PALESTINE (ISRAEL)

PALESTINE (ISRAEL) IS A PRECIOUS LAND, OWNED BY TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF PEOPLE, THE PALESTINIANS AND THE ISRAELIS.

PALESTINE (ISRAEL), MEANS SO MUCH TO BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE. BUT, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN SUFFERING THE LAND ITSELF WITHOUT KNOWING IT, WHILE  BOMBING, THROWING ROCKS, SHOOTING BULLETS, TEAR GAS AND NERVE GAS RISING IN THE AIR. IT’S HURTING THE LAND MORE THAN IT’S HURTING EITHER OF THEM.

THE LAND IS DYING, WHILE THE TWO ARE FIGHTING. SINCE MAY 1948 UNTIL NOW, THE YEAR 1999, THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH. THEY'VE SEEN THEIR OWN PEOPLE AND LOVED ONES DIE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN VERY TWO EYES, BEING TORTURED, SEEN THEMSELVES SUFFER IN GREAT PAIN, AND WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN KILLING EACH OTHER, THERE'S CNN AND OTHER NEWS STATIONS TAPING IT, AS IF IT’S SOME JOKE. NO, THEY DON'T BOTHER MOVING AWAY THE POOR INNOCENT CHILDREN, NO THEY DON'T BOTHER MOVING AWAY PREGNANT MOTHERS. NO, THEY DECIDE TO TAPE IT, JUST TO GET SOME MONEY FOR THEIR WONDERFUL STORY.

THERE IS TOO MUCH KILLING AND FEAR IN PALESTINE (ISRAEL). BUT IM GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT, I’M ONLY 16 YEARS OLD, A FEMALE PALESTINIAN, WHO LIVES IN AMERICA AND HAVE VISITED MY COUNTRY ONLY ONCE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN’T LOVE MY COUNTRY, BUT I'VE ALWAYS ASKED MYSELF, "WHY SHOULD I CARE WHAT GOES ON THERE? I DON'T LIVE THERE, AND I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS." AND THE ANSWER TO MY OWN QUESTION WAS, "THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE, THOSE ARE MY ENEMIES, THERE ARE INNOCENT CHILDREN IN THAT LAND DYING FOR SOMETHING THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND, THEY NEVER GOT TO LIVE THEIR LIFE, THEY NEVER GOT TO SEE THE SUN SHINE..."

ALL THEY EVER SAW WAS, THE DARKNESS AND TERROR OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY. PALESTINE (ISRAEL) TO ME WAS, "THE HEART OF MY COUNTRY," AND I WISH I COULD SAY THAT EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE, BUT INSTEAD, I HAVE TO LIVE SAYING, "THE BLOOD OF MY COUNTRY."

MY HEART ACHES, AND MY EYE CRIES.

THANK YOU,