Tag: israel
member name: Safi Abdi
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July 06, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
I wrote this when the democratically elected Hamas came into power and the whole western world went into uproar.
Something tells me Gatherers need this to widen their perspective.
I must say I am . . .
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July 04, 2006 04:59 AM EDT --
Palestine:
it's come to this: mere statistics
and tired data clogging the corridors.
the figures on any single day
may vary.
in the newsrooms.
stringed together the murders
in the eye of the camera . . .
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July 27, 2006 05:27 AM EDT --
The following thoughts were inspired by Ariel Sharon's 2004 visit to Washington. For details as to why Sharon was grinning so loudly beside his host George Bush please follow this link:
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July 04, 2006 06:44 AM EDT --
The story of a child
Not combat attire.
The story of a child
Disarrayed in the rain.
Columns of tanks in battle array
And a woman carrying a pitcher of the rain.
She is his mother in total disarray . . .
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July 06, 2006 05:31 PM EDT --
I look into her eyes
Patient tears dripping
Celestial lights mirroring
Her voice is the sound of music
The jittery nerves soothing.
I linger on the motifs
sprinkled in the sands
For the . . .
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June 12, 2006 12:33 PM EDT --
The Palestinian boy
Happy his lot could've been
Chasing ball
Carefree under the open sky
Dreaming in colors
And of the scent of roses.
But there are no bouquets for this boy
Just coffins and the . . .
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June 13, 2006 02:35 PM EDT --
Are all Terrorists equal? Or are some Terrorist more equal than others?
For the sake of clarity let's call them:
Terrorist A......Terrorist B.......Terrorist C......Terrorist D
Terrorist . . .
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June 29, 2006 05:56 AM EDT --
He kills hopes
Mans checkpoints
A whole nation to ransom holds.
He is a Sinner:
Civilian incarcerator
Family destroyer
Home bulldozer
Hate foster
Oppressor.
A mean human rights violator . . .
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July 06, 2006 05:47 PM EDT --
What's there to say ?
To a human thrashed;
A woman beaten here
A baby bashed there
Up against a wall
A population utterly pressed.
What's there to say?
Happiness . . .
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July 10, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
If
I were a bird
I'd build my nest
In some corner
Out of sight.
If I were a bird
I'd perch
On the branch
Of a palm tree
And let Ache
On the wings
Flutter away.
But . . .
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July 14, 2006 03:56 AM EDT --
When days are filled with unnatural chants,
Often the handshakes are just as bare.
Scratched olive branches rot in the winds
As hurried Angels pick up the souls on heavenly wings; . . .
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July 19, 2006 07:26 PM EDT --
US Veto Power (Dictatorship in the Security Council)
Terrorist (You become a Terrorist if you say no to tyranny)
Ally (If you put selfish US interests before your people's legitimate interests . . .
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July 25, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
The Midlle East's only democracy has 9850 Palestinian prisoners in its jails. 359 of the prisoners are children. These children are not only mistreated they are not even provided with medical care . . .
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June 08, 2006 03:50 PM EDT --
Today US has lost a very important offspring....In the death of al- Zarqawi the Pentagon has lost a very convenient ally in the war on "Terror". All the while FOX News, CNN and the rest of the . . .
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July 16, 2006 06:39 AM EDT --
HizbuAllah, or the party of God, is a small Lebanese faction that is fighting the Middle East's strongest army. It's by virtue of its trust in God and steely determination that they are able to . . .
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August 05, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
To celebrate Olmert's bloodletting of Lebanese and Palestinian children and women, our lady Condoleeza Rice had parroted, on behalf of her boss, a rather sinister terminolgy. Out of this painful . . .
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August 28, 2006 06:51 AM EDT --
Is thrashing Islam a Christian thing to do? Is bashing Islam an article of faith in Christendom? Is vilifying Islam a Commandment in the Bible? Or is the centuries old Christian enmity born out of pure . . .
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July 12, 2006 04:52 AM EDT --
The absolute love
Of a spirit calling the beloved
To her bosom
Lip-service never satiates.
Hearts are aggrieved
At an unfairness celebrated.
With every tear shed
With every tiny . . .
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January 21, 2008 09:27 PM EST --
It was on a dark Sunday when he came. When we last saw him on TV prior to that day he was in Zionist-land, patting the shoulders of his 'peace-loving' friends, and giving the poor . . .
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July 10, 2006 05:11 AM EDT --
It's the closures
The wires coiled
The child trampled
The might employed
The land confiscated
The liberty destroyed
The human disgraced
The injustice endorsed
An occupation legalized
A whole . . .
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