Fear: The Extra Baggage These People Have To Carry

Everyone recognizes that map right? I mean we see it all the time. I think they should juss label that land as The Palestinian&Israeli Conflict. It seems that these people never see anything good in that part of the area and specifically, the Gaza Strip is a place of constant war and of constant terror. Yes terror,we use that word quite a lot don’t we? But if you really want to know what the meaning of this word is go check out Gaza Strip.  Actually go check out Beit Hanoun. Imagine sitting in your home in fear that your house might combust and in a matter of minutes you may not still be in existence. Imagine pretty much being a prisoner in your own home, not being allowed to leave; imagine having a loved one who is suffering from an illness and you cant go to take them to the doctor or go to get there medicine, and you have to sit and watch them suffer. Imagine having soldiers standing on the roof top of your home firing bullets at basically anything they want, or “anything that moves.” Imagine being at home but still you do not feel safe; still you are overwhelmed with fear and as hard as you try you cant get anything fear out of your thoughts. Heavy firing, missiles being launched, tanks all right outside you door. Can you imagine? Didn’t think so.. That’s what the people of Beit Hanoun have been going through this past week.

 

“My youngest daughter will not even go to the toilet on her own, she is so paralysed with fear.”-Ibrahim al-Za’anin

Fear is the only feeling that these people now know. It is now their extra baggage that they are forced to carry, no matter how much they may want to drop it or leave it somewhere they can not and do not have that option.

Something else to consider.

“Allowing Palestinians to get an education in Israel is in our long-term benefit,” says Sari Bashi, the director of the group. “It will foster better relations between the two sides.”-Sari Bashi, Human rights activist

Since this October, Palestinian students have been banned form entering Israel, the only way they can is through a series of security checks and process which can take as long as they want it to, for someone it took up to 9 months! This totally got me ticked. I mean I do understand that they have to go through the security checks but the part that gets me upset is how this whole thing is not only ruining peoples lives, now it is getting in the way of education. I mean education is the way we can fix everything but if your going to ban education, then we’re going to have so many more problems….

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