"We Wish You a Lasting Peace Process"

"WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ARAB AND A TRAMPOLINE?
ON A TRAMPOLINE YOU STEP WITHOUT SHOES" --Hebrew grafitti in Hebron

"THESE ARE OUR BEST ARAB NEIGHBORS" --Hebrew grafitti on Palestinian cemetary

In this country, the question of "One-state or two-state solution?" is the eqvivalent of "Boxers or briefs?" The one solid concensus Palestinians seem to agree on is the fact that they are exhausted, and they want to live in peace. It's the Israelis who are very, very opposed to this.

Whoever heard me back home talking about Israel heard a much more belligerent opinion from what I've heard from the Palestinians here. "We don't want to throw anyone to the sea, we don't want to be thrown in the desert," said Jaafar Farah of the Mossawa center. "We are exhausted, we are tired, we want to live in peace," said Sumr, a student in Gaza. These are simple demands. Hani Amer's home in Mas'ha is surrounded by fences on three sides, the Aparthied wall on the fourth side. He and his family are terrorized by settlers and soldiers every single day because they refuse to leave their own land.

You could hear the exhaustion in his voice when he related the story of his daily experiences to us. I'm not asking to live a lavish or Israeli lifestyle, he said. He just wants to live his life on his land, to host guests in his house without them being shot at. Apparently the right to life and liberty is too much to ask for.

Here's the part that will shock and surprise: the Palestinians in the West Bank DON'T want to kill the Israelis. They want to live side-by-side with them-- they feel SORRY for the Jews that have been brainwashed by the dogma of Zionism!

"Israeli Jewish citizens are hostages of their establishment," said Mohammad Jaradat of the Badil Center. "The Zionists are not interested in Judaism, but colonialism ... Judaism is misused as a political tool." (By the way, all the religious wack-a-doos are from OUR country... the Nazi-esque settlers from Brooklyn, the Christian Zionists, the Islamic fundamentalists with American passports.)

"Settlements are there for our people to die," said Areej. (They like to attack the Arabs on Shabbats. How sick is that?) Sarah from my group remarked how furious she was at the settlers, becasue they call themselves religious and this was the most un-Jewish thing they could do. The Holocaust is no excuse to TAKE OVER a country. Mohammad from Badil said that the Palestinians would have welcomed Jews into their country to live as human beings--not to create an inherently racist state that would exclude the Indigenous owners of the land. Something that was created under the pretext of protecting the Jews produces Hitler Youth today. These hypocrites need to open their eyes.

The Palestinians are willing to live next to the Jews. The Jews think the Arabs are dogs. And they are pissed beyond belief that the Palestinians refuse to give up their pride--SO angry that they don't surrender! It's actually quite funny... Israel is the petulant child, who NOBODY ELSE LIKES. It's hilarious.

Since everyone on BRUP liked my Brazilian soldier joke so much, I'll leave you with another one I heard. So this Israeli guy goes to Sweden and customs asks him, "Name?" He says, "Schlomo." They ask, "Occupation?" He says, "No, they're terrorists!"