Supporting Palestinians in their Struggle for Freedom
Reaching into past postings from 2012: sharing a poem by Soraya Boyd and my thoughts on the occupation by Israeli and treatment of Palestinians
A Most Familiar Drama: Murder Most Foul by Soraya Boyd
Posted on December 15, 2012 by dandelionsalad
by Soraya Boyd, Guest Writer, Dandelion Salad, Facilitate Global
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Plundering Israel tears a thirst-deprived people and its parched land asunder
Under the auspices of its American heel
Raiding Israel steals away every last of drop of water
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Steadfastly Israel polishes its shameful democratic veneer
Under the auspices of its American heel
Unremitting Israel progresses its illegal apartheid tier
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Genocidal Israel robs young babes of their lives to be
Under the auspices of its American heel
Soul blood-stained Israel proclaims unabashed victory
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Riotous Israel addictively basks in its infinite folly
Under the auspices of its American heel
Unaccountable Israel acts with obdurate impunity
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Upon a besieged population, murderous Israel unleashes unspeakable hell
Under the auspices of its American heel
Under homicidal Israels deeds many innocent fell
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Sanguine Israel scars the sorrowed land with its barbarity
Under the auspices of its American heel
Unyielding Israel commits war crimes and crimes against humanity
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Quarrelsome Israel rains down indiscriminate death from the sky
Under the auspices of its American heel
Wild Israel never blinks its plotting fatality watchful eye
Aided and abetted by its coalition of the willing
Rowdy Israel spreads about unrestrained terror
Under the auspices of its American heel
Belligerent Israel commits most violent murder
Soraya Boyd is Founder and CEO of Facilitate Global. She can be contacted at soraya.boyd@facilitateglobal.org.
My Response to Soraya Boyd's Poem, A Most Familiar Drama... Murder Most Foul.
Most Americans are so apolitical that they can not connect the dots between feeling sad or upset when there's a shooting spree at a school in the U.S. and feeling anything whatsoever when our military and intelligence agencies go on shooting sprees in other countries.
We don't even condemn President Obama for having Tuesday hit list sessions authorizing the shooting sprees. We just reelect him.
There is something so obscene about shooting sprees, especially using drones. I think some of these people enjoy what they're doing very much. They're not in any danger. They can just have the pleasure of killing real people without any of the risks; that's so much more of a charge than killing fake people in a computer game.
And do most American have any sense at all of what Israel is doing in the way of war crimes against the Palestinians? Sure, a few have some awareness and outrage, but most people would never criticize what Israel does in any way, shape or form because they might be perceived as antiSemitic. So we give a pass to whatever Israel does. Americans even fund their atrocities. What is it? Eleven billion dollars a year that we give Israel for its military?
Palestinians are so remote from the lives of American, who live in political and geographic isolation from most of the rest of the world. If we had a popular TV series based on the lives of Palestinians, it might wake up some people... or movies about the lives of Palestinians under seige... maybe.
What goes around, comes around. When Americans suffer from thirst as the Palestinians have, maybe some will start to connect the dots.
Alternatively, just consider what would happen if Americans were to cut off the military funding to Israel and use the money instead to create jobs and support our social system better. It would go pretty far, especially if you were to focus on helping the poorest of the poor to rebuild their lives.
Isn't there a group of Americans anywhere who want to make it their mission to make sure Palestinians have a good supply of clean, pure drinking water? Are our hearts too cold, too indifferent, are we too willing to go along to get along?
What could be done, perhaps, that might be new and different, is if groups of American women were to adopt sister groups in Palestine, and listen to their concerns, and maybe work with them on a peace process. The men have failed at a Middle East peace process abysmally, but how sincere were these efforts?
I think the answer lies in love, of loving each other, no matter what country we're from. We are all fingers on the same hand, as the Mayans tell us. If we would only own that wisdom, we could truly begin to make some progress.