We are a People With a Name

On top of  all the generous gifts that the President of the USA, Mr. Donald Trump,  gave to Israel in his deal of the century, the USA is now referring to the Palestinians of  Jerusalem as non-Israelis.

Not much different from the letter  of November 2, 1917 which Lord Arthur  Balfour, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain at the time wrote to Mr. Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland assuring him that “His Majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”

Ironic indeed that the indigenous  Palestinian  Arabs who were the majority of the population of Palestine  at that time,  would be  referred to as non-Jews.

It seems those big powers have a problem defining us by our proper name We are a distinct people, Palestinians, part of the Arab nation with civil, national and political rights.  We will stay put on our land fighting for our rights, all our rights  no matter what demonic schemes Israel and the US have for us.

Simply reflecting

As we entered 2020 the general political scene looked very grim  in all our region: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Libya,  and Palestine, especially after the announcement of the details of the “Deal of the Century.”   For us Palestinians, both the president of the USA, Donald Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who are  running the show that continues to deprive us of our rights,  are the calamities of the new year.  But then out of  the blue China “blessed” us and many parts of the world with the Corona virus 

Ironic indeed when you think you are in control and can do anything you please a tiny virus topples your life upside down.  Meetings, prayers, concerts, conferences and so many activities on the occasion of Women’s day have all been cancelled.  However, the elections in Israel took place before the panic started and the restrictions imposed on many areas and schools.  How a candidate indicted for corruption is allowed to even run for elections and get so many votes is beyond me. 

When will all those powers stop for a moment and think of what they are doing to the soul of the human being who has become  a victim and vulnerable to so many injustices imposed by big powers.  We are confident that those powers will not have the final word   and that forces of good and forces beyond them will prevail in the end.