and anger.
Many Palestinian children, also not sur-
prisingly, have chosen to emulate the older
boys by throwing stones at the Israelis and,
in some cases, they have paid dearly for this
decision. Meanwhile, the Israeli army con-
tinues to wage a mental war against all Pal-
estinians, hoping to wear them down and
force them to submit to its demands. Of
course, it never will, but that’s beside the
point...
Some have accused Palestinian mothers
of sending their young children to their
deaths. The truth is, in the majority of cases,
the mothers involved didn’t even realize that
their children have been forced to play a role
on the battlefield rather than enjoy themselves
in the playground! Of course, I know that’s not
what the Israelis would like to have the world
believe - but it’s the truth.
Hadeel Dalool
Al-Ahliyyeh College
Ramallah
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Escape was on his mind
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He was captured
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Tortured and restrained
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Everything was a prison
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By his own life?
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How could he break free
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When freedom was his
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prison?
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Was he to be forever a slave
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Fools - that’s what we are
When we fall in love My mind is uneasy œuIH+ sŽ ÊöŽ≈
Fools - that’s what we’ll be My soul is ill
w t²OÐ s Ãdš Íc« wÐdF« dOLC« bI sŽ sKF½
If we don’t ever love My tears run like streams
—u?O?ž ∫t?ðUH«u Æt¹—Uð W¹UG bF¹ rË ±π¥∏ ÂUŽ
Lina Musleh That never stand still
Greek Catholic School ¨W?KO_« WOÐdF« …uM« tO ¨WÐËdF«Ë »dF« vKŽ

Beit Sahour ƉU(« dOž ‰U(«  dOG² «œułu ÊU uË

What should I do?
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What should I say?
dJA« q¹ełË W³OÞ …QUJ tË
With no other choice WIö6 ¡ö
I kneel and pray X“dO WF0UW
ÆÆÆÆ  «d5“ I feel so bitter
ÆÆÆÆÆ …dHA+ WUÝ— I feel so angry
UJ¹d√ ŸuЗ w W¹dI³F« uM¹d½ v≈ I am looking for happiness
ô ÆÆÆU?J?¹d?√ w? v?²?Š p?ð—UDAÐ ”UM« ÍbIFð wJOKŽ «dŠË ÆÆtK«Ë pUMI²ý« I am looking for mercy
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Up on the mountains
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And under the trees
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I continue to look
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But nobody cares
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War is all around us
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Justice is asleep
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Children are dying
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And mothers weep
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ÆWOJ¹d_« WFU'« w wF ”—bð X½U wK« w²³ŠU dLI« vKŽ gOF½ w w²³O³Š U¹ wUF²
There is so much fear
U?½√Ë w?ðu? `?³½« „UM¼ UN²OC wK« 5M« qË UJ¹d√ w XÝ—œ U½√ ö√ —œ«uM« V² w o(«Ë
Even the birds are afraid!
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Homes are destroyed
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And only ruins remain
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“Why are you people dancing in the streets“ ‰U*« f¹bJð Ê√ 5LKFð ô√
But still, in spite of all this
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We will never give up
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For we seek peace
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And are prepared to wait
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¨2U?‰?O?N?« Ác?T q?L?F? f?9 w??« 2U?*U?N??'ô«Ë ¨2U?«eM« ÆWOËb« 5'«uI« ‰U>0 w" UN ÂuI w«
2U?‰?O?N?« Èb?6≈ u?T dL6_« VOKB« ÊQ ŸUD'« Íb ÊU* - bI¢ ∫◊UOš …b¹d …bO« ‰uI² ¨V¹—b²« U?³?U?Þ s?¹d?A?ŽË 5?MŁ« v‡KŽ —UO²šô« lË
2«b??U??!? *« .b??I? ¡U?D?n X?% U?M?O?K? f?!?>?? w??« ÆUNO" 5uD*« vK «dD9 qJAË ◊UHFý ¨U+UŽ ±µ aOA« œuL×+
 U??×??K??D??B??*« Õd??ýË  U?u?K?F?*« ‰U?B?¹≈ XOÐË ÕU−M«Ë X¹“dOÐ  UFUł s W³UÞË
U?0U?9 U?O?«Ë X?$??%√ Ê√ b?F?Ë ¨Êü« w?M?M?JË ¨WO'U!'ù« fKÐU½ ¨U+UŽ ±∑ pA9 uÐ√ k5UŠ
 «d?{U?;« U?N?M? ¨…b?¹b?Ž ‚d?D?Ð W?H?K²<« …—Ëb? «u?F?C??O? W?Šu²H*« ”bI«Ë r(
ƉË_« wW«Ë UNM ŸU"b« `%√ ¨WO'U!'ù« UNzœU* r?O?TU?H?*« W?"d?F?0 w?" U?L?N?0 «—Ëœ »U??A?« v?K? Ê√ X?L?KF
d?OOGðË Âö_« ÷dF WHK²<«  UÞUAM«Ë W?¾? v?« Áu?L?K?F?ð U? q?I½Ë WH¦J WO³¹—bð
iFË dL6_« VOKBK WOËb« WM>K« ÂUN0 vK X"dF v?? ≈ U?? N? ?K? I? ' t??O? K?  V??>?  ¨ÊU??!? 'ù« ‚u??I? $?  W??I? K? F? ? *«
fKÐU½ ¨U+UŽ ±∑ q¹uË rOKÝ ÆÊU!'ù« ‚uI6 Æsd9ü« v?≈ W?U?{ùUÐ ¨»UF_«Ë ¨UNBLIðË —«Ëœ_« Ë√ ¨W?O?H?O?B?«  ULO<« w ¡«uÝ »U³A«
◊UHFý ¨U+UŽ ±¥ qOKš uÐ√ ”«d5
fKÐU½ ¨U+UŽ ±∑ ·U0Ž qÝUРƢ‰UBðô«  «—UN rNLOKFð X½U√ ¡«uÝ ¨”—«b*« Ë√ WOÐU³A« e«d*«
ÆÀuG« WUu WFÐUð Â√ WUš Â√ WOuJŠ
WO½U¦« WKŠd*«
ŸËdA*« …dJ5
q?I?M?Ð —œU?J?« √b?Ð ¨V?¹—b?²« ¡UN²½« bFÐ
s? r?¼d?O?ž v?≈ U?¼u?³??²?« w?²«  «d³)« bI¢ ∫«—ôUOÐ …d¹b —UDO³« UO½U¼ ‰uIð

5Ð U W¹dLF« W¾H« s ¨wMODKH« »U³A« »U???³???A??« W??łU??Š …b??O??Ë …d??J??H??« X??½U??

W¾H« Ác¼ vKŽ eOd²« - bË ÆUUŽ ±∏Ë ±≥ Êu?½U?I?« v?K?Ž d?¦?√ ·d?F?²?K? w?M?ODKH«

ÆWOU(« ŸU{Ë_UÐ «dŁQð d¦_« UN½u v≈ ¡w¹ b U ÍœUHðË wËb« w½U½ù«

b?I? ¨t?«b¼√ oIŠ b ◊UAM« Ê√ Ëb³¹Ë q?ł√ s q{UM¹ VFA UM²FLÝË UMð—u

◊UAM« «c¼ q¦ ÂUI¹ ÊQÐ W³UD pUM¼ X½U «—ôUOÐ ·«b¼√ Ê√ —UDO³« ÈdðËÆ¢tuIŠ qO½

sNzUMÐ√ v≈ tKI½ sN½UJSÐ Ê_  uO³«  UÐd wËb« dLŠ_« VOKB« ·«b¼√ l o«u²ð

ÆrNF sNUJ²Š«Ë ¨WOuO« WOÐd²« s ¡e− ÕUHJ« WOŽËdA vKŽ bRð w²« pKð WUš

d?³?Ž b?I? ¨WbN²*« W¾HK W³MUÐ U√ w? s?J?Ë ª‰ö?²?Šô« s hK²« qł√ s

o?O?³?D?ð Âb?F? t?zU?O?²?Ý« s?Ž r?N?M? d?O?¦?J?« W?O?½U??½ù« 5?½«u?I?« v?K?Ž W?E?U;« —UÞ≈

¨ÊU??½ù« ‚uI×Ð WU)« WOËb« 5½«uI« Æ¢WOËb«

tzUO²Ý«Ë ¨◊UAM« ‰öš UNOKŽ «udFð w²« —Ëœ ¡UDŽ≈ v≈ vFð «—ôUOÐ Ê√ U0Ë

ÆWOËb« W«bF« »UOž s ÊQÐ ÈdðË ¨wMODKH« »U³A« ŸUDI qŽU

W?O½U½ù« ∆œU³*« qIMÐ —bł_« r¼ »U³A«
WOK³I²0*« WFÐU²*« l? o?O??M?²?U?Ð X?U? b?I? ¨r?N?½«d?√ v≈
…d0UL6 ÍbL6 ∫duB

j??D??)« ‰u??Š —U??D??O??³?« U?O?½U?¼ ‰u?I?ð s WŽuL− —UO²šô WOMODKH«  UFU'«

o?×?²??ð W?Ðd?& Ác?¼ X?½U?¢ ∫W?O?K?³?I?²?*« …—Ëœ w «uÞd½« s¹c« ¨5OFU'« W³KD«

«c?¼ v?K?Ž ¡U?M?ÐË ¨U?N?L?O?OIð r²OÝË ¨…—œU³*« r?¼—Ëb?Ð «u?U? s?¹c«Ë ÂU¹√ W² WO³¹—bð

¨U¼—«dL²Ý« ÊUJùUÐ ÊU Ê≈ —dI²OÝ rOOI²« rNKOł ¡UMÐ√ v≈ U¼uLKFð w²« rO¼UH*« qIMÐ
fKU'/ W=ö rO;0 w" 2bI w« WOIOD« 2U—u« Èb6≈ s0 V'UW ∆œU?³?0 »U?³A« qOł WOŽuð WOL¼_ WUš ”—«b?*« s? œb?ŽË W?O?HOB«  ULO<« w
±∑ WA"d" ≤∞∞± ‰Ë√ sdA Ø ‰uK√ e1U Àu ‰«

Remember Those Who Serve You

Âu−M«Ë X½√
A
lways remember those ble and the waitress was growing im-
who serve you. In the patient. “Thirty-five cents,” she v?K?Ž Æ…d?O?ðu?« n?O?H??ðË —c?(«Ë W?D?O(« –Uð« v≈ dNA« «c¼ „uŽb¹

days when an ice cream brusquely replied. The little boy WOKzUŽ lO{«u …—UŁ≈Ë WKzUF« l ¡UI³« w W³ždUÐ dFAð wKzUF« bOFB«

sundae cost much less, a ten year
old boy entered a hotel coffee
shop and sat at a table. A
waitress put a glass of wa-
ter in front of him. “How
much is an ice cream sundae?”
again counted his coins. “I’ll have the
plain ice cream,” he said. The wait-
ress brought the ice cream, put the
bill on the table and walked away.
The boy finished the ice cream, paid
the cashier and left. When the wait-
qL(«
q?L?²?% ô p?K?F?−?¹ b? n?¼d?*« pÝUŠ≈ Æ UöF« bOÞuðË ‰uKŠ œU−¹ù
l?u?²?Ý w?H?ÞU?F?« b?OFB« vKŽ Æ·«dÝù«Ë „U¹≈ Æ UEŠö*«Ë  «œUI²½ô«
·dF²Ý UГUŽ XM «–≈Ë ¨p¹dAUÐ ‰UBðô«Ë V(« »UF√Ë  «dUG*UÐ pH½
Æ…dO¦ …eO2  «¡UI
ld¹Ë «—«dI²Ý« d¦« pKF−¹Ë ¨…bF_« WU vKŽ …bOł —uQÐ k(« „bF¹
·«b¼√ oOI% WOGÐ  «uDÐ ÂuIðË ¨sײ²Ý W¹œU*« p«uŠ√ ÆpðU¹uMF

he asked. “Fifty cents,” replied the
waitress. The little boy pulled his
hand out of his pocket and stud-
ied the coins in it.
Chosen by: “Well, how much is a plain dish
Saleem Habbash
of ice cream?” he inquired. By now
ress came back, she began to cry as
she wiped down the table. There,
placed neatly beside the empty dish,
were two nickels and five pennies.
You see, he couldn’t have the sun-
dae, because he wanted enough left
—u¦«
¨WÐcŽ ¡«uł√ gOF²Ý wHÞUF« bOFB« vKŽ ÆWŽdÐ ÂbI²ðË ¨WOŽ«ËË W²ÐUŁ
X?M? «–≈Ë ¨¡U?M?N?«Ë V?(« ÂU?¹√ t?ö?š b?O?F²ð ¨oO—Ë eO2 ¡UI „UM¼Ë
ÂU?¹√ œu?F?² UD³ðd XM «–≈ U√ ¨W¹—cł WI¹dDÐ pðUOŠ dOG²²Ý «bOŠË
ÆpHÞ«uŽ ¡«—Ë —«d$ô« —c% Ê√ pOKŽ sJË ¨WO½UËd«
ÕU²²Ý pKLF W³MUÐ Æ UœUB*« iF³ «bOFÝ ÊuJðË k(« p r²³¹

¡«“u'«
TYT reporter UOHÞUŽ Æv{uH« bFÐ UN½UJ v≈ œuFð ¡UOý_« Ê√ dFAðË ¨…dO¦ ’d p
more people were waiting for a ta- to leave her a tip.
¡ËbNUÐ Ue²K vI³ð Ê√ pOKŽ sJË ¨pðUOŠ v≈ —«dI²Ýô«Ë Âö« œuFOÝ
Æ¡«uł_« WzbNð qC_«Ë ¨UNNł«uð b WÐd& s ”QOð ô Ɖ«b²Žô«Ë

Definitions of Man and Woman dO¼UA*« hB. s+

∫ÊUÞd0«
o?K?I?« sË ¨WI¦« v≈ œœd²« s qI²M²ÝË ¨qË b dO³J« dNA« u¼ U¼
ö ¨‰U*« s UGK³ `Ðdð U0—Ë ¨’dH« p du²²ÝË ¨WKOL'« œuŽu« v≈
mind, I’ll do it myself,” and he

A
man is a person who, if …eF« rO'— ∫rJ UN—U9« XM «–≈ dšü« pHB½ ¡UIK pd œ«œe²Ý ¨UOHÞUŽ Ærײ« qÐ UłdH² nIð
a woman says, “Never lets her and she get mad, says, ”bI« Æ…b¹bł …UOŠ v≈ ‚öD½ô«Ë ¨Ã«Ëe« Ë√ WÐuDK W³ÝUM …d²H« Ác¼Ë ¨UOUš

mind, I’ll do it myself,” “Now what are you mad about?” ÆUEIO² vI³ð Ê√ pOKŽ sJË ¨…Q− V(« lI¹ U0—

A woman is a person who, if WUš n«u ¨bzUË dŽUýË VðU qJ

lets her.
she says to a man, “Never mind, `?³?B?¹ Ê√ q?³? ¨ÁU?³?Ë t?ÐU³ý w UNýUŽ
A woman is a person who, if  U?ö?F?«Ë d?ŽU?A?*«Ë W?O?HÞUF« ŸU{Ë_« vKŽ ¡«u{_« jK¹ dNA« «c¼
b? w?²« n«u*« iFÐ wK¹ ULOË ÆÆÆULOEŽ
I’ll do it myself,” and he lets her

she says to a man, “Never mind,
I’ll do it myself,” and he lets her,
gets mad.
A man is a person who, if a
woman says to him, “Never
bÝ_«
œb?N?ð W?O?zU?−  UÐöI½UÐ —cM¹ «c¼ Ê√ ô≈ Æ…uKŠ UðUË√ gOF² ¨WO½U½ù«
UbMŽ »U²J« Ê√ u¼ UM¼ rN*« ¨WOAU¼ ÊuJð
and she get mad, and he says, pð«—b “d³ðË ¨…dO¦ ’d p ÕU²ð wMN*« bOFB« vKŽ Æ—cŠU ¨WFODIUÐ
…d?O?Ý V²J¹ s Ë√ ¨WOð«c« r¼dOÝ Êu³²J¹
“Now what are mad about?” says ÆŸU?{Ë_« e?¹e?FðË …—U−²«Ë ‰ULŽú W³ÝUM …d² Ác¼Ë ¨W¹dJH«Ë WOMH«
n?«u?*« s? b?¹b?F?« v??M?¹ b? t?½S? ¨ÁdOž ÆW×B« bOF vKŽ WOÝU  «d²HÐ dL²Ý p½_ ‚U¼—ù« sŽ bF²Ð«
“If you don’t know I’m not going
W?L?N? Êu?J?²?? U?N?³?²? Ê≈Ë ÆÆÆW?O?½U?O³B«
to tell you.”
ÆÆt W³MUÐ
U? q? s?Ž U?O?K??²? ÂU?_« v?≈ d?EMðË ¨ U×HB« VKIð wJ Xu« ÊUŠ

¡«—cF«
sJË ¨ ôU:« WU w k(« dNA« «c¼ pO≈ qL×¹ Æ «uD)« p qdF¹
w?z«Ë—Ë ’U? ¢«d?³?ł r?O?¼«d?Ð≈ «d?³?ł¢
iFÐ ·dFð ¨WKzUF« bOF vKŽ ÆöIF² sË ¨ U“U:« s —c% Ê√ pOKŽ
ÆÆÁU³ sŽ WOð«c« tðdOÝ w V² wMODK
w{U*« s VO³Š œuF¹ U0— ¨UOHÞUŽ Æ»UOž bFÐ —uNEK œuFð w²« qUA*«
You’re an l? ÂU?¹_« s? Âu?¹ w? w?I?Ð t½√ Ádc¹ U2Ë
 b??Ž√ b?? t??√ X??½U??Ë ÆƉe??M?*« w? t?ðb?ł
ÆV(« —u√ w …b¹bł WöD½ô ULN ¡UIK« ÊuJ¹Ë

W?F?zUÐ s VOK(«  d²ý« YOŠ ¨¢WOKDON«¢

Arab When.... ¡«dý vKŽ UM …—b ô¢ ∫‰uIð X½UË ¨Wu−²
U?ö?Š√ q?L?×¹ Íc« qOL'« dNA« «c¼ w dðu²« ‰Ëe¹Ë ÂuOG« lAIMð

Æ¢…—Ëd?C?« b?M?ŽË  U³ÝUM*« w ô≈ VOK(«
U?N?²??³?Þ d?O?C?% s? Â_« X?N?²½« UbMŽË
¨WMšUÝ w¼Ë UNM qQ¹ ô√ t²Ë√ ¨…c¹cK«
s? UNðœuŽ bMŽ Ϋd?N?þ U?NM tLFDð ·uÝË
UL Æo³D« «c¼ V×¹ ÎUC¹√ »_« Ê_ ¨‚u«
V?F?K?O? V?¼– Ê√ ô≈ wIA« w³B« s ÊU
Ê«eO*«
dOJH²«Ë Ÿ«bÐù«Ë oK)« vKŽ pð—b nþuð Ê√ pOKŽ qLF« bOF vKŽ Æ…dO¦
p qL×¹ b UA¼b U{dŽ vIK²ð ¨pF¹—UAË pULŽ_ UN³²M sË ¨rOK«
 dFý «–≈ Æ5ГUF« iF³ ë˓ ¡«uł_« w dNE¹ ¨UOHÞUŽ Æ…dO³ Wd
ÆpMŽ ¡U³Ž_« nOHðË d³BUÐ wKײ« pOKF ‚U¼—ùUÐ
¨ U?O?D?F?*« i?F?Ð U?N?O? d?OG²ð …b¹bł W¹«bÐ p– d³²FðË sײUÐ dFAð
¨WI¦Ð pULŽ√ v≈ vF² ¨ÕU−MUÐ pOŽU qKJ²ðË ¨WIÐU« ¡U³Ž_« ‰ËeðË

»dIF«
t?√ ÊQ?Ð Ád?³?š√Ë t?I?¹b błu ¨œôË_« l Ë√ Ÿ«d? l?I?¹ b?Ë ¨W?J?zU?ý lO{«u —U¦ð b ÆÕUЗ√Ë  «—UB²½« oI%Ë
s¹c« ¨œôË_« WOI³Ð «uI²« rŁ ÆWOKDO¼ X³Þ pO≈ qL×¹ ¨eO2 dNA« «c¼ ¨UOHÞUŽ ÆUNM ÈQM0 qE²Ý pMJË ¨WNł«u
wJË ¨ÁuÐcJ ¨W³D« dQÐ tI¹b r¼d³š√ Ë√ WOBA« pðUOŠ w qšbð Í√ s —cŠ« sJË ¨ÕU−M«Ë V(«  «—Uý≈

l?Ë ÆX?O?³?« v?≈ r?¼c?š√ ¨t?b rN X³¦¹ ÆWOMN*«

U?¹U?I?Ð Êu?I?F?K?¹ ‰U?H?Þ_« ÊU? ¨…b?«u« …œuŽ

ÆÊu×B« p?M?Ž n??ð ÆW?“ö?« ’u?×?H?« ¡«d?ł≈Ë p?²?×?B?Ð ÂUL²¼ö `½UÝ Xu«
ÆsŠ√ l{Ë w Ëb³ðË ¨qC√ WKŠd pUM¼ ÊuJðË ¨ U³ł«u«Ë ◊uGC«

WBI« ¢d¹uÝ Âuð¢ VŠU ¢s¹uð „—U¢

- You make Turkish coffee before leaving
home, when getting in the office, after lunch,
when having guests, before the guests leave,
lË ¨ dNA« «c¼ pH½ vKŽ ÍuDMð b wHÞUF«Ë wBA« bOFB« vKŽ
”uI«
W?O?M?ž W?O?ŽU?L?²?łô« p?ðU?O?Š Êu?J?ðË ¨WKOLłË WÐcŽ  «¡UI p ÊuJ²Ý p–
W?F?U'« w WÝ«—bK V¼– UbMŽ ¨…dONA«
ÆWŽuM²Ë
V¼– UbMŽË ¨tÐ t²Ë√Ë ¨qO$ù« t√ t²DŽ√
YFÐ ¨tð“u×Ð w²« œuIM« XN²½«Ë WFU−K
s «œ— t√ t X³²J ÆÆΫœuI½ VKD¹ tK¼√ v≈
`³B¹Ë ¨dšü« pHB½ l rN ¡UI qB×OÝË ¨V(« u¼ dNA« «cN p½«uMŽ
Íb'«

after the quests leave and before going to bed
- You call an older person you’ve never met
before “Ammo” or “Khalto.”
- Getting a visa to Europe or the States is like
having a baby; everybody tells you “Mabrook”
t½QÐ U¼d³¹ UN V²J ÆÆÆqO$ù« √d« ∫5²LK
Á√dI¹ Ê√ tM W³UÞ tO≈ XKÝ—Q Æ5ðd Á√d
t?ł«—œ√ œU?Ž Ê√ ô≈ t?M? ÊU? UL ÆÈdš√ …d
t??√ X??³?K?Þ v?²?Š q?Ë Ê√ U?Ë ¨t?K?¼√ v?≈
t√ X½U ÆÆÆœuIM« tO «–S ¨t²×²Ë qO$ù«
5?Ð W?F?U?'U?Ð t?U?×?²?« q?³? U?N?²?F{Ë b
WOBA« ª…bF_« q vKŽ ëdH½ôUÐ dFAðË ¨öNÝ s¹dšü« l r¼UH²«
w ◊—u²« Ë√ ¨·«dÝù«Ë d¹c³²« v≈ Íu qO s pKH« „—c×¹ ÆWOMN*«Ë
ÆÊ–≈ —cŠU ¨…dO³ …—Uš lu¹ b wUOš ŸËdA
pOKŽ sJ ¨U³F² Ëb³ðË ¨bOŽ«u*«Ë  UÞUAM« nŽUC²ðË ·ËdE« sײð
ub«

- You look for universities as far from home ÆqO$ù«  U×H ¨…¡U?M?Ð l?¹—U?A? w? p?ðU?UÞ nþË ¨◊uGC« rž— …dO*« vKŽ kU% Ê√
Æp?ÐU?B?Ž√ ‚U?¼—≈ Âb?ŽË …d?O?ðu?« n?O?H?ðË WŠ«d²Ýô« s ¡wý l sJË
as possible.
v?K?Ž Êu?J¹ ô b oAFU ¨ÍœUO²Žô« „uł w …œUF« sŽ Y×Ы ¨UOHÞUŽ
- Your relatives alone could populate a small a?¹—U?²?« «c?¼ t? Êu?J?¹ Ê√ q?³? ¢d?K?²?¼ ¢
ÆdHÝË Õ«d√Ë ÕdË WOKð ¡«uł√ gOFð dNA« dš«Ë√ w ÆpF bŽu
city. UbMŽ UFU¹
Î UOH¹— ÎUÐUý ÊU ÆÆÆ¡UbUÐ aDK*«

- You feel uncomfortable saying the word ‰ULŽ_« s dO¦J« sN²« ¨5dÐ WLUF« —«“
 U?³?K?I?²?« q? r?ž— Íb??'«Ë w??H?M?« pz«œ√ vKŽ kU% Ê√ pÐ s×¹
‘tease’ in English u¼ tdF½ ô UË ÆgOF« WLI tHM sRO
 u(«

UŠU$ oI%Ë …bOFÝ «—U³š√ vIK²ðË pðU¹uMF lHðdð ÆpuŠ s  «dOG²«Ë

œuIM« sRO —UNM« ‰«uÞ bJ¹Ë qLF¹ ÊU t½√
- Your aunt is always asking when she can p?O?K?Ž —b?¹ ö?L?Ž qGAð Ë√ ¨U³BM √u³²ð bË ¨—UE½_« j× pKF−¹ «dO³
qFË ¨tÐdýË tK_ r²N¹ r ¨V²J« Íd²A¹ w
dance at your wedding b? ÆW?¹dOB …uDš vKŽ ÂbIðË ¨VO³(« s d¦√ »d²Ið ¨UOHÞUŽ ÆÕUЗ_«
s? q?OKIÐ uË tžUœ wI²ð X½U tðbF
ÆVO³(« Ë√ p¹dA« l WŠ—UB v≈ ÃU²%
Æ¡U*«
±∏
Proton Power Batteries
By Issa Fuad Stephan
Terra Santa College
Bethlehem
A
new type of battery that
relies on a proton
traveling between its
poles will hopefully soon be avail-
able. Not only does the new bat-
tery recharge more quickly; in ad-
dition, it can be recharged an un-
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From Palestine to the American People
Away from all
Political Slogans
By Rabie Abu Latifah
TYT reporter
A
way from all the political
slogans and emotional
speeches that have over-
whelmed the world, I am writing
this message to the American peo-
ple in general and my American
friends in particular. In doing so,
I intend to adopt an analytical ap-
proach toward the current situa-
tion, knowing as I do that diplo-
matic efforts have already
achieved more than enough in ex-
tending condolences and deepest
sympathy to the United States and
in making it clear that the disaster
that befell it is, without any doubt
whatsoever, a crime against hu-
manity.
The fact is there has been
much misunderstanding and exag-
geration concerning the response
of Arabs and Muslims, and espe-
cially the Palestinians, to what
happened in the US. This I blame
on the fact that during the first few
hours that followed the attacks,
certain television channels con-
tinuously ran footage showing
Palestinians handing out sweets in
the streets in order to ‘celebrate’
the vicious attacks on the States.
Admittedly, there were Palestin-
ians - just as there were millions
of people of other nationalities all
over the world - whose initial re-
action to the attacks was joy, but
their joy was derived from what
they perceived as an attack on the
American Government, and not -
and I repeat not - on American in-
dividuals. Unfortunately, their
much-publicized reaction served
no one except those who oppose
the Palestinian liberation move-
ment and who seek to portray the
Palestinians as bloodthirsty, rac-
ist extremists who despise the
‘Western civilization’ in its en-
tirety, with no exceptions. As I see
it, before pointing accusatory fin-
gers, one has to consider exactly
why the Palestinians reacted as
they did and why rather than
showing sympathy, they initially
expressed happiness.
To answer this question, one
first has to ask, what exactly do
Palestinians know about America
besides the fact that it is the lead-
ing producer of Hamburgers and
Coca Cola, particularly those chil-
dren who were filmed rejoicing in
the streets of Ramallah and Jeru-
salem? To begin with, they know
Letters from the Heart
that America produces the M16’s
with which Israeli soldiers shoot
young Palestinians on their way to
school or to their homes. They know
too that it supplies Israel with F16
warplanes, Cobra’s and Apaches,
which Israel uses to blow up their
homes and partially destroy their
towns and villages. They know too,
of course, that death means the same
thing, regardless of whether it was
brought about by an American-
made F16 warplane or a civilian
Boeing jet, filled with passengers
and destroyed by a suicide bomber
whose sole intention was to strike a
blow against the American Govern-
ment.
Just as the hijackers responsible
for the attacks in the States saw only
George Bush and his administration
in the people they killed, Americans
and Westerners are now seeing an
Usama Ben Laden in every single
Muslim or Arab who crosses their
path. This being the case, why
should they be surprised that Pales-
tinians reacted with joy in the ini-
tial moments that followed the at-
tacks on America, which, in their
eyes, was not so much a multi-eth-
nic and culturally diverse nation as
a single person and government that
blindly supports those who occupy
them economically, militarily and
politically?
One has to realize that it was
only natural that Palestinians whose
towns were surrounded by tanks at
the same time as downtown New
York was burning took their time,
so to speak, in relating to the pain
and misery of those Americans
whose loved ones were killed in the
attacks in the States. In the final
analysis, what really matters is the
fact that the Palestinians, regardless
of their initial reactions, identified,
eventually, with the pain of the
American people. Moreover, they
realized, albeit belatedly, that the
innocent people who were killed
were not ‘America the government’,
which in their eyes is responsible for
inflicting so much pain on peoples
all around the world. This, in spite
of the fact that, by not objecting to
their government’s policies, the vic-
tims, in many respects, could be
considered partly responsible for
America’s crimes against humanity.
For many years now, Americans
have worked and lived amongst the
Palestinians or come to Palestine as
tourists, yet never have their lives
been threatened or have they felt any
animosity due to their government’s
position in regard to the Arab-Israeli
conflict. This fact alone is an indi-
cation of the Palestinians’ ability to
make a distinction between Ameri-
cans as individuals and Americans
as supporters of their government.
A similar awareness on the part of
the Americans, however, was clearly
lacking when, following the attacks,
the American street started yelling
for revenge, in some cases threat-
ening or even attacking innocent Ar-
abs and Muslims, expecting them to
pay for the acts of a group of terror-
ists whose identities were still not
clear.
The American Government is
claiming that those who attacked the
US were motivated by a desire to
strike not at any one religion, race,
or belief system, but at the unique
American ‘freedom’ and ‘democ-
racy’. If this were truly the case, why
then did the hijackers not direct the
planes at the ultimate symbol of
American democracy, the Statue of
Liberty, which is only a short dis-
tance away from what remains of
the World Trade Center and its two
ill-fated towers? I personally be-
lieve that the motive of the attack-
ers was very different, namely, to
strike a blow at the three major sym-
bols of American ‘power’: the
World Trade Center, which repre-
sents the American economic
power; the Pentagon, which repre-
sents the American military power,
and the White House, which repre-
sents the American power in terms
of political policy making.
Now, as always, it is vitally im-
portant that we concentrate on the
roots of the problem rather than re-
venge and bloodshed.
Finally, it is important that the
US, in looking to its own pain, rather
than be tricked into falling for Is-
raeli attempts to use that pain for its
own purposes, look also to that of
the Palestinians, whose leader cer-
tain Israelis now unjustifiably refer
to as the ‘the Ben Laden of Pales-
tine’.
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On the Edge ...
I
am glad that we talked the other night. I have not gone out to work or
to check my e-mail because of the situation. Everything is closed off
and the trip is becoming more impossible every day as road blocks
increase and as more check points are installed by the Israeli government,
to fortify their security. It used to take me ten minutes to get to work, now
it takes at least forty five minutes, to which you can add the walking and
the harrassment from Israeli soldiers. Let me tell you, I have been in a
wirlwind of emotions, not knowing how to respond to this crazy world of
ours. And between what is happening in the US and what is happening
here, I am finding myself tired of worrying about what is going to happen
next; war and more bloodshed is not what we need, retaliation is not enough,
and my head is tired...
Just seeing what war has done to my nation I can surely say that it is
the lousiest thing that man has ever attempted in order to get where he
wanted. You see, there exists an Israel now, after many years of bloodshed.
Its foundations were built on rivers of Palestinian blood and now struggles
to pull itself together with weak threads of security, occasionally penetrated
by desperate palestinians who resort to blowing up themselves and other
Israeli citizens, in protest to the inhumane conditions imposed onto them
by Israeli occupation. Those, whose human dignity was raped continuouisly
through the building of an alien state on their homeland will never forget,
but how I hope that one day they would be able to forgive...
It is never right to lose respect of our humanity and the sanctity of each
other’s lives, but human beings constantly do it violently, economically, or
in many other ways, but the question is: do people have to revenge? Why
can’t we leave it up to God? Or do we have to succumb to our human pride
and punish each other. Think about what the crazy terrorists did in the
States; it was supposedly an act of revenge against the States and its for-
eign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East, or perhaps even elsewhere, but what
did they actually achieve? Now, all of America is angry and the American
Government is launching a war; can we say, therefore, that the terrorist
attacks were a success? An even more terrifying question, of course, is
what kind of ‘beings’ were responsible for the attacks and what kind of
humanity did they represent? Were they genuinely hurting, or were they
merely crazy individuals full of hate who sought to create enmity between
nations due to their evil natures?
And oh the pain in the hearts of millions!!! what were they thinking????
I am tired of war, and scared of it. With nuclear weapons spread all
over the Middle East I find it very difficult to think of a bright future. I
literally sometimes laugh at myself for considering the option of even, life.
And I am finding that human beings and mostly political leaders, are whom
I fear most. When I remember what nuckear bombs did to the Japanese
people, I start pleading with my mind to ignore the idea that the same fate
awaits us here. When I think of the WTC towers and how as they exploded
thousands of lives where lost, my body just quivers in pain. And finally
when I hear Israeli missiles hitting homes near my home, and hear the late
night cries of frightened palestnian babies I start doubting my own sanity!
Then amidst all of this I realize that I can only close my eyes and lay it
all down in the hands of the Maker of life, that He may have mercy on us
and that His justice may prevail in the end.
Please take care, and pray for mercy and grace to overwhelm the na-
tions of our world
Sincerely yours,
Ghadeer Yaser
Ramallah/ Palestine
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The Need to Practice J Partner Organizations in the

What One Preaches ‘Journalism Across Boundaries’ Project
By Mirjam van den Berg
O Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership And Rights Activation
Holland
U from all walks of life and all regions.
The core of PYALARA is ‘acti-
* To give a voice to Palestinian
youth via media;
vation’. Our main objective is to pre-
R vent our youth from becoming ut-
terly frustrated as a result of the harsh
* To raise awareness among youth
concerning their rights and the ben-
efits of living a healthy lifestyle, as

N PYALARA stands for

conditions that surround them; con-
ditions that threaten to silence them,
isolate and marginalize them, and
well as to help motivate and em-
power them so that they can hope-
fully both obtain and enjoy all the
A Palestinian Youth Association
for Leadership And Rights
Activation.
lead them into a state of stagnation
and boredom. We consequently en-
courage Palestinian youth to express
rights to which they are entitled;
* To expand awareness amongst

L PYALARA is a commu-
nication- and media-oriented
organization established for
themselves through writing, speak-
ing and other methods of communi-
cation in order to strengthen their re-
Palestinian youth concerning their
roots and identity and their envi-
ronment and culture, as well as

I Palestinian youth. Being both

bold and innovative, it is con-
lationship with their local commu-
nities on the one hand and their level
those of other peoples;
* To create a lively Palestinian
stantly on the lookout for new youth culture;
S and interesting ways to tackle
issues of relevance to youth.
of awareness on the international
level and communication on the
other.
* To encourage young Palestinians
to help in the development of their

T
o the great dissatisfaction of many Palestinians, the Western me
dia appear to be far too pro-Israeli. On top of that, they seem to
care little for information concerning everyday life in Palestine,
M PYALARA is for Pales-
tinian youth, boys and girls, lows:
Our other objectives are as fol- community, their society, and their
nation.

concentrating, instead, on merely reporting the number of dead and in-

jured. Interchurch Peace Council
Salam Ahmad Musleh, a 23-year-old journalism student at Birzeit
University, is one Palestinian who believes that the Palestinian media
are also guilty of not doing their job properly in terms of failing to re-
A IKV, or Interchurch
Peace Council, is a peace
logue from Below (EAD), is oriented
towards promoting grassroots social
movement in the Nether- relations between the Netherlands
veal the reality of life in the region. Said Musleh, “The Palestinian me-
dia have a lot to answer for. Journalists have power and can contribute to
C lands with connections to
various church denomina-
and the Arab World, with a focus on
educational issues, youth, women’s
mutual understanding with good reports, but the Palestinian media sim-
ply aren’t doing this. Before they criticize the Western media, therefore,
they should put their own house in order, something which can only
R tions in the country. For
many years it has been ac-
tive regarding issues of war
affairs, exchanges between munici-
palities, general politics and the me-
dia. PYALARA is one of EAD’s
Amongst other things, EAD works
in the Netherlands with students and
staff at the Utrecht School for Jour-
happen once they acknowledge the fact that they aren’t doing such a
good job themselves.”
O and peace both in Europe
and elsewhere. One of its
projects, the Euro-Arab Dia-
partners in Palestine and both or-
ganizations cooperate on a variety of
journalistic projects for youth.
nalism, where the Middle East is an
important topic of discussion and
reflection.
Musleh, who is specializing in television journalism, has so far pre-
pared reports on Birzeit University, child labor, and the Intifada. “We
Palestinians must be as good as, if not better than, the Israelis, who are
S The Arab Cultural Association
far ahead of us when it comes to facilities and knowledge concerning
effective reporting techniques,” said Musleh. “It’s really no surprise that
S cal activists, community leaders and cultural identity development, and
the Western media use Israeli images and statements. For a start, the intellectuals who are dedicated to the democracy building. Accordingly,
overall development of the Palestin- the organization strives to promote
Israelis have far more material than we have, on top of which they ex-
ian society in Israel. democratic ideals, including the
press themselves better and can thereby manipulate the Western press.
The Palestinian media ask for pity, which is a mistake as it will inevita-
bly work against them.”
B The ACA is a politically
independent, secular, non-
profit organization, registered
The ACA’s mission is to combat
the exclusion and marginalization of
Israel’s Palestinian citizens by sup-
building of a civil society within the
State of Israel, and to counteract
traditional ideologies of tribalism
Although she is critical of the Palestinian media, Musleh said that
she understands the difficulties they are facing. “I am easily recognized O under Israeli Law. Founded in
1998, it is made up of politi-
porting community-based, educa-
tional projects in the fields of history,
and political and religious funda-
mentalism.
as a Muslim because I wear hijab, which in some way has ‘labeled’ me,”
continued Musleh. “The same goes for many Palestinians whose ‘la-
bels’ have determined that they can’t move around freely. If, for exam-
U German-Palestinian Association
ple, something happens in Gaza, I can’t drive there to prepare a report.
Another problem is that there are hardly any Israeli sources for Palestin- N In 1986, the German-Pal-
estinian Association
tinian soil, based on the principles
of democracy and pluralism and
ians, which means that when we are looking for information, we take it
from CNN. So much for objective reporting.
“Unfortunately, the problems associated with the limited nature of
D (Deutsch-Palaestinensische
Gesellschaft, DPG) was
founded in Germany, affiliat-
secularism and capable of living in
peace and mutuality with its neigh-
bours, including the State of Israel.
tories, fully accepting the principle
of land for peace;
the areas in which we work are made worse by the fact that, even in
those areas, we don’t perform as well as we should do. For example, in A ing individuals, as well as ac-
tion groups and institutions.
It is structured into one um-
It believes, however, that a per-
manent and just peace agreement for
the whole Middle East, can only be
* after a decent solution to the
cause of the Palestinian refugees of
and those expelled in 1948 and
the same way as the Israeli media, we have fallen into the trap of em-
phasizing our own losses and playing down those of the other side. I, for
one, do not approve of this colored reporting. Here at Birzeit, we attend
R brella organisation, which
produces a quarterly (Majalat
Falestin) in German and dis-
achieved
* after the creation and expan-
sion of settlements, which is a huge
1967 has been found;
* after the question of the dis-
tribution of natural resources, es-
special classes dealing with objective reporting, although obviously, it’s
not always easy to keep one’s personal feelings out of things. Without
I tributes it to around 20-30 lo-
cal branches and action
violation of International Law, has
been stopped and the damage done
pecially water, complies with the
needs of all those involved in
groups and regional contact through settling activities acknowl- achieving a permanent peace agree-
being objective, however, one simply isn’t qualified to call oneself a
journalist.”
Musleh concluded by saying, “Only when the day arrives when our
E persons all over Germany.
The German-Palestinian
edged and repaired;
* after Israel ends its ongoing oc-
ment;
* after Jerusalem, the Holy City
papers give equal coverage to the casualties on both sides will peace
stand a chance of prevailing.”
S Association strongly supports
the establishment of a Pales-
tinian state, rooted in Pales-
cupation of large parts of the Gaza
Strip and the West Bank and with-
draws completely from these terri-
of Jews, Christians, and Muslims,
has become the capital of two
states, Israel and Palestine.
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Objectivity vs.
Biased Coverage
By Anna Rosa Meerbach
Holland
I
n order to create more under
standing between Israelis and
Palestinians the international
media must change the way in
which it handles the Palestinian-Is-
raeli conflict. I came to this conclu-
sion during the time I spent as a
member of the Dutch delegation
taking part in the ‘Journalism
Across Boundaries’ project, during
which I was lucky enough to be able
to take a closer look at how the con-
flict has an influence on people in
general and the media in particular.
During the week I was in the
region, I tried to imagine myself as
a Palestinian journalist , living in
Palestine under circumstances char-
acterized by hate, terror, fear and hu-
miliation. I realized, within a very
short time, that the life of any Pal-
estinian journalist must be a hard
one, especially because of the diffi-
culties associated with gaining ac-
cess to accurate information, be it
from the Palestinian Authority or the
Israeli Government, not to mention,
of course, the problems that local
journalists face in terms of being
able to move around. Because of
these and other serious problems,
what we often see in both Israeli and
Palestinian newspapers is a biased
rather than objective version of the
truth, which, in many cases, is based
on information that is far from com-
plete. Of course, it is only to be
expected that both Israeli and Pal-
estinian journalists will bring a cer-
tain amount of bias into their writ-
ing; after all, they are only human.
This does not mean to say, however,
that they should add to an already
explosive situation by intensifying
the feelings of hate and anger that
both sides harbor in relation to the
other by providing information that
is inaccurate and incomplete.
When I interviewed the Jerusa-
lem Post’s correspondent in Jerusa-
lem, I asked him why he had only
quoted the Israeli side when Pales-
tinians fired at Gilo at the same time
as the Israeli army was bombarding
Beit Jala. His answer was that Beit
Jala had nothing to do with him, as
it was an area in which he wasn’t al-
lowed to work since the paper had
another correspondent there. He then
added, as an afterthought, “Besides,
our side is suffering so much”.
Hardly what one would refer to as
fair and unbiased coverage and a per-
fect example of what I am talking
about.
Both the Palestinians and the Is-
raelis are complaining a lot these
days about the way in which the for-
eign media covers the situation here
with the Israelis accusing it of not
supporting the Jewish state and the
Palestinians accusing it of being pro-
Israel. The fact is, both sides are both
right and wrong at the same time,
bearing in mind that the foreign me-
dia cannot possibly be expected to
draw an objective picture if the Is-
raeli and the Palestinian media are
incapable of doing it themselves!
As I see it, a solution could be
found to this problem in the estab-
lishment of a well-organized, inde-
pendent, information agency hiring
only foreign journalists. Why foreign
journalists only? Because, being for-
eigners, they will be far less involved
and have a more balanced view of
the situation unlike their Jewish and
Palestinian counterparts whose emo-
tional and national bonds with Israel/
Palestine are simply too strong to al-
low them to be objective.
A Question of Identity
Palestinians Inside the Green Line
By Christian Meier
Germany
I
n comparison to the Palestinians
who live in the occupied areas,
very little has been written con-
cerning those Palestinians living in
Israel. As a result, it wasn’t until Is-
raeli police killed 13 Palestinians
from inside Israel during demonstra-
tions in support of the Intifada last
October that many Europeans even
realized that there are Palestinians
holding Israeli citizenship and living
inside Israel’s borders. That they are
still something of an unknown fac-
tor with an uncertain identity is con-
firmed by the fact that one is still not
sure how to label this group of ap-
proximately one million people:
Arab-Israelis? Israeli-Arabs? Pales-
tinian-Israelis? Arabs living in Is-
rael?
In order to know more about
young Israeli Arabs’ perceptions of
the Intifada, I spoke with several
young people from a high school in
the Arab village Ibillin near Haifa.
“I don’t care about all this. I live
here, I have a good life,” one girl an-
swered upon being asked how im-
portant the Intifada is to her. Others,
however, were quick to repudiate
what she had said. “There are many
young people here who don’t care
In Search of Truth
M
ay 23rd marked the be
ginning of one of the
most wonderful weeks of
my life. It was on that day that I met
some very special people - people
who came to be united in their search
for ‘the truth’ - namely, the members
of the German, Dutch and Palestin-
ian delegations that participated in
the ‘Journalism Across Boundaries’
project organized by PYALARA and
funded by the European Union.
My personal goal during the
project was to do whatever I could
to help reveal to the participating
foreigners the terrible truth concern-
ing the way in which Israel is treat-
ing the Palestinian people and to help
convince them that Israel, along with
the Zionist media institutions, is con-
tinuing to hide any evidence that
points to its crimes. Like many other
Palestinian youth, I simply wasn’t
able to sit back and watch all this
happening without doing my bit to
prove that contrary to the Israeli
claims, it is we, the Palestinians, who
are really the victims.
It was interesting to discover,
upon meeting the German and Dutch
delegations for the first time, that the
Germans in particular had extremely
distorted images concerning the Pal-
estinians. I remember thinking,
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about Palestinian nationalism,” one
of them said. “But it’s not true that
we lead a better life here. We don’t
have a war with guns, but we do have
a war with emotions.”
The point of the matter is that
for many years now, the Israeli Gov-
ernment has tried to separate its Pal-
estinian citizens from the Palestin-
ians of the occupied territories and
of the Diaspora in terms of their iden-
tity. One of the ways in which it has
tried to do this is though its educa-
tion policy. For example, school-
books for Arab children in Israel are
characterized by the “absence of any-
thing relating to Palestinian history”,
as a member of a youth organization
in Nazareth put it. “They try to edu-
cate the younger generation hoping
to make them forget about their own
identity. At school, we only learn
about Jewish history,” a girl from
Ibillin confirmed. Still, in most cases
parents and other relatives pass down
what they know about the Palestin-
ian history said one teacher, which
means that, for the time being at
least, it is not being forgotten.
The question of their own iden-
tity seems to rate as highly impor-
tant for many young people. “On TV
they showed a 22-year-old from
Nazareth who didn’t know what the
Nakba was. People like him are our
By Ahmad Ayyash
Birzeit University
Palestine
whilst listening to what the Germans
had to say, how sad it is that people
are often far too eager to believe what
they hear without really taking the
time to consider all the different fac-
tors. Fortunately, however, it didn’t
take long for the Germans to realize
that they had made an awful mistake
in being ‘brainwashed’ by the Israeli
and Zionist media and that the Pal-
estinians are far from being blood-
thirsty hooligans.
By the time the delegations re-
turned home, I had noticed an amaz-
ing difference in their way of think-
ing. One girl, for example, had said
at the first meeting that she was to-
tally convinced that the Israelis were
“innocent” of any crime, yet only a
few days later, following a visit to
the home of a martyr from the
Qalandia refugee camp, she clearly
had doubts concerning her original
opinion. It’s a fact - when forced to
confront the suffering of others head
on, it is extremely difficult to keep
one’s eyes closed.
Something else worth mention-
ing is the fact that initially, most of
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problem,” one boy said. Asked how
he would define himself, another
boy answered, “I am an Arab who
lives in Israel. Nothing else. Not a
Muslim, not a Christian.” Another
girl gave a different response, say-
ing, “We don’t know who we are. I
don’t know who I am”. I asked her,
“But surely, you know that you are
a Palestinian?” “No,” she replied, I
don’t”. “That’s because she is be-
traying her nationality,” said an-
other youngster. “She is acting stu-
pidly by believing what she is told
by the Israelis and because of peo-
ple like her, we don’t have a state”.
However they define them-
selves, the vast majority of Israeli-
Arabs feel that they are treated like
second-class-citizens by the Jewish
citizens of Israel: “I feel discrimi-
nation every time I leave the vil-
lage,” said one youngster. Coopera-
tion, they believe, should only start
after the Jews teach their own
youngsters what happened to the
Palestinians. “No peace process can
work until the Israeli Government
changes many things and we have
equal rights,” said one youth. As for
their connection with Palestinians
in the occupied territories, as one
girl put it, “Their case is our case. I
can’t clap my hands with only one
hand. We have to be united”.
the Westerners had fallen prey to the
tendency to engage in some serious
stereotyping, so much so, for exam-
ple, that they all seemed to think
that Ramallah was nothing but a
hotbed of political activity and a
filthy, almost uninhabitable dump!
Imagine their surprise - and in some
cases, embarrassment - when we
visited the city and they realized
that it is a thriving modern city
whose inhabitants are doing every-
thing within their power to make it
a city that any country, Western or
Eastern, would be proud to call its
own.
I know, mainly from the e-mails
I have received from our European
friends since they returned to their
native countries, that what they saw
here in Palestine had a terrific ef-
fect on their personal beliefs con-
cerning the rights and wrongs of the
Israeli occupation. I also know that
they have not been idle and rather
than sit back and keep their
thoughts to themselves, have been
active in spreading the truth about
the situation here. For this reason,
amongst others, I feel very grateful
to have had the opportunity not only
to meet them, but also to be able to
call them my friends.
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C
learly, the Jews needed
their own state. After all,
they had been persecuted
all throughout history, most nota-
bly at the hands of the Nazi re-
gime, and so it was only fair, af-
ter all, that they be given a home,
destination Middle East. Of
course, there were already people
living there, people with their own
customs and culture, but one has
to remember that the land in
Blind Fury
By Philip Le Clercq
Holland
O
n the evening of Monday,
19 February, the Israeli
army shelled The Na-
tional School for the Blind for the
first time. The school is located
in Al-Bireh at the foot of a hill
upon which the Israeli settlement
of Pisgott is situated. Due to its
strategic position, Pisgott is being
used as a base from which heavy
weaponry is being directed at Al-
Bireh on a regular basis, with two
Israeli tanks appearing on the ho-
rizon like clockwork at approxi-
mately eight every evening.
The shelling of the school was
not an isolated incident; during
the past months, it has been
shelled several times, the most re-
cent attack taking place two
weeks ago. As a result, any claims
that the first shelling episode was
a ‘mistake’ can no longer be taken
seriously. One can only wonder
how any human being could con-
done the terrorizing of children
whose handicap makes them to-
tally innocent and harmless.
What They Wrote
By Christian Hinze
Germany
which they had been living for gen-
erations was actually promised to
the Jews. So, if the people living
there - i.e., the Palestinians - were
expected to vacate it or else subju-
gate themselves to the new ‘own-
ers’ of the land, then tough luck!
Right? Hmmm...
Today, upon arriving at Ben
Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, one no-
tices that there are two kinds of
queues at immigration control, one
for Israelis, and one for foreigners.
What I find so incredibly strange
is that Palestinians who were in Is-
Imagine the panic on the night
of 19 February. It’s seven o’clock
and the younger children have just
gone to sleep, when suddenly, all
hell lets loose as the first shell
slams into the building causing the
roof to collapse. Meanwhile, doz-
ens of bullets hit the building,
which results in the glass of the
bedroom windows being shattered.
The children, obviously, are petri-
fied and start running around help-
lessly, having no idea where to go.
Eventually, the teachers succeed in
gathering the children together and,
because there is no shelter, hide
them under the stairs where they
start singing songs in order to dis-
tract them. Only after several hours
does the shelling come to an end.
“Many of the children’s fami-
lies have lost their homes and this,
unfortunately, has created a lot of
animosity toward the Jews,” said
Sheikh Hayyan Al-Idrisi, the chair-
man of the school. Al-Idrisi con-
tinued, saying, “We cannot hide
reality from the children, especially
as they ask so many questions.
Besides, they begin every day by
reading the newspapers in braille”.
Stereotyping vs. Reality
rael, who have lived there all their
lives, who own land and property
there, are expected to join foreign
tourists and businessmen in the
queues intended for foreigners. Just
imagine how they must feel, if you
can.
But hold on a second, I’m for-
getting, the Palestinians are noth-
ing but fanatics and, this being the
case, shouldn’t object to being
treated in such a way, right? In Eu-
rope, the Palestinians have cer-
tainly come to be known as fanat-
ics, although when one visits them
in their natural surroundings, they
come across as being anything but
‘dangerous’. Of course, if putting
everything you have in the kitchen
on the table in front of your guests
makes you a fanatic then, I stand
corrected, the Palestinians are
guilty as charged! Many would say
that merely putting up posters of
their martyrs and praising them
constantly on television makes the
Palestinians fanatics. The thing is,
one has to remember that the emo-
Pupils at National School of the Blind
Apart from being the school’s
chairman, Al-Idrisi is also a judge
at the High Court of Justice Con-
cerning Palestinian Affairs in Je-
rusalem and a muezzin at the Al-
Aqsa Mosque. In spite of his other
responsibilities, however, he
spends the greater part of his time
helping at the school, such as by
picking up students from their
homes and taking them to school
and building practical equipment,
such as tables, for their use. In
short, Al-Idrisi is a versatile man
with a very kind heart, someone
who easily succeeded in earning
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tions of the Palestinians have yet
to be Westernized and that the way
in which they express their sadness
and grief does not necessarily
match with the way things are done
in the West; that doesn’t mean,
however, that they should be con-
demned for their different attitude
towards death and martyrdom.
I always say to people that if
they really want a taste of the ‘Pal-
estinian experience’, then they
should pass through an Israeli
checkpoint. It doesn’t matter where
it is, they’re all basically the same,
just as the teenage soldiers with
machineguns and smug expres-
sions manning them and checking
the credentials of all suspicious
persons - which means all Pales-
tinians, regardless of their age or
sex - are basically the same in terms
of their arrogant and aggressive
attitude. Really, it’s quite an expe-
rience, and you could learn a lot
about Palestinian ‘fanaticism’, as-
suming, of course, that you don’t
mind the fact that the 20-minute
my deepest admiration and respect,
not least of all due to the humility
he displayed, such as when he said
to me, referring to his endeavors
at the school, “It’s every righteous
man’s duty, inspired by God’s jus-
tice.”
Unfortunately, there is far too
little righteousness in the world of
Palestinian children, which is why
we see them continuing to suffer
due to Israeli policies that, simply
put, are designed to destroy the Pal-
estinian society, the settlement
policy being a good example. In-
deed, when it comes to its treat-
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trip from Ramallah to Jerusalem
could possibly take up to three
hours to complete, depending on
how thorough the soldiers are in
doing their ‘jobs’!
Look, I would never take it
upon myself to judge the demo-
cratic Israeli Government - ahem
- but excuse me for asking,
haven’t I noticed just a ‘tiny’
amount of arbitrary injustice? It’s
sad when you think about it, the
idea of those who were so op-
pressed in the past now doing such
a wonderful job of oppressing oth-
ers but that is what’s clearly hap-
pening. According to the Israeli
perspective, the Palestinians
might actually be right when they
say that they have certain rights
as far as the ‘Land of Israel’ is
concerned but they, the Israelis,
are ‘righter’ and that, at the end
of the day, is what determines not
only how they think but also how
they act when dealing with the
Palestinian ‘fanatics’ under their
control.
Photo: Rabie Abu Latifah
ment of the Palestinian people, the
Israeli Government has gone way
beyond the bounds of what is mor-
ally and legally acceptable. As for
the Palestinians themselves, many
of them now feel that, with noth-
ing to lose, they are ready to die
for the sake of Palestine. The sad-
dest thing of all, however, is that
in some instances, they have no
choice...just ask any one of the
children from the National School
for the Blind who on the night of
19 February must have surely
thought that their lives were about
to come to an end.

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ÒIssue 19
The delegation listening to a briefing about Qalandia camp during their visit to the camp
By Rabie Abu Latifah
Qalandia Camp
Palestine
T
errorists, stone throwers, sui
cide bombers, religious fun
damentalists, killers”...
“Their women, who are always
treated badly, have to veil them-
selves and are forced to marry
early”... “They do not believe in de-
mocracy and rely on their ‘connec-
tions’ when it comes to obtaining
work” It was things such as these
that the young journalists from Hol-
land and Germany who visited Pal-
estine in May this year told us when
asked what stereotypes they hold
about the Palestinians. It should not
have come as much of a surprise.
After all, the Palestinians have long
been stereotyped in this way by peo-
ple who do not know them, as evi-
denced by what we often read in the
foreign press. To make matters
worse, some of us apparently be-
lieve that the tendency of foreign-
ers to resort to stereotyping when
dealing with us as people is so
strong that there is no point at all in
even attempting to influence their
way of thinking.
During the days my Palestinian
colleagues and I spent with our Eu-
ropean friends, we were gradually
able to convince them that the un-
swerving support for Israel dis-
played by the West is mainly the re-
sult of the dissemination of false in-
formation, which reaches it via vari-
ous foreign media agencies. We ex-
plained, of course, that there are
other factors to be taken into con-
sideration in this respect, including
the Zionist movement and its activi-
ties as well as the power of Jewish
capital, which can not only buy po-
litical positions but also create new
ones.
In order to clarify what I mean,
I will take the example of “Yad
Vashem”; the memorial built for all
the Jews who were killed by the
Nazi regime in World War II. The
fact that 99 percent of people who
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visit Israel and occupied Palestine
feel obliged to visit “Yad Vashem”,
upset me a great deal.
It is not that we refuse to listen
to opinions with which we might not
agree or because we in some way
want to limit awareness concerning
the terrible massacres that were com-
mitted by the Nazis against the Jews.
On the contrary, we, the Palestinians,
perhaps more than anyone else, can
understand the latter’s suffering be-
cause it was similar to that to which
we are now being subjected under a
brutal military occupation.
For us, the Palestinians, however,
Yad Vashem reminds us not of the
Friendship Across Boundaries
By Saleem Al-Habash
Ramallah
Palestine
I
n recent years, a large number
of exchange programs have
been implemented amongst dif-
ferent peoples, cultures and civili-
zations, in order to increase the
awareness of one ‘sideß concerning
the ‘otherß. Motivated by our hu-
manity, many of us have willingly
shared in the stories and the pain and
anxiety of various peoples from all
over the world in an attempt to learn
more about their way of life and to
refrain from stereotyping in order
to diminish the gap that exists be-
tween certain nations and enrich the
concept of ‘global brotherhoodß.
The Palestinians, having a
unique identity that is an integral
part of their national cause, value
the exchange projects that involve
people from different countries,
such as those of the European Un-
ion. However, although we are keen
to share out story with the rest of
the world, we often found in the past
that the international community
simply ignored us. Not surprisingly,
this resulted in our feeling ex-
tremely isolated.
A Palestinian Youth Monthly
suffering of the Jews, but rather, of
the way in which they have used that
suffering to justify their attempts to
humiliate us, slaughter us, and rob
us of both our land and our freedom.
The majority of Jews give the im-
pression that any massacres or war
crimes committed against another
people are far less significant than
those committed against them and
that they believe they have the right
to do anything they want in order to
guarantee their ‘security’ and prevent
what happened during the war from
ever happening again. This, I believe,
is an extremely unjust and selfish at-
titude.
Oriental evening at Qalandi camp
I myself was involved in
PYALARA’s ‘Journalism Across
Boundariesß project, which took
place here in Palestine and involved
the participation of groups of young
journalists from Germany and Hol-
land, Palestine, and Israel’s Palestin-
ian Citizens. For over a week, we
interacted and exchanged ideas and
opinions concerning various issues,
and by the time we said our good-
byes, not one of the Palestinians in-
volved in the project was left with
any doubt concerning the importance
of such projects and the way in which
they contribute to creating hope for
Palestinian youngsters. But why do
they create hope? Well, amongst
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According to UN resolutions, the
memorial itself is built on occupied
land that should be returned to its
rightful owners. What this means, in
effect, is that Israel was able, though
its construction, to kill two birds with
one stone. First, they were able to
raise awareness concerning the suf-
fering of the Jews during World War
II and of brainwashing huge numbers
of people into believing that any
other kind of suffering, including that
of the Palestinians, is of secondary -
if any - importance. Two, they were
able to ensure that with every visit
to the memorial, their existence on
occupied land and their attempts to
Photo: Hamdi Hamamreh
other things, they show us that we
are not alone, that people from dif-
ferent backgrounds and with differ-
ent opinions and beliefs are still ca-
pable of understanding our plight and
supporting our cause, that they are
ready to listen to our voices and to
become our friends, that they are
eager to learn from our experience,
as well as to share theirs. Moreover,
through learning about the situation
of youth in all other countries and
hearing the stories about their vari-
ous achievements within their re-
spective societies, we are provided
with extra confidence in terms of our
ability to make a difference in terms
of the situation of youth in Palestine.
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Photo: Hamdi Hamamreh
completely ignore International
Law as well as international reso-
lutions would be further legiti-
mized.
We should never ignore the im-
portance of information and the way
in which it affects certain positions
concerning causes that are just but
whose validity is often not fully ap-
preciated. This being the case, what
we need to do now is to enlarge the
experience we had as young Pales-
tinian, German and Dutch journal-
ists in order to further the causes of
mutual understanding and fairness
and objectivity, especially in rela-
tion to the Palestinian-Israeli con-
flict.
The central goal of the ‘Journal-
ism Across Boundariesß project was
to facilitate the dissemination of
knowledge concerning both the per-
spective and actual situation of the
various participating groups and to
build on this knowledge for the ben-
efit of all those involved. This we
found easy to do, for we soon dis-
covered that we, the participants
were more than willing to open up
to one another in our search for the
truth and in order to understand and
try to improve the reality of youth
in general and Palestinian youth in
particular. Naturally, there were
times when we disagreed over cer-
tain opinions, notions and concepts,
but this fact, rather than having a
negative effect on our relationships,
merely added a new dimension and
even, in some way, made them
stronger. Indeed, by the end of the
program, we have all agreed that we
had, in the space of a little more than
a week, succeeded in adding
‘friendship across boundariesß to
‘journalism across boundariesß and
I for one am confident that the
friendships that emerged and flour-
ished here in Palestine will last for
many years to come.