"Fuck
Hamas. Fuck Israel. Fuck Fatah. Fuck UN. Fuck UNWRA. Fuck USA! We, the
youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation, the
violations of human rights and the indifference of the international
community!
"We want to scream and break this wall of silence,
injustice and indifference like the Israeli F16s breaking the wall of
sound; scream with all the power in our souls in order to release this immense frustration that consumes us because of this fucking situation we live in...
"We are sick of being caught in this political struggle; sick of
coal-dark nights with airplanes circling above our homes; sick of
innocent farmers getting shot in the buffer zone because they are taking
care of their lands; sick of bearded guys walking around with their
guns abusing their power, beating up or incarcerating young people
demonstrating for what they believe in;
Sick of the wall of shame that
separates us from the rest of our country and keeps us imprisoned in a
stamp-sized piece of land; sick of being portrayed as terrorists,
home-made fanatics with explosives in our pockets and evil in our eyes;
sick of the indifference we meet from the international community, the
so-called experts in expressing concerns and drafting resolutions but
cowards in enforcing anything they agree on; we are sick and tired of
living a shitty life, being kept in jail by Israel, beaten up by Hamas
and completely ignored by the rest of the world.
"There is a
revolution growing inside of us, an immense dissatisfaction and
frustration that will destroy us unless we find a way of canalising this
energy into something that can challenge the status quo and give us
some kind of hope.
"We barely survived the Operation Cast
Lead, where Israel very effectively bombed the shit out of us,
destroying thousands of homes and even more lives and dreams. During the
war we got the unmistakable feeling that Israel wanted to erase us from
the face of the Earth. During the last years, Hamas has been doing all
they can to control our thoughts, behaviour and aspirations. Here in
Gaza we are scared of being incarcerated, interrogated, hit, tortured,
bombed, killed. We cannot move as we want, say what we want, do what we
want.
"ENOUGH! Enough pain, enough tears, enough suffering,
enough control, limitations, unjust justifications, terror, torture,
excuses, bombings, sleepless nights, dead civilians, black memories,
bleak future, heart-aching present, disturbed politics, fanatic
politicians, religious bullshit, enough incarceration! WE SAY STOP! This
is not the future we want! We want to be free. We want to be able to
live a normal life. We want peace. Is that too much to ask?"
"We are sick of being caught in this political struggle; sick of coal-dark nights with airplanes circling above our homes; sick of innocent farmers getting shot in the buffer zone because they are taking care of their lands; sick of bearded guys walking around with their guns abusing their power, beating up or incarcerating young people demonstrating for what they believe in;
Sick of the wall of shame that separates us from the rest of our country and keeps us imprisoned in a stamp-sized piece of land; sick of being portrayed as terrorists, home-made fanatics with explosives in our pockets and evil in our eyes; sick of the indifference we meet from the international community, the so-called experts in expressing concerns and drafting resolutions but cowards in enforcing anything they agree on; we are sick and tired of living a shitty life, being kept in jail by Israel, beaten up by Hamas and completely ignored by the rest of the world.
"There is a revolution growing inside of us, an immense dissatisfaction and frustration that will destroy us unless we find a way of canalising this energy into something that can challenge the status quo and give us some kind of hope.
"We barely survived the Operation Cast Lead, where Israel very effectively bombed the shit out of us, destroying thousands of homes and even more lives and dreams. During the war we got the unmistakable feeling that Israel wanted to erase us from the face of the Earth. During the last years, Hamas has been doing all they can to control our thoughts, behaviour and aspirations. Here in Gaza we are scared of being incarcerated, interrogated, hit, tortured, bombed, killed. We cannot move as we want, say what we want, do what we want.
"ENOUGH! Enough pain, enough tears, enough suffering, enough control, limitations, unjust justifications, terror, torture, excuses, bombings, sleepless nights, dead civilians, black memories, bleak future, heart-aching present, disturbed politics, fanatic politicians, religious bullshit, enough incarceration! WE SAY STOP! This is not the future we want! We want to be free. We want to be able to live a normal life. We want peace. Is that too much to ask?"
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