COLUMN: It’s a joke, but not a funny one
A few days ago, I read an article in The Statesman written by Guy Serbin. Mr. Serbin first pointed out how much fun he was having on his vacation in Israel, which I think is nice.
I was so happy to read that Serbin didn’t let Arafat and his “terrorist” regime force him into hiding. But I was just wondering if the restaurants, cafés and buses in Israel were full of people, then why are the Israelis crying on TV for the entire world to save them from the Palestinian terrorism?
Why is it that every time you listen to the news or watch TV someone is commentating that there should be a military invasion somewhere in Gaza strip or the West Bank in order to hunt down some terrorists? And, while bringing these “terrorists” to justice why worry about killing innocent women and children?
This part of Serbin’s article was just great: Of the Palestinians who were “supposedly” killed by Israel, only 11.7 percent were children and 2.8 percent women. I was just wondering if Mr. Serbin would know the total number of those Palestinians “supposedly” killed by Israelis?
I lived in Palestine for 22 years. If I say that I’ve never had fun while growing up then I suppose you would have to believe me, right? In spite of being “pounded” daily I’m sure my people try to find joy in their lives. So, I grew up in Palestine and as much as I suffered at the Israeli’s hands, I found some joy with my family and friends.
I am proud of being Palestinian, and I was no “terrorist” when I fought back to defend my family, my friends, my country. I got hit many times by Israeli soldiers in a two-year period. Yeah, I was 10 to 12 years old! Yes, the Israeli soldiers are real tough. Of course, I could understand why they hit me: I used to threaten those big, powerful Israeli tanks with stones. I realize now that I was acting like a little “terrorist.”
What is happening in Palestine is funny if you think about it. The Jews emigrated from other Arab countries and from Europe and then they claimed Palestine as their promised land — a land God gave them. A god that told them to drive out the people they found there, lest God do to them what “he” has told them to do to “Palestinians.”
Poor Ishmael, you were the black sheep! And so the Jews got this unbelievable, legitimate right to live in Palestine. Let me mention here that the declaration of Israel was based on a U.N. resolution. However, the United Nations is considered by Israel now as a corrupt “anti-Semitic” organization.
I really like the way Israelis talk about ownership of the land; they manage to stick the Holocaust into everything. I can’t help but to think it was Hitler who persecuted the Jews, not the Palestinians. But, oh well, Palestinians should pay the price for Hitler’s crimes and give up their land lock, stock and barrel.
That’s just like a new law of thermodynamics I heard about recently. So now we have entropy, enthalpy and PalHitlerpy. Mr. Serbin, a “Yemeni Jew” sounds to me more correct than “Israeli”. If for some reason the Yemeni government denied you as a “Yemeni citizen” then, it’s an issue between you and them, why don’t you go discuss that with them?
Why should the Palestinians pay the price for Israelis being persecuted by other governments? The only solution that I can think of for this Israeli/Palestinian Issue is for all of the Israelis to go back to where they came from. Mr. Serbin, I believe you are from Yemen, why not go back to your country? You can find as much fun there as you do in Palestine. I’m sure Yemen has quality restaurants, cafés and buses.
I’m sorry that this is the only possible solution now that the Palestinians failed to accept that “golden” opportunity Barak offered. You know the one that still maintained Israeli settlements in “our” country. What a stupid thing for Palestinians to miss the boat on that deal. You know, I think you should thank Arafat for not accepting that “95-percent deal,” because if he had accepted it, I think it safe to say that Barak’s assassination would have shortly followed. Barak’s spirit would be hanging out with Yitzhak Rabin’s.
Yasir H. Kaheil is a graduate student in water resources. Comments can be sent to him at yasir@cc.usu.edu.