Few months ago, I had a discussion with a friend, he said memories are past, while I had an opposing idea, memories aren’t past as long as they impose any kind of emotional state and have implications on our lives.
I want you to concentrate on this quote: “some refugees from Darfur weren’t allowed to return to their homes”. The government is violating the basic Human Rights and violating International Law, hence a refugee is guaranteed the right to return to his/her own house. What do you feel about the poor refugees of Darfur? The quote is not news, I only want you to imagine such a miserable situation, how would international media deal with it and how would you feel about it?
Lets not talk about imaginary situations, let’s talk facts. Millions of Palestinians have been driven out of their homes in the year 1948 by brutal massacres, in 1967 more were expelled as Israel occupied the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, still the international community doesn’t seem to be interested in imposing or being serious about what they call for.
I want you to think about the memory of the Palestinian Nakba that happened 63 years ago in terms of what I stated in the beginning, that memories aren’t past as long as they have implications on our daily lives. Think about the Occupation as one of the implications of our Nakba, think about hundreds of checkpoints, thousands of martyrs including children and women, thousands of demolished homes, daily arresting, and complete violation of UN resolution 194.
Discrimination against the Palestinian population can’t be accepted, I think humanity has achieved so much fighting against racism but it is not the case when it comes to Palestinians. They aren’t allowed the rights stated in the International Human Rights Declaration, and they aren’t allowed the rights other refugees in the world enjoy. A natural sense of morality and humanity state there should be no exceptions, so the Palestinians shall not be excepted from such universal rights.
What do you think of a refugee of Darfur? And what do you think of a refugee of Palestine? It is the time to stand tall for your moral duty, and to fight for your sense of humanity. It is time to call all to stay human. It is time for humanity, reason, minds, and pens, to speak louder than the Israeli Occupation, bullets, and bombs.
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