For many years, Palestine was under the control of many countries because of its strategic location and the fact that different religions including. This is what makes the land of the Palestinians under occupation to this day, that what I noticed when I was walking in Tormosayya and Batter, these places are connected of many things, and the most thing common between Tormosayya and Batter that they are under occupation. And one of the examples of these countries is England, when she tried to get out of Palestine, at time they established this Balfour Declaration. This Declaration allowed the Jews to come to this land and occupied it.
England has adopted since the beginning of the twentieth century policy of an entity Jewish politician in Palestine, estimated it would remain subject to the influence and going on satellites and in need of protection and care will be in future operator of the Arabs straining forces and Iorthm abiding concern hamper any attempt at unity among them. Britain and culminated in this policy, the Balfour Declaration, which launched its Foreign Minister at the time. , And it was stated on:
Balfour Declaration:
On November 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressed a letter to Lord Rothschild, one of the leaders of the British Jews, as follows:
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfou."
At that time Jewish occupied Palestine, with all the documents that they can easily take this land forcefully"
At that time Palestinians lives have been changed. The Jewish people started gathering from everywhere to this holly land. They began to build the settlements, and every thing they need for; to control this land. Then they took the land forcefully from their owners
When I was on the way to Tormosayya, I saw many attractive things .
I noticed that nobody walking on the path. I wondered why there’s no body walking? And then I realized that this land surrounded by many settlements. Now I know that people are scared even to walk on the street. They are afraid of weapons and the settlers. We are not safe here even in our streets, in our lands, in our lives, even our actions are limited. I see it, this can be the cause of Palestinian immigration.
And then they always do the best to change the features of this land; to prove that this is their land. They think that this is land without people; because of that they deserve to stay especially in this land, as they explain “people without land, and land without people” this is their argument to stay in this land.
When I saw the settlements, and when I see the Israeli flags every where, it is like they were here more than one hundred years ago. They always seek to a Judaize the land in many ways.
They think that they are better than us, or they are specual for God. Well I believe that they worked so hard to get in this country, and to make everybody think that they have the rights to take our lands and to kill us, by telling people that we scare from them. And kill them,
but everyone on this earth with a brain that notice that they start every time to humiliate and scare and kill us too. I believe that when someone hit you or take something of your posseions, you have to convince him, but what if he does not respond, then the only thing left to do is to take this land, exactly like they took it from us.
I do not mean to kill them as they deal with us ( our grand fathers ), what I mean is, that if someone take a thing from you, and you do nothing: then you are nothing and you do not deserve to take back what is yours.
When I see our lands and mountains are occupied, I feel that there is something in my mind. I do not know what it is? But it is hard to see things should belong to you, with another hands, with another control. What if I want to swim at the dead sea, I want to pray at Al-Aqsa, you know what, I totally cant.
Why always our rights are not complete? And why we can not move freely in our land? They are dealing with us like we are less than them.
At that day, I remembered my original land that calls “DEIR TAREEF”, and what my grandfather told me about it. He said, that, “we had many orange trees and olive trees also.” Then I started drawing images in my mind. I think that I prefer to be a villager and farmer more than to live in a city among many technologies, and to eat what I do not farm, I do not prefer. I wish if I had a small house beside my trees, and my family is around me as well. And live peacefully.
In a positive note, when I was in a trip with my friends, I noticed that people in “TURMUSAYYA” have strong relations between them, they help each other if someone needs a help or anything they will do their best to give a help.
I saw that the buildings there are close to each other, which makes you feel that there is a good and strong relation with your neighbour. It is as if everyone there is part of a big and understood family. This is also in every cities and villages in Palestine. And I like that how they are treating each other, and how they are living in a simple way. But what make me feel sad that when I saw the villages how it was separated and this is what occupation did.
الجمعة، 28 مايو 2010
الأربعاء، 26 مايو 2010
The Occupation:
For many years, Palestine was under the control of many countries because of its strategic location and the fact that different religions including. This is what makes the land of the Palestinians under occupation to this day. And one of the examples of these countries is England, when she tried to get out of Palestine, at time they established this Balfour Declaration. This Declaration allowed the Jews to come to this land and occupied it. I took two walks, and this is how they are connected:
England has adopted since the beginning of the twentieth century policy of an entity Jewish politician in Palestine, estimated it would remain subject to the influence and going on satellites and in need of protection and care will be in future operator of the Arabs straining forces and Iorthm abiding concern hamper any attempt at unity among them. Britain and culminated in this policy, the Balfour Declaration, which launched its Foreign Minister at the time. , And it was stated on:
Balfour Declaration:
On November 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressed a letter to Lord Rothschild, one of the leaders of the British Jews, as follows:
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfou."
At that time Jewish has occupied Palestine, with all the documents that they can easily take this land forcefully"
At that time Palestinians life has been changed. The Jewish people started to gather from everywhere to this holly land. They began to build the settlements, and every think they need for; to control this land. Then they took the land forcefully from their owners
When I was on the way to Tormosayya, I saw many attractive things .
I noticed that nobody walking on the path. I wondered why there’s no body walking? And then I realized that this land surrounded by many of settlements. Now I know that people are scared even to walk on the street. They are afraid of weapons and the settlers. We are not safe here even on our streets, in our lands, in our lives, even our actions are limited. As I see it, this can be a cause of immigration.
And then they always do the best to change the features of this land; to prove that this is their land. They think that this is land without people; because of that they deserve to stay especially in this land, as they explain “people without land, and land without people” this is their argument to stay in this land.
It saddens me more than any thing else, when I saw the settlements, and when I see the Israeli flags every where, like they were here more than one hundred years ago. They always seek to a Judaize the land in many ways.
They think that they are better than us, god has specialized them. Well I believe that they worked so hard to get in this country, and to make everybody think that they have the rights to take our lands and to kill us, by telling people that we scare them. And kill them, but everyone at this earth with a brain will notice that they start every time to humiliate and scare and kill us too. I believe that when someone hit u or take something of your stuff, you have to convince him, but what if he does not respond, then the only thing left to do is to take it exactly like he took it from you. I don’t mean to kill them as they did with us ( our grand fathers ), what I mean is, that if someone took a thing from you, and then you did nothing, then you are nothing and you don’t deserve to take back what’s yours.
When I see our lands and mountains are occupied, I feel that there is something in my mind, I don’t know what it is, but its hard to see things should belong to you, in another hands, in another control, what if I want to swim at the dead sea, I want to pray at Al-Aqsa, you know what, I totally cant, maybe am going to kill the fishes. Why always our rights are not complete? And why we can not moving freely in our land? They are dealing with us like we are less than them.
At that day I remembered my original land which calls “DEIR TAREEF”, and what my grandfather told me about it, he said that we had many orange trees and olive trees also, and then I started to draw images in my mind. I think that I prefer to be a villager and farmer more than to live in a city which has many technologies. And to eat what I do not farm, and I do not prefer. I wish if I have a small house beside my trees, and my family is around me as well. And live peacefully.
On a postive note, when I was in a trip with my friends, I noticed that people in “TURMUSAYYA” have strong relations between them, they help each other if someone needs a help or anything they will do their best to give a help.
I saw that the buildings there are close to each other, which makes you feel that there is a good and strong relation with your neighbour. It is as if everyone there is part of a big and understood family. This is also in every cities and villages in Palestine. And I like that how they were treating each other, and how they living in a simple way. But what make me feel sad that when I saw the villages how it was separated and this is what occupation did.
England has adopted since the beginning of the twentieth century policy of an entity Jewish politician in Palestine, estimated it would remain subject to the influence and going on satellites and in need of protection and care will be in future operator of the Arabs straining forces and Iorthm abiding concern hamper any attempt at unity among them. Britain and culminated in this policy, the Balfour Declaration, which launched its Foreign Minister at the time. , And it was stated on:
Balfour Declaration:
On November 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressed a letter to Lord Rothschild, one of the leaders of the British Jews, as follows:
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation.
Yours sincerely,
Arthur James Balfou."
At that time Jewish has occupied Palestine, with all the documents that they can easily take this land forcefully"
At that time Palestinians life has been changed. The Jewish people started to gather from everywhere to this holly land. They began to build the settlements, and every think they need for; to control this land. Then they took the land forcefully from their owners
When I was on the way to Tormosayya, I saw many attractive things .
I noticed that nobody walking on the path. I wondered why there’s no body walking? And then I realized that this land surrounded by many of settlements. Now I know that people are scared even to walk on the street. They are afraid of weapons and the settlers. We are not safe here even on our streets, in our lands, in our lives, even our actions are limited. As I see it, this can be a cause of immigration.
And then they always do the best to change the features of this land; to prove that this is their land. They think that this is land without people; because of that they deserve to stay especially in this land, as they explain “people without land, and land without people” this is their argument to stay in this land.
It saddens me more than any thing else, when I saw the settlements, and when I see the Israeli flags every where, like they were here more than one hundred years ago. They always seek to a Judaize the land in many ways.
They think that they are better than us, god has specialized them. Well I believe that they worked so hard to get in this country, and to make everybody think that they have the rights to take our lands and to kill us, by telling people that we scare them. And kill them, but everyone at this earth with a brain will notice that they start every time to humiliate and scare and kill us too. I believe that when someone hit u or take something of your stuff, you have to convince him, but what if he does not respond, then the only thing left to do is to take it exactly like he took it from you. I don’t mean to kill them as they did with us ( our grand fathers ), what I mean is, that if someone took a thing from you, and then you did nothing, then you are nothing and you don’t deserve to take back what’s yours.
When I see our lands and mountains are occupied, I feel that there is something in my mind, I don’t know what it is, but its hard to see things should belong to you, in another hands, in another control, what if I want to swim at the dead sea, I want to pray at Al-Aqsa, you know what, I totally cant, maybe am going to kill the fishes. Why always our rights are not complete? And why we can not moving freely in our land? They are dealing with us like we are less than them.
At that day I remembered my original land which calls “DEIR TAREEF”, and what my grandfather told me about it, he said that we had many orange trees and olive trees also, and then I started to draw images in my mind. I think that I prefer to be a villager and farmer more than to live in a city which has many technologies. And to eat what I do not farm, and I do not prefer. I wish if I have a small house beside my trees, and my family is around me as well. And live peacefully.
On a postive note, when I was in a trip with my friends, I noticed that people in “TURMUSAYYA” have strong relations between them, they help each other if someone needs a help or anything they will do their best to give a help.
I saw that the buildings there are close to each other, which makes you feel that there is a good and strong relation with your neighbour. It is as if everyone there is part of a big and understood family. This is also in every cities and villages in Palestine. And I like that how they were treating each other, and how they living in a simple way. But what make me feel sad that when I saw the villages how it was separated and this is what occupation did.
الجمعة، 7 مايو 2010
Ill-fated Day
On November 2, 1917, Arthur Balfour, Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressed a letter to Lord Rothschild, one of the leaders of the British Jews, as follows:
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” At that time Jewish has occupied Palestine, with all the documents that they can easily take this land forcefully.
What does occupation mean? It means control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
At that time Palestinians life has been changed. The Jewish people started to gather from everywhere to this holly land. They began to build the settlements, and every think they need for; to control this land. Then they took the land forcefully from their owners
When I was on the way to Tormosayya, I see many things, that attractive me.
I noticed that nobody walking in the bath. I wondered why there’s no body walking? And then I realized that this land surrounded by many of settlements. Now I know that people are scared even to walk on the street. They are afraid of weapons and the settlers. No safe here even on our streets, in our lands, in our lives, also that our actions are limited. As I think, this can be a cause of immigration.
And then they always do the best to change the features of this land; to prove that they have a proof that this is their land. They think that this is land without people; because of that they deserve to stay especially in this land, as they explain “people without land, and land without people” this is their argument to stay in this land.
It saddens me more than any thing else, when I saw the settlements, and when I see the Israelian flags every where, like they were here more than one hundred years ago. They always seek to a Judaize the land in many ways.
They think that they are better than us, god has specialized them
Well i believe that they worked so HARD to get in this country, and to make everybody think that they have the rights to take our lands and to kill us, by telling people that we scare them. And kill them
But everyone at this earth have a brain will notice that they start every time to humiliate and scare and kill us also
I believe that when someone hit u or take something of your stuff, you have to convince him, but what to do if he don’t respond, then the only thing left
To do is to take it exactly like he took it from you
I don’t mean to kill them as they did with us ( our grand fathers ), what I mean is, that if someone took a thing from you, and then you did nothing, then you are nothing and u don’t deserve to take back what’s yours.
When I see our lands and mountains are occupied, I feel that there is something in my mind, I don’t know what it is, but its hard to see things should belong to you, in another hands, in another control, what if I want to swim at the dead sea, I want to pray at ALQSA, you know what, I totally cant, maybe am going to kill the fishes. Why always our rights are not complete? And why we can not moving freely in our land? They are dealing with us like we are less than them.
At that day I remembered my original land which calls “DEIR TAREEF”, and what my grandfather told me about it, he said that we had many of orange trees and olive trees also, and then I started to draw images in my mind. I think that I prefer to be a villager and farmer more than to live in a city which has many technologies. And to eat what I do not farm, and I do not prefer. I wish if I have a small house beside my trees, and my family is around me as well. And live peacefully.
But let’s look to a bright side, lets talk about a good thing, when I was in a trip with my friends, I noticed that people in “TURMUSAYYA” have strong relations between them, they help each other if someone needs a help or anything they will do their best to give a help.
I saw buildings there are close to each other, makes you feel that there is a good and strong relation with your neighbour, sound like everyone they is a part of a big and understood family. This is also in every cities and villages in Palestine. And I like that how they were treating each other, and how they living in a simple way.
“I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet: His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.” At that time Jewish has occupied Palestine, with all the documents that they can easily take this land forcefully.
What does occupation mean? It means control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
At that time Palestinians life has been changed. The Jewish people started to gather from everywhere to this holly land. They began to build the settlements, and every think they need for; to control this land. Then they took the land forcefully from their owners
When I was on the way to Tormosayya, I see many things, that attractive me.
I noticed that nobody walking in the bath. I wondered why there’s no body walking? And then I realized that this land surrounded by many of settlements. Now I know that people are scared even to walk on the street. They are afraid of weapons and the settlers. No safe here even on our streets, in our lands, in our lives, also that our actions are limited. As I think, this can be a cause of immigration.
And then they always do the best to change the features of this land; to prove that they have a proof that this is their land. They think that this is land without people; because of that they deserve to stay especially in this land, as they explain “people without land, and land without people” this is their argument to stay in this land.
It saddens me more than any thing else, when I saw the settlements, and when I see the Israelian flags every where, like they were here more than one hundred years ago. They always seek to a Judaize the land in many ways.
They think that they are better than us, god has specialized them
Well i believe that they worked so HARD to get in this country, and to make everybody think that they have the rights to take our lands and to kill us, by telling people that we scare them. And kill them
But everyone at this earth have a brain will notice that they start every time to humiliate and scare and kill us also
I believe that when someone hit u or take something of your stuff, you have to convince him, but what to do if he don’t respond, then the only thing left
To do is to take it exactly like he took it from you
I don’t mean to kill them as they did with us ( our grand fathers ), what I mean is, that if someone took a thing from you, and then you did nothing, then you are nothing and u don’t deserve to take back what’s yours.
When I see our lands and mountains are occupied, I feel that there is something in my mind, I don’t know what it is, but its hard to see things should belong to you, in another hands, in another control, what if I want to swim at the dead sea, I want to pray at ALQSA, you know what, I totally cant, maybe am going to kill the fishes. Why always our rights are not complete? And why we can not moving freely in our land? They are dealing with us like we are less than them.
At that day I remembered my original land which calls “DEIR TAREEF”, and what my grandfather told me about it, he said that we had many of orange trees and olive trees also, and then I started to draw images in my mind. I think that I prefer to be a villager and farmer more than to live in a city which has many technologies. And to eat what I do not farm, and I do not prefer. I wish if I have a small house beside my trees, and my family is around me as well. And live peacefully.
But let’s look to a bright side, lets talk about a good thing, when I was in a trip with my friends, I noticed that people in “TURMUSAYYA” have strong relations between them, they help each other if someone needs a help or anything they will do their best to give a help.
I saw buildings there are close to each other, makes you feel that there is a good and strong relation with your neighbour, sound like everyone they is a part of a big and understood family. This is also in every cities and villages in Palestine. And I like that how they were treating each other, and how they living in a simple way.
الخميس، 29 أبريل 2010
Describe the Beauty
Turmosayya is the Municipality in Palestine in the West Bank belongs to the Ramallah and Al Bireh area of eighteen square meters away from the city of Ramallah. 22 kilo meters to the north-east and is located in the middle between them and the city of Nablus. on the main line linking the two cities. Rises 720 meters above sea level, surrounded by the territory of the villages changer, Jalud, Sinjil, farm East, and Abu Falah. Estimated population in 1922 of approximately (707) people, and in 1945 (960) people, and in 1967 the number was (1562) people, and in 1987 (2636) people, and in 1996 rose to 3241 people (without migrants). Halel total population of about 10000 people, of whom about 4500 live in the Diaspora and distributed between the United States of America, Panama, Brazil, Jordan and Arab countries and Latin around the world.
Urban area of about 2250 acres and a total area of 17.600 acres and the most important crops also olive trees, figs, grapes and almonds, it is known that the lands of the village aware of the lupine is the cessation of the shrine of the Prophet Moses. Drink from a spring of water located in the south is weak at a distance of one kilometer in the village schools for the various stages. There’s a lot of beautiful places in it, like mountains and feeds and farms, you will enjoy when walking in it.
In the morning, when we were walking in tormosaya, I felt the soft gentle breeze caressed my face and cool my body. The breeze is simply beautiful and nature gives it free to me. Actually nature gives this free to everyone, but it seems that not everyone is aware of this.
Sometimes the sky is immensely blue. White silvery clouds glide almost imperceptibly against it. The clouds are never the same as they change their shapes continuously. These things are more beauty that I perceive around me.
When the sky turns black with thick heavy clouds, a distance curtain of falling rain can be seen. It appears as though some unseen hand is pouring water onto the land to nourish it. The sight is beautiful and it makes me feel closer to the beauty of the Earth.
The air is crisp and cool. Birds come out and sing out their joy to life. I sing too as I frolic on barefoot on the cool wet grass beside my house. The drogs croak joyfully. Even the insects seem to buzz and shriek louder. I am sure they are all singing about how beautiful life is. Indeed it is.
I return my house. Something inside me has been touched by the beauty of nature. I feel good. I go to sleep with the beautiful feeling inside me.
Urban area of about 2250 acres and a total area of 17.600 acres and the most important crops also olive trees, figs, grapes and almonds, it is known that the lands of the village aware of the lupine is the cessation of the shrine of the Prophet Moses. Drink from a spring of water located in the south is weak at a distance of one kilometer in the village schools for the various stages. There’s a lot of beautiful places in it, like mountains and feeds and farms, you will enjoy when walking in it.
In the morning, when we were walking in tormosaya, I felt the soft gentle breeze caressed my face and cool my body. The breeze is simply beautiful and nature gives it free to me. Actually nature gives this free to everyone, but it seems that not everyone is aware of this.
Sometimes the sky is immensely blue. White silvery clouds glide almost imperceptibly against it. The clouds are never the same as they change their shapes continuously. These things are more beauty that I perceive around me.
When the sky turns black with thick heavy clouds, a distance curtain of falling rain can be seen. It appears as though some unseen hand is pouring water onto the land to nourish it. The sight is beautiful and it makes me feel closer to the beauty of the Earth.
The air is crisp and cool. Birds come out and sing out their joy to life. I sing too as I frolic on barefoot on the cool wet grass beside my house. The drogs croak joyfully. Even the insects seem to buzz and shriek louder. I am sure they are all singing about how beautiful life is. Indeed it is.
I return my house. Something inside me has been touched by the beauty of nature. I feel good. I go to sleep with the beautiful feeling inside me.
الأربعاء، 28 أبريل 2010
Learning through walking
When I went with my teacher and my friends to walk from Beit Jala to Bittir it was very interesting. It was a great experience I had. , In this walk I want to talk about Bettir. The first step of this walk, was that all the students gathered in order to go on our walk and then we met up with our teacher and began from there.
We started walking in the mountain of Bttir. A thought came to my mind about the landscape and its beauty.
I asked myself why I did not spend more time in my whole land. I always wonder why the Jews took the mountains, but now I understood why.
My life time journey in the valley of battir, it was the first time I see these places and notice its beauty, it's the feeling of heaven, and now I know why Jews settled in Palestinian territories.
“the Israelis , with an eye on security and military advantage , took the hilltops. this is why the settlement stand out .one can tell ,by looking at the hills ,a Jewish settlement from a Palestinian village.” Palestinian walks pg 161
When I observed the landscape and it’s beauty, I wanted to cry, I thought about Aslo Accord , in any case how did it help the Palestinians .And then in every step I begin to think about the imaginary , in each step I wonder if this is freedom. Why are our steps countable, why are our steps limited?
Cannot observe the land of our grandparents.
“Saba turned to me and said: " I have always known it the Israeli plan is to confine all of us in reservation in preparation for our eventual expulsion .just as they did in 1948” Palestinian walks pg 147
Plants so many, green, yellow and red, so wonderful .I could see this beauty every day its really the best relief for one’s soul, It’s a therapy for one’s soul to purify all the thought’s. Surrounded by all this beauty and nature.
As I walk among the rocks, I want to see the largest stone over there, to I shout at the top of my voice and say this is our land we are here, and then I was crying at the same time the air cleared my tears from my eyes, and I imagined him telling me, do not cry, you have to be strong to return this land to its owners, and you see the trees tell me that we bear all the odds, because we know that one day all the suffering would end , and the sun shines again. After I wiped my tears and laugh, because I felt Bloml again, and continued my journey.
“the settlements which had been at the heart of our struggle against the occupation were all around us , Israel was continuing to expand them and establish new ones on our land .” Palestinian walks pg 102
Whenever I see flowers, trees, and stone, you see through them, the suffering of the Palestinian people, and history of the Palestinian people, and after I saw the signs were present on the e rocks and trees are everywhere, I wonder what this means for the signals, and then I decided to ask a teacher about it, I went and I asked him, and he replied that it’s marks left behind from Israeli settlers, I'm stunned ,because when Israeli came to Palestine we gave them shelter and food.
And then I went to walk alone, because I do not want anyone to distract my thoughts, especially because I was talking with stones and trees, because humiliated anyone saw me talking with trees, plants and stones, will think is that I am crazy, for I know inside that I I'm doing is not mad, because everything is in the land has a story and a past, and that is when I look at trees and rocks I'm trying to read and know the story and the Forestry ..
And then we stopped to eat, ate and continued the journey, and then transplanting have brought olive trees because we want to grow this transplanting in the ground, we are looking for a suitable place in the land for agriculture, and my friends and I found a suitable place for agriculture, so we started digging in the ground , and then put seedling in the pit, and we covered in the dust, and wrote our names on it, and then planted another tree and another, and so I felt that I worked for something fixed, and I was proud of it a lot.
And then we took a break for rest, because we were very tired, my friend and I sat on a rock, and we talked about the journey, which has affected us too, and Wish if we can live in this nature, like heaven.
Now it's time to go to home, but I felt so sad because I want to stay more than this here, I want to observe more , I want to walk more than this, Unfortunately I cant do all of this because I cant stay here alone….
By the way, we went to the bus station to take taxi to go home, we took taxi from battir to Bethlehem , And we decided to walk in the streets of Bethlehem, and then we went on the Church of the Resurrection (Knesset alqyameh), and then came the bus which will take us from Bethlehem to Ramallah ....
“as soon as we left the taxi that brought us down close to wide Qelt we found ourselves almost running over the hills ,which were like a brown tapestry . we felt euphoric. being stuck in Ramallah , surrounded as it was with checkpoints at every exit , the experience o open space, whit no walls , no barriers and a wide open sky , made us giddy with joy.” Palestinian walks pg 138
and on the road to Ramallah in the bus, I was thinking about everything that has happened in this trip, the trip was a perfect and beautiful trip I learned a lot from it.
In the moment of times i remembered my original town, I mean from where I am.
It’s a place called DEER TARIF, I don’t know this town after the sixty seven war we been extinguished for our land, our homeland.
I wish one day I could tell my kids, about the land my grandparent’s grew up in.
We started walking in the mountain of Bttir. A thought came to my mind about the landscape and its beauty.
I asked myself why I did not spend more time in my whole land. I always wonder why the Jews took the mountains, but now I understood why.
My life time journey in the valley of battir, it was the first time I see these places and notice its beauty, it's the feeling of heaven, and now I know why Jews settled in Palestinian territories.
“the Israelis , with an eye on security and military advantage , took the hilltops. this is why the settlement stand out .one can tell ,by looking at the hills ,a Jewish settlement from a Palestinian village.” Palestinian walks pg 161
When I observed the landscape and it’s beauty, I wanted to cry, I thought about Aslo Accord , in any case how did it help the Palestinians .And then in every step I begin to think about the imaginary , in each step I wonder if this is freedom. Why are our steps countable, why are our steps limited?
Cannot observe the land of our grandparents.
“Saba turned to me and said: " I have always known it the Israeli plan is to confine all of us in reservation in preparation for our eventual expulsion .just as they did in 1948” Palestinian walks pg 147
Plants so many, green, yellow and red, so wonderful .I could see this beauty every day its really the best relief for one’s soul, It’s a therapy for one’s soul to purify all the thought’s. Surrounded by all this beauty and nature.
As I walk among the rocks, I want to see the largest stone over there, to I shout at the top of my voice and say this is our land we are here, and then I was crying at the same time the air cleared my tears from my eyes, and I imagined him telling me, do not cry, you have to be strong to return this land to its owners, and you see the trees tell me that we bear all the odds, because we know that one day all the suffering would end , and the sun shines again. After I wiped my tears and laugh, because I felt Bloml again, and continued my journey.
“the settlements which had been at the heart of our struggle against the occupation were all around us , Israel was continuing to expand them and establish new ones on our land .” Palestinian walks pg 102
Whenever I see flowers, trees, and stone, you see through them, the suffering of the Palestinian people, and history of the Palestinian people, and after I saw the signs were present on the e rocks and trees are everywhere, I wonder what this means for the signals, and then I decided to ask a teacher about it, I went and I asked him, and he replied that it’s marks left behind from Israeli settlers, I'm stunned ,because when Israeli came to Palestine we gave them shelter and food.
And then I went to walk alone, because I do not want anyone to distract my thoughts, especially because I was talking with stones and trees, because humiliated anyone saw me talking with trees, plants and stones, will think is that I am crazy, for I know inside that I I'm doing is not mad, because everything is in the land has a story and a past, and that is when I look at trees and rocks I'm trying to read and know the story and the Forestry ..
And then we stopped to eat, ate and continued the journey, and then transplanting have brought olive trees because we want to grow this transplanting in the ground, we are looking for a suitable place in the land for agriculture, and my friends and I found a suitable place for agriculture, so we started digging in the ground , and then put seedling in the pit, and we covered in the dust, and wrote our names on it, and then planted another tree and another, and so I felt that I worked for something fixed, and I was proud of it a lot.
And then we took a break for rest, because we were very tired, my friend and I sat on a rock, and we talked about the journey, which has affected us too, and Wish if we can live in this nature, like heaven.
Now it's time to go to home, but I felt so sad because I want to stay more than this here, I want to observe more , I want to walk more than this, Unfortunately I cant do all of this because I cant stay here alone….
By the way, we went to the bus station to take taxi to go home, we took taxi from battir to Bethlehem , And we decided to walk in the streets of Bethlehem, and then we went on the Church of the Resurrection (Knesset alqyameh), and then came the bus which will take us from Bethlehem to Ramallah ....
“as soon as we left the taxi that brought us down close to wide Qelt we found ourselves almost running over the hills ,which were like a brown tapestry . we felt euphoric. being stuck in Ramallah , surrounded as it was with checkpoints at every exit , the experience o open space, whit no walls , no barriers and a wide open sky , made us giddy with joy.” Palestinian walks pg 138
and on the road to Ramallah in the bus, I was thinking about everything that has happened in this trip, the trip was a perfect and beautiful trip I learned a lot from it.
In the moment of times i remembered my original town, I mean from where I am.
It’s a place called DEER TARIF, I don’t know this town after the sixty seven war we been extinguished for our land, our homeland.
I wish one day I could tell my kids, about the land my grandparent’s grew up in.
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