A Dictionary of (Palestinian) Silence

After UN ambassador for Palestine, Riyad Mansour, held back tears at the international court of justice hearing on Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories

 

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“In the beginning was the Word...”

(“...and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John said)

 

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Vindictive:

is the snipers bullet

 

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Terror:

these small children i see on my TV screen.

 

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Trauma:        

these same children, as each new day begins.

 

“And the light shines in darkness;

 and the darkness

comprehended it not.”

(John also said).

A Dictionary of (Palestinian) Silence (Full Poem)

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Mathematics – On March 8, the Gaza Health Ministry defined          

Math as

Dead: 30,878

Injured: another 72,402

Missing: countless

In Fear & Flight: 1.7 million people (over 75 per cent of the population) ...30...

 

Global Rights - Talking Peace (Palestine) 

Ambassador Riyad Mansour

“…after more than 75 years of Nakba… 56 years of belligerent occupation… 17 years of blockade… and nearly 140 days of vindictive punitive Siege and massacres perpetrated by Israel in Gaza which is a genocide……what crimes has Israel not committed..?”