Why must the blood of children be spilt over a dispute of land? Have we learned nothing from the past? It saddens me to see that the life of one is as invaluable as a rocket produced in some garage, or a “rubber bullet” fired in retaliation of a stone. Whether it be a child born of Jewish faith or a child born in an occupied territory, why must we continue to aid in their suffering.
People act as if they care, but what it comes down to is what does each individual get out of it? The politicians in Egypt have made it clear that they want nothing to do with their “fellow” Arabs. The Rafah borders have been closed before and they remain closed till today. They claim it to be because of the occupying forces but we know that Egypt gains nothing by allowing thousands and perhaps a million refugees to cross the border. I may not be a politician but I am a true believer in human rights. EVERYONE has the right to live.
I am angry that the world can turn a blind eye on what is happening, not in the past 14 days but in the past 60 years. How can we justify blood spilt, on either side? Is life so meaningless that we will take one just to satisfy a cause? According to the Israeli side they have a religious right to be between the Nile River and the Litani River. Why can’t this be done in peace? When this world was created and our lord placed us here as far as I can tell He didn’t draw a map and give territories names. A friend once told me something as we were having coffee one day, he is against the idea of borders because it is a man made creation that has only proven to cause great strife to people. I could not agree more. If we take the Holy books and look at what was revealed we should acknowledge that there were no border patrols to tell us where the people were. We are given landmarks and it is these landmarks which help us associate our relationship with a certain territory(ies). Could it be that this is a test of humanity and faith? Were we put on this earth to co-exist or to conquer? For centuries the motto that our youth have lived by is divide and conquer. Through media our message has been violence is the solution. If we can’t understand the way that another person thinks then that person is automatically wrong. We have never, as nations, in modern history learned to agree to disagree. Brute force is the way of the modern foot soldier. Once again, I mention the great public figure Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If anything, we should learn from his non-violent mentality.
Brothers and sisters is a term used only with regards to people who share the same nationality or creed, it should be used for something even bigger. It should be used for the fact that we are all children of our creator. So, whether you are Arab, Israeli, American, African, or Asian. Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist or Agnostic or even Atheist, we are all united in the fact that something greater than us created us. It is in this dark moment in our present time that I bring in a quote from the great Dr. King, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” Love in this sense does not necessarily mean invite your neighbor to sit with you; it means that we should at the very least respect their right to exist. Once we understand that we are all children of the same creator: Allah, Yahua. God or Jesus and that we are being tested to see how we deal with each other, only then can we advance into a true community of peace and rest, I remind you I do not mean to say that we must like our neighbors, but we must respect them and their right to exist. Until then we will continue to use the excuse of our forefathers feud to fuel our need to create aggressors on both sides of the man-made border and disregard our Heavenly Father’s creation, an earth created for all.
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