Not very well can you hear the cries of people in Gaza who are still homeless, whose friends are refused entry or exit. Why? Some may not want to hear; others can't hear because major news outlets are not saying anything because there is not enough blood flowing or or bombs bursting daily to attract viewers/advertisers - sad.
"Who will hold us accountable?" Natalie Abou Shakra, The Electronic Intifada, 15 July 2009
As I was explaining the situation to someone on the phone, a sick, elderly Palestinian man fell to the ground unconscious. I approached as a state security officer began dragging the elderly man across the floor. I was intercepted by Said, the intelligence officer, who pointed his finger at me and said in a cruel and wicked tone, "I will make sure you will never get out of here." I countered, quoting the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, "all that you have done to our people is registered in notebooks." He replied in a vindictive tone, "Really? Who will hold us accountable?"
Natalie Abou Shakra is an activist from Lebanon and is affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement and Free Gaza Movement. She defied Israeli orders for Lebanese citizens not to go to Gaza and was able to get in with the Free Gaza movement's SS Dignity on the 20 December, 2008. |
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