I am writing to you this greeting the day before Christmas with a very heavy heart. It is usually the time when the grandchildren and I would be busy preparing for the family gathering the next day. My oldest grandson Omar, the designer in the family, and who is unable to be with us this year, usually comes up with a very creative Christmas tree. But unfortunately and sadly, this year I am unable to even have a green branch on the mantelpiece. Watching the atrocities against the people in Gaza makes one reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. This short message is not meant to be a theological analysis, but an earnest call for repentance on behalf of all those complicit in enabling this genocide to take place.
We were hoping the Security Council would come up with a resolution that would put an end to this carnage, and we waited anxiously for the delays so that the security council would guarantee a no veto vote. What a fiasco vote it was that eventually passed with the abstention of both the USA and Russia, which proves my point in my recent reflection regarding the redundancy of the UN in its present structure. Ironically it was considered a victory that the US did not veto the resolution. I watched the representative of the Emirates who had proposed the resolution giving the American and British representatives a big hug for this “great achievement of allowing relief material to get into the Gaza Strip.” No wonder Mr. Guterrez was greatly disappointed with such a resolution that could not possibly be implemented while the invasion and bombing was going on.
My immediate reaction was an Arabic saying which means that the rage and labor of a mountain delivered a mouse.
تمخضالجبلوولدفأرا
With hope and best wishes for Christmas and peace throughout the New Year. Samia
After watching endless scenes of the carnage on the Gaza strip last evening which included an attack on the Catholic church with two women killed, over and above the killing of Al-Jazeera camera-man, Samer Abu Daqqa, I decided to take a break and find some entertainment on my Youtube channel.
Ironically “Bewitched” popped up with Samantha and her mother Endora, a popular old series whereby the magic powers of those women enabled them to do things beyond human abilities, that could change realities. I lived for an hour of relaxation and with a wild range of imagination wishing that both Endora and Samantha would hail on Gaza, and reverse the situation to what it was before October 6, or even better to what it was like before 1948.
Unfortunately, these things happen in movies only, because what happened in the Gaza strip during those last two months with the full support of the USA and its allies is a brutal act of another ethnic cleansing that we had lived through in 1948. During this crises, the United Nations proved to be as impotent and as useless as ever, despite all the efforts of the Secretary General, as well as the countries who voted for the “humanitarian ceasefire” on December 12.
The first item of the first article of the UN Charter which was established in 1945 is “To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.”
However, there is no equality or justice in the UN structure as long as certain countries are privileged to be permanent members of the Security Council and have the right to veto any resolution of the security council. While the security council resolutions are binding, the resolutions of the General Assembly which includes all the countries are not binding. Why? Are not democratic systems applied by a majority vote. However, It is worth noting that after the 1967 war and on November 22, 1967, all the security council members voted unanimously on resolution 242 regarding the status of East Jerusalem. But Israel refused to abide by that resolution with impunity and annexed East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem. So once again this emphasizes the impotence and futility of all those meetings and resolutions. Unless there are reforms to guarantee equal rights for all countries and that sanctions are implemented and applied to all countries, irrespective of their status and the powers that are trying to shield them, then the UN might as well close shop.
As we are getting close to the Christmas season, I could not help but reflect on the Gospel reading of last Sunday from Mathew 3:3 –“Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.” So I pray that we do not lose hope as more people, mostly women and children are getting killed in Gaza while Mr. Biden and his allies are destroying all the straight paths of Justice and Peace. Have a blessed Christmas.
The talks regarding the extension of the cease fire coincided with the Solidarity Day with Palestine. And as I write these lines, representatives at the United Nations are talking about the need for the extension of the ceasefire and that the two state solution is the only way out. That solution was fouled up many years ago when those same countries allowed Israel to get away with violating UN resolutions and expanding settlements and control of the West Bank despite the United Nations resolutions after the occupation of the rest of the Palestinian territories in 1967 . Now they are all talking, and I am not sure they will do anything beyond that. Couldn’t the cease fire have taken place before all the shelling of the Gaza Strip turned the area into smithereens
The whole purpose of the Hamas operation on October 7 was to take hostages so as to exchange them for Palestinian prisoners, most of whom have been languishing in Israeli jails without charge or trial, including many young children.
But the blind support of the Western countries led by the USA simply watched, until it was not humanly bearable anymore, especially after the shelling of the hospitals and the photos of the babies in incubators hit the world media. Nobody and nothing was spared. The scenes reminded me of the photos we used to see after World WarII
For the last few days we have been glued to our TV screens watching that great exchange operation. But Israel cannot tolerate a moment of joy for the Palestinians and the released prisoners were prevented from any public celebrations or offering of sweets for the happy occasion. In the meantime the arrests and shooting of young men in the West Bank have almost exceeded the number of the released prisoners. And while I am writing this two young children were shot in Jenin.
Ironically the Occupation Forces could not also tolerate a positive word by the hostages about the good treatment they had by Hamas while in hostage, especially after the testimony of a woman who was released with her daughter. So, later on those who were released were allocated to special wards in hospitals, so that they will not talk to anybody about their experience.
I just hope and pray that the efforts of all the leaders gathering to discuss the ceasefire will succeed in making it a permanent one. And all efforts will be pursued to bring about a just solution to the Palestinian issue as well as the rebuilding of Gaza, and not razing it in accordance with the plans of the Israeli Prime Minister.
I wonder how you and your guests for Thanksgiving dinner on the 23rd will be able to celebrate when so many families in Gaza have lost dear ones and have been deprived of their homes, food, and shelter due to the Israeli invasion of Gaza which you could have stopped immediately. No humans, including medical teams and news reporters, along with buildings, hospitals, schools or churches and mosques have been spared. I hope the sight of those babies in incubators will make you and your guests at the White House lose your appetite.
However as you claim to be a man of faith, I would like to remind you of the words of our Lord according to Luke 4:18-19
“The spirit of the Lord is on me
because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind , to release the oppressed , to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor”
So hopefully during this blessed season you will spare the people of the Holy Land further suffering under an occupation that is morally and financially supported by your administration.
After one month of the Gaza surprise events, I was determined to take a break from watching the horrific news of the bombing of Gaza, its residential sections, schools as well as hospitals. Not even the church was spared where some of the people whom we knew, and were taking refuge at the church got killed. No efforts for the end of the indiscriminate shelling by Israel with the blessing of the USA and its allies made any difference. Israel was determined on “ mowing the lawn” a metaphor used to completely wipe out Gaza.
I had Barbara Kingsolver Small Wonder Essays sitting by my reclining chair for some time now, and had no time for it. So I decided that this would be the best time for me to pick it up.
After the introduction, Barbara takes us through the first small wonder taking place in the hills of Lorestan, a Province of Iran where a small child wandered out of the house without being noticed by the babysitter, and got the whole area searching for him.
The parents and the whole community kept banging the doors of hope until one of those doors opened after three days, and the child was found in a cave curled around by a bear who apparently was lactating and had fed the child.
But the sad news is that Barbara was reading the story of the child and the bear on the same day that she had read the year’s opening on the bombing campaign in Afghanistan.
And here I am reading that story while Gaza is being bombed, but there are no bears to protect those children.
Another cry from a colleague of my daughter in Gaza, the one who had written Dead Man Walking. Please raise your voices against the support of your government to all what is happening in Gaza against innocent civilians. Stop all the bombing and all the suffering . Enough is enough. Samia
Shoulders Must Remain Strong
In Palestinian culture, we are raised on the proverb 'my shoulders are your subsistence and supply; my tears are your water.' The best English translation would be 'lean on me when you’re not strong.'
Having practiced this proverb my whole life, I have come to the conclusion that giving is a greater feeling than receiving. I have always given materially and with an open heart; I have demonstrated love, smiles, and welcoming words and acts. Over the years, this method has been successful; I have been able to outgive my pain and sorrow and affirm my belief that giving is greater, much greater than receiving.
Today, with every breath, I have to deal with the fact that my heart is injured, severely injured, and the possibility that I may no longer be able to give is getting closer and closer. The smell of death lingers and sticks to my clothes. I cannot avoid it.
Before death comes for me, I need to make sure my children's shoulders are strong enough to carry more than just subsistence; they have to carry more than is possible. I need to make sure that they can give and not wait to get back.
I will leave suddenly, and some will remain on my shoulders until the moment I fall apart, and only then will they notice that I am gone and not returning. For those who wish to pour out their stress, anger, frustration, and pain, for those who simply enjoyed talking, please give them all the address of my grave. Tell them I will be listening and crying for their pain. I simply cannot give them a hug.
Until then, I am making my shoulders stronger and wider.
This is the name of a movie from the 90s that starred two actors I like, Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The term is used by prison staff, guards, and wardens to describe inmates on death row. Shouts of ‘dead man walking!’ echo through the prison as a cruel reminder to the inmate that their time is limited, execution awaits.
In 1998, I received a scholarship to the University of Minnesota to study human rights, and, for my project proposal, I wanted to learn about programs designed for inmates on death row. In order to develop my proposal, I visited prisons, learned about such programs and watched ‘Dead Man Walking’ several times. I was hoping to learn from the US how to ease the last days, months, and years of these inmates as, finally, they are humans and receiving what the system and society believe is justice for their crimes. After working hard on my project proposal, I was surprised with an outright rejection with the justification that ‘the state of Minnesota abolished capital punishment in 1911.’
My project was cancelled, and the only memory of it that remains is a lingering sympathy with Sean Penn’s character. I am reminded of this movie and his character now as I survive under bombardment and siege in Gaza. I hear my prison wardens scream ‘dead man walking’ every day, every night. ‘I did not kill anyone!’ I want to scream back. My only crime to be Gazan and want to live. I wish wake up from my death row nightmare and no longer hear their whistling calls and exploding taunts.
Biko in Gaza Thursday 26th October 2023
As a teenager living under occupation, I used to follow the stories of people fighting for freedom around the world. Stories from South Africa always resonated with me, because I felt a strong kinship with people who suffered under systems of apartheid.
I distinctly remember reading the story of Steve Biko, a black South African anti-apartheid activist who was killed in prison in South Africa. The story, unfortunately, was short and concluded with Biko’s murder while still in jail. I was accompanied for years by the song Peter Gabriel wrote in memory of Biko’s life and legacy, and, at some point, I was able to watch the movie Cry Freedom that documented part of Steve Biko’s struggle against apartheid.
The last part of my connection to Biko’s story was the Truth and Reconciliation Testimony Session that involved the murderers of Biko. Like others, I struggled to accept truth in lieu of justice; however, while watching the testimonies and observing the reactions from Biko’s surviving family as they listened to his killers describe the murder of their beloved, I realized that truth is not less important than justice. I realized that the truth can provide relief; it can provide a sort of peace. Knowing the truth became important to me, too, and I became ready to give up the right of seeing or practicing justice in return for hearing and knowing the truth.
Truth became more important to me than anything else. I dreamt of meeting Desmond Tutu and speaking to him about why he came to the conclusion that the truth would reconcile people. I wanted to ask him what happens to people when they are allowed to hear the full disclosure of the truth.
My request to all of my friends who will survive the current genocide in Gaza is not to fight for justice only, but to consider the pursuit of truth for all the victims. We should demand to know from our killers: ‘Why were they killed? Why are you killing us?’
And for the growing number of children killed, I wish I could ask ‘what did you dream of last month? What did you dream of before you were killed?’
**The following letter was written by an anonymous mother who asked for my help to circulate. Samia.
Mr. Biden,
Perhaps I amone of the few who had hoped against hope that your arrival into the holy land today would make a difference. Perhaps this was not the case for those who have already passed, but definitely, would have for those who are still alive. I was shuddering after the horrific shelling of a Christian hospital reflecting videos of pieces of children and human bodies strewn all over the grounds. Ten days of relentless shelling on human beings, yes human beings mostly women and children who have no place to hide and no shelters to shield them. We were all awaiting anxiously for a statement form you as the media had described what happened yesterday as a “Game Changer.”
I watched you take on the presidencywith an emphasis on being a Christian Catholic president as you attended mass on your inauguration. I wonder if this is what your catholic upbringing has taught you Mr. Biden. Has it taught you that an eye for a body and tooth for a head, as an Arab PalestinianChrisitan catholic,I recall it differently I recall my catholic teachings calling for peace for justice for forgiveness for equity of all humankind.
Since when has war brought about Peace? since when has killing ended the cycle of violence, I am not a president neither am I in charge,but I am old enough to have heard the stories of my grandparents’ survival of the Ottoman period and my parents the British mandate as well as the ethnic cleansing in 1948. I am old enough to have witnessed the Palestiniandispossessionand violations of human rights since 1967,and old enough to have served in hospitals during shelling and witnessed the missing heads and limbs.
Old enough to have helped at the Anglican hospital that got shelled yesterday, topatch up the legs and limbs of a whole generation that was rendered disabled as Palestinians from Gaza tried to March to end thesiege. Old enough to see a generation of youth losing hope, and watching the transgenerational trauma continue; generations of women and mothers mourning loss and imprisonment of their loved ones.
As you are older than me Mr.Biden,and have personally sufferedloss, have you not seen that war only brings about more death and destruction and hate?
God grants life and takes away life, however it is how we have lived our life that makes a difference, if only you would have stood there on the 7th of October and said it differently, you might have made a difference for peace in this world. Once more today my optimism in life was crushed becausewhat is happening in Gaza is being described as crimes against humanity according to international law. Upon your arrival to the holy land,you decided to align yourself with those causing the suffering instead of doing what needs to bedone: uphold the conventions of human rights and hold all parties to count. We are not children of a lesser God Mr. President we are the Palestinian Christians of theholy land where the message of love peace and justice started, and we call upon you to stop this Genocide.
It has been a long time since I shared one of my Reflections with you. After all the tragic events of the last week, my daughter asked me if I had written anything. Actually I had not. And despite the many thoughts that crossed my mind, it seemed futile to make a difference to people who are still not aware of the reality of our situation. But I thought I might as well remind you all of some facts that will help you share with those who are still wondering “why?”
Neither Israel nor the International community should have been surprised at the recent events that hurt not only the Israelis, but also the Palestinians who are under Israeli siege in the Gaza Strip. It has been 75 years of dispossession for the Palestinians, and 56 years of a military occupation, 16 of them in an open-air prison for the people of Gaza, and two Palestinian uprisings. Over and above a failed peace process, called the Oslo Accords which Israel not only flouted, but abused, to create more realities on the ground and more settlements causing further dispossession of the Palestinians in whatever land was left for them on what is known as “the Palestinian Territories.”
The daily incursions by the settlers to the Mosque in Jerusalem under Israeli protection, as well as the continuous killings of young Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank, and the ongoing deprivation of the Palestinians of their farms, and their olive groves further exasperated the situation. Huwara and Jenin were only recent events not forgotten by the Palestinians. Furthermore the number of Palestinian prisoners is continuously on the rise, and some of them without charge or trial. Even a number of them who were supposed to be released with the signing of the Oslo Accords are still languishing in the Israeli jails.
Those 2.2 million oppressed people under siege are not “human animals” as they were called by Israel. They are actually humans who have been dehumanized, as if they were children of a 'lesser God' They have reached a tipping point and could not take the oppression and the deprivation of freedom anymore.
Had the USA, and the European countries implemented the United Nations Resolutions and stood up against all the violations of Israel ever since its creation in 1948, things would not have deteriorated to that extent. They watched them kill Palestinian children, raid homes in the middle of the night, demolish homes, and evacuate complete Palestinian areas for the establishment of Israeli settlements, with the maximum comment that those actions were not conducive to peace. But nobody had the guts to take action, not even when Israel demolished a school funded by the European Union. When the Israeli Prime Minister showed a map recently at the United Nations that had no Palestine in it, nobody even protested.
But now when the surprise news hit the world that Israelis were attacked and hurt, the US and the European countries who have been at the root cause of the Palestinian dispossession in the first place, came rushing to the region in support of Israel, an occupying force in the region. Ironically, they are the same countries who rushed to salvage Ukraine from the Russian occupation. Is one occupation permissible, while another is not? Enough is enough of double standards. And please do salvage the trapped Palestinians of Gaza who have been ordered by Israel to move out. Out to where? When all the borders are closed. The hospitals are not even safe. We just heard that Israel bombed the Ahli hospital, run by the Anglican church. We know many of you have been praying, but we need action. According to St. James, prayer without action is futile.
Bravo Mr. Biden: You really made a wonderful speech at the University of Lithuania during the NATO summit and in the presence of the Ukraine president Zelensky. He might have been a little disappointed as the decision for Ukraine to join NATO was deferred until after the end of the conflict with Russia. But you were very clear about your unwavering support of Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. You used words like “Never and Ever” should one forget the right of people to stand up against such an aggression, and you spoke about common values and the defense of Freedom.
All the rhetoric that you used was excellent and in accordance with human rights values. Yet the hypocrisy and the double standards were so glaring that it was pathetic especially that it was only a few days earlier that you had justified the Israeli invasion with the most sophisticated armament, on the Palestinian refugee camp and the city of Jenin as well as other towns like Huwara and Turmus Aya, as being “the right of Israel to defend itself”. Really Mr. Biden. Is this a joke? Or do you think the whole world is that dumb to believe that justification. Maybe they are , after all, when one of the most powerful countries in the world can get away with such a statement.
I wish you would address your own people Mr. Biden, assuring them that you would never ever allow an American citizen to be homeless and without medical care, while you continue to provide both Israel, an occupying power, and Ukraine, an occupied country, with the most sophisticated armament. Mr. Biden, charity starts at home!!!
Yesterday morning after breakfast. I stretched out on my reclining chair to relax a short while before getting ready for my shower, when a pigeon appeared on my window sill. What a beautiful starter for the day. Could it be carrying a message of peace after those crows that have been hovering all over our trees recently. I remember ever since I was a child a crow has been a bad omen. Even in Shakespeare’s Macbeth which we studied in high school, Lady Macbeth alludes to the raven as a bad omen. Well we saw enough brutality at the hands of the Israeli settlers, with the protection of the army in so many places, like Huwara, Jenin and Turmus Aya to confirm this bad omen. Will it ever stop?
And this morning we woke up again to another brutal raid on Jenin. I could not help but wonder, how many pigeons would we need to bring about peace to this devastated country? Will the Western world which had brought havoc to the Middle East ever take responsibility and atone for what it has done. They claim to be Christians, and they accuse Muslims of being terrorists. How ironic indeed. When we look back at the history of the Crusaders and the colonizers, and the role they played not only in tearing up the country, but in dividing its Christians into different denominations.
I had just finished reading a book “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan sent to me recently by an Irish friend. Towards the end of the book the hero in the story is shown accompanying a destitute girl to his home for Christmas and posing the following question: “Was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without one being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?” How sad that those so-called Christian countries cannot think of one good deed, Let alone have the guts to atone for all their crimes that have caused so much suffering and devastation in our region and other places as well. Over and above, the Bible continues to be used and abused to justify all the injustice that prevails in this so-called Holy Land. Until when, dear Lord? Until when?
On Sunday, May 21, 2023 Shadi had a day-long court hearing.. It was the first of a series of trials where the prosecution was supposed to bring witnesses to testify against Shadi and prove, as they alleged, that he was part of the demonstration on October 12th, 2022. Their first witness was a 15-year-old Palestinian boy called Bara' who, as per the police, had confessed at the time of his arrest in October , that he saw Shadi participate in the demonstration. But to the surprise of the prosecution and the defense lawyers, Bara' denied any prior knowledge of Shadi, withdrew his previous confession to police, and testified that the Israeli interrogators coerced him into confessing against Shadi.
He testified that he was under psychological and physical torture and verbally abused. As he testified, the terrified 15-year-old child was threatened by imprisonment unless he confessed that Shadi took part in the demonstration and attacked an Israeli car. He was promised immediate release as a reward for snitching on Shadi falsely. During the defense lawyer's cross-examination, it became apparent that Bara' was fed specific lies about Shadi's actions by Israeli police interrogators. Bara' testified that investigators would take him from the official interrogation room with recording facilities to another room without documentation. He would be threatened, prompted, and returned to the official investigation room to falsify information and lie to the recorded sessions.
Bara's original confession was full of discrepancies, raising the suspicion of Shadi's defense lawyers. By the end of Bara's testimony, it became apparent that the reason behind these discrepancies was that the police coerced him to lie to entrap Shadi. What implication this will have on the judge's ruling is still to be seen. Another court hearing was set for October 23rd, where the prosecution is supposed to bring more evidence in their continued attempt to indict my grandson.
Shadi will remain under house arrest until then, but in the meantime he will be allowed to continue going to school, as well as to go out on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 4-9 p.m with one of those who had been approved by the court to accompany him. That is either one of his parents, siblings or his aunt.
Post Edit:
Here is another sample of how young Palestinian children are arrested in the early hours of the morning. The father of 15 year old Ayham Salaymeh is saying that those forces came to the house at 4:00 a.m. to arrest his son. The way they were going about it, one would think they were coming for "a hero". Untill when will the international community allow this to go on and on leaving a whole generation without any hope for justice or peace?
As I had written earlier, Christmas 2022 was very special for our family, especially that my youngest grandson Shadi, was with us, after he had spent over a month in an Israeli detention center and under difficult conditions. Furthermore, my oldest grandson Omar who is a designer, was with us also this Christmas after spending sometime in the UK and the USA. We missed him last Christmas as he always put up a very original Christmas tree with bare leaves but beautifully decorated. So, this Christmas, instead of putting it in a pot, he used a hook that was in the ceiling to hang it upside down. He got my approval as I told him that it will certainly be in style with everything else being upside down these days. Be it logic, morals, values, politics, religion or whatever.
The moment I mentioned “upside down” I recalled that many years ago, and in the early days of “Sabeel,” the Palestinian Liberation Theology movement, Rev. Naim Ateek led us in reading “The Upside Kingdom” by Donald Kraybill.
Each one of us would take turns every week in presenting a chapter. It was one of the most meaningful books I had read, especially that it related to our world nowadays, and more so now than ever. Donald B. Kraybill, a Mennonite himself, says: “ Social, religious, and economic practices of the dominant culture usually favor the rich, powerful, prestigious. God on the other hand, favors those who suffer at society's margins and fall between the cracks.”
Brilliantly written and expressed, especially when we see how the injustice and the double standards by which the powerful deal with issues of the same nature are so glaring. We have seen it during this past year in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Irrespective of the provocation of Russia by both the US and Europe to get Ukraine to join NATO, Russia fell in the trap and invaded Ukraine creating a big refugee problem, over and above a human disaster which gained the sympathy of the USA and the European Union, and whose financial and moral support have not stopped since that invasion. Two days ago, I watched the president of the European Union, Ursula Von der Leyen accompanied by the College of Commissioners visiting the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. With warm greetings, a big smile, open arms and a kiss, she assured him of The EU continued support which had started from day one of the invasion, and rightly so, since the international law stipulated the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by an act of war. But when I heard her emphasize their support because “they stand up for the fundamental rights and respect of international law”, I could not help but wonder, whether we Palestinians were the children of a lesser God (As Ambassador Afif Safieh had put it), that the European Union could not get itself to condemn one act of Israeli violence against the Palestinians who were dispossessed since 1948 and had been under Israeli occupation since 1967. The most it could do when the schools that have been built in the Palestinian Territories with the support of the European Commission were demolished by the Israeli forces, was to express its CONCERN. That certainly does not reflect at all a stand for the fundamental rights and respect of international law.
When will this hypocrisy come to an end? Palestinians have been killed on an average of one or two every day. And after the massacre of Jenin when 10 were killed in one day, there was no world reaction until a lone Palestinian went on a shooting spree in the settlement of Neve Yaacov north of Jerusalem, killing seven Israelis. That event coincided with the visit of USA secretary of State Blinken to the region assuring all parties the support of the USA for a two-state solution. Had the USA been serious about that, it would have done something about it and would have imposed sanctions on Israel for its violations of the terms of the Peace process and the two-state solution. But once again it is words, words, words, that will lead us to nowhere as long as Israel has been able to get away with all the violations of human rights and international law. One cannot but pose the question: When will the USA and the Europeans play their role seriously and fairly so that the United Nations can truly and honestly assume its role in bringing about justice and peace to our region and in other places of this troubled world?
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