2006-05-25
Sam Bahour
Dear friends,
Yesterday's victims were: Milad Abu-Aris, Jaafer Khaled, Aysar Kasam and Ra'ad Rabakh.
As I write, I can hear heavy and loud gunfire coming from the Al-Amari Refugee Camp next to our home. It is the funeral for one of the 4 Palestinians that were murdered by the Israeli military yesterday. He lived in the camp. I can hear the wailing of the family as the body is brought home for the family to bid farewell to their fallen loved one. This is extremely difficult!
Hundreds of demonstrators are chanting, "To the checkpoint, To the checkpoint," which is exactly how the 2nd Intifada started...an accelerated deterioration of events, one funeral after the next. Ramallah/El-Bireh were closed today in protest of the rampant Israeli killings.
Below are some readings. Two by Israeli/Jewish writers. Both are superb. Also, a rather bold, for the NYT, editorial. Consider sending them a brief letter to the editor.
I'm off to bury our fallen...all in their 20's...hoping not to repeat today, tomorrow,
Sam
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A MUST READ... especially if you heard Olmert's speech to the US Congress yesterday
Sharon's Legacy in Action
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4734.shtml
Tanya Reinhart is a lecturer in linguistics, media and cultural studies at Tel Aviv University and the University of Utrecht. She is the author of several books, including Israel/Palestine: How to End the 1948 War (Seven Stories Press, 2002).
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NEW YORK TIMES
Editorial: A Viable Palestinian State
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/25/
opinion/25thu1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
