amo dalje
20.07.2006., četvrtak
nemam rijeci...
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svi ste valjda culi sto se dogada u Libanonu... Nisam mislila pisati tu o tome, ali kada sam ovo primila, jednostavno sam morala objavit... Postoji jedna mala udruga SAPA, koja izmedu ostalog ima i jos manje hrv.-libanonsko drustvo. Ono je nastalo slucajnim prijateljstvom izmedu nekolicine mladih ljudi iz hrv. sa nekim ljudima iz Libanona, i nakon posjeta (prosle god) toj predivnoj drzavici, ti mladi su osnovali to drustvo i probali tu divnu zemlju pribliziti ostalima... Prvo pismo je od cure koja zivi u sjeverno Bejrutu, dok je drugo od cure koja danas konvojem prelazi granicu sa Sirijiom (nadamo se). Zivila je u juznom gradu Saidi koji je potpuno unisten. Rola, I don't know how much my words can ease the situation you are faced with, I don't know whether my words have any credibility to you since I am faced with much the same situation as you …I live in Northern Beirut and I haven't slept for days now because of the bombings in Southern Beirut…The sound is so loud, so close, the people are fleeing and asking for help… But as you said: WE REFUSE TO DIE! Israel is no more launching a war on Hizballah rather a war on the Lebanese people, military bases are being attacked, the red cross who is trying to reach wounded civilians, is being targeted….Lebanon is blockaded and there is no way food, fuel and any kind of help could reach the people…Is this human? The international community is turning a blind eye on what is going on, I don't know whether on purpose or because they are not truly seeing what is happening. But you know what Rola, the Lebanese people have endured much harsher situations than this one:15 years of civil war, 18 years of Israeli occupation and war and 30 years of Syrian Occupation. The Lebanese people's courage and belief is unprecedented. Pope Jean Paul II during his visit to Lebanon years ago said that Lebanon is more than a country, it is a message to the world, a message because of the different religious communities coexisting together. It is a message to the world of how Sunnis, Shiites, Druzes, Maronites, Catholics, Orthodox, Jews, Protestants, Evangelicals etc..can live together peacefully, each maintaining its beliefs and traditions but respecting those of others. When I watch the news and see people dying or crying for having lost loved ones, when I go to areas and try to save a lost soul, my heart breaks into pieces and my tears start to fall… but then again when I see how Christians are helping the Sunnis and Shiites, how the Sunnis and Druzes are helping the Shiites and other way around, how everyone opened their houses to forced migrants, my faith and hope grow stronger… It grows stronger because I see how my country is so special, so strong in its ethics and morals…. Rola, it is true that Lebanon is being destroyed completely. Israel has destroyed all the infrastructure, has forced people out of their homes, leaving them with no means to survive…more than hundreds have died and there are till now 350 wounded…no one can replace these souls…It took years for Lebanon to rebuild Beirut and all areas after being tore apart by the civil war and we will rebuild it this time! We must never lose hope and faith in God… I don't know what will happen to me tomorrow, what will happen to my family, my friends, my home, my land…. I may be the target of an attack since there is no more a safe place in Lebanon. It is being attacked from the South to the North…all I know is that the truth will remain….the truth of what happened to this small and wonderful country that I am proud of. Jesus' first miracle happened in Qana (South) and the first alphabet was written in Lebanon… It is the land of civilizations…and IT SHALL REMAIN! I Hope the world will learn from what is happening and stops wars and aggressions… I hope that the Israelis and Arabs will see that their conflicts and interests tear apart the dreams and hopes of their people…I accept to be a lesson for the outside world for the cause of peace and humanity. Never lose hope and as Martin Luther King used to say : "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." To all of you my friends, IIPES was so special...I hope you will always carry our voices... People are never to be blamed rather their governments... Pascale > just minutes earlier a volunteer passed by the house am staying in in > a village east of Saida to write down our names on a list to organize > the distribution of aids(food water ...e.t.c) and just then i realized > i became a "mhajjara" literaly ttranslated to mean "forced migrant".> i have heard this term alot in talks about the lebanese war 15 years > ago and never in my life i thought i'd become one.> i am tired i haven't slept in days i am on the verge of a nervous > breakdown...yes, it happens when you realize you are not being > considered as a human being anymore, but a mere bitter number.> > 113 dead, 100's injured, and tens of thousands "mhajjareen", all > roads, bridges ports and our only airport bombed from south to the > farthest north..all alond the border with syria is being bombed> complete blockage. just now an israeli general stated that> they are ready to bomb any institution related to Hizballah> where ever it was and most are between or near civilian suburbs and> villages...the only thing i can understand is that "we don't care> how many motherfucking civilans we kill, we want to complete our> mission, wipe out hizballah" , forgive my language but war is ugly> and bitter and cruel and i will not attempt to make it look or sound> any better than it really is, not in my language not in my post...> yet again the war of forgeiners fought on our country... war of> isreal with syria and iran is fought on lebanese grounds,> and yet again lebanon has to pay the incomprehensible price> of blood and destruction..> there are no words that can descreibe the destruction, roads i've> beent o almost everyday places i was there..don't exist anymore..> it's turning into one huge ghost town,> there is absolutely no movement in my city Saida, all shops> are closed, everyone either fled or like my Grandparents> refuse to leave their homes and would rather die in them, fuel> staions are emptying from fuel after the bombing of two> fuel stations on the borders of saida...and when i say borders > it's not a far place it's a couple of kilometers from my house > since distances are negligible in such a small country as lebanon.> i enlisted my name on a list of people who want to leave teh country> when things calm down a littel and it is safe to move around..> i don't think it is anytime soon....> things are getting worse everyday, israeli airplanes are throwing > papers village after village asking the people to evacuate,> in an attempt to stress on hizballah> i don't understand how that is possible when allll transportaion> is down, the only way is to flee on foot kilometers carrying > their belongings, or stay and face their fates...> a genocide happened yesterday when 23 vilagers frrom "Merwaheen"> a village int he south fled to seek refuge in a UN center and the> UN center refused to accept them, afraid that the 1996 genocide> of "Qana" may repeat itself..(anyone and i know most don't know about > it,thanks to israeli propaganda, google it) the poor villagers> were left in open air as they were going back to their homes> and were met by an israeli missile, all dead.> > it's turning into an extermination plan...there is absolutely> no considerations for any form of human rights..no consideration > for people's lives..this is israel's war with hizballah> why are inocents being killed? why am i sleeping everyday> to the fading sound of israeli f16 and sounds of explosions?> i can't understand and i don't want to understand it..> why are civilians attacked and why are israeli's using> phosphorus bombs (i don't know what the hell they are, and> am not interested, but i know they are internationally banned> weapons)> isreal's response to the kidnapping of it's soldiers is completely> exaggerated, i can't think of any word to explain the destruction> going on here...it's brutal and inhuman and nothing, nothing > anyone can say or do can justify such a response...> there is so much going on, so many things i want to say> but at this moment i am drained...> everything i learnt and believed in IIPES about any attempts for > peace with israel fell into the water along with my hopes and dreams> of having a country of livi9ng in peace of opening a family> business in my home city of raising my children in the place where> i grew up......> all i see now is destruction and bitterness and fear and loath> and all i can think of is survival..it's not a matter of not wanting> to die, but a matter of refusing to die for such reasons..> > bear with me such a bitter post, but it is the truth, bare and solid> and just as it is, and truth hurts..> > love to you all including israelis Rola- |
