GAZA

After more than a month in silence I am back, the family and holidays took my attention from anything else. And even if I would like to write about something else, and it seems to be out of time now that the Israeli troops are withdrawing, I feel obliged to write about the situation in Gaza.

There have been said a lot of things about this subject, everyone has an opinion about it and takes a side. But looking at it form a Mexican point of view I was quite disappointed for the small manifestation demanding the withdrawal of the Israeli troops that took place in Mexico City only 50 to 60 people assisted. It is true that in Mexico there is not a huge Muslim community, but there wasn’t either the purpose to express solidarity and indignation towards this barbarity.

But I was even more disappointed when the Jewish community held a manifestation supporting Israel and their right to defend themselves, defend themselves from what? From civilians, children and women? From people who live held in a aired open prison.  That they call evil forces!!!

I’ve met Jewish people in different circumstances, one of them in the MUNAL (National Art Museum) where I was a museum mediator; they were kids from 7 to 9 years old, all of them Mexican Jewish, coming from wealthy families, raised with all the privilege they can have, but also with the Jewish pride. While attending the art workshop they use to fight with fists and nails to have the white and sky blue paint that are the Israel flag colors, isn’t this how fanaticism begins? this are the Jewish that latter won’t only support Israel with a manifestation but with economical resources as they are used to do, this are the jewish that hide under the holocaust shadow, and live only among their community (family, friends, school, synagogue, film institute…)

Photo: Notimex

The Jewish people claim to know what suffering is after what it happened during the Holocaust, how do they manage to do this harm? Lets remember that Israel was a State created in Palestine only after 1947, and it is how the war for the Holly Land has begun.

 

After the First World War “The Palestine Mandate” was intended to created a national home for the Jewish people. Do religions need a national home?  Imagine if the creation of states depended on religion. A lot of people wouldn’t have a nationality.  They are the foreigners in this country, what was the former Palestine become Israel; they are repeating what the Nazis did them for economic power, now are they doing it for territory, and why there is not intervention? Because Israelis don’t have a global aim, like Hitler did?

 

An what about the holy land, isn’t God omnipresent and omnipotent why are they fighting for a piece of land; do they think they are going to be rewarded afterwards in heaven for killing thousands people for a piece of land? Palestinians don’t even have a nationality, if they are willing to come back they have to do it with an other passport, how crazy is that; Palestine do not exist. 

This war will go on, until the rich and powerful accomplish their aim, impunity! Meanwhile, a lot of people will keep on suffering and the ONU will remain as the ornament it has been in this and other conflicts.