Imaginary Hugs in Palestine
One of my New Year’s wishes is for the Israeli/Palestinian conflict to be resolved and for peace and prosperity for the Palestinians and the return of their land. If there is a God…….I wish he’d help these people.
This is from Rami Almeghari who resides in the Gaza Strip and writes for International Middle East Media Center
I am writing this piece with tears falling from my eyes. You know I am a Palestinian, you must know my friends from the West Bank are Palestinians as well. But you also must know, we have never seen each other. You know we are from the same country, but we have not met. And you know we have just talked on the phone.
I hope you know that we have gotten to know each other and become friends over the last couple of years, and you know we have contributed many articles to IMEMC.org. You know that we have smiled, cried and sighed together.
But today, I am crying alone, you know. My friends Saed from Beit Sahour and Jenka (a very good American woman) are leaving for the States, where Jenka is living. The young couple have eventually decided to leave Palestine, seeking a new life with no military occupation, no Apartheid Wall, no checkpoints, no bypass routes, no restrictions on roads.
Saed, Jenka and Rami (Me) have never seen or met each other in person since we began working together for the past couple of years, even though we all live in the same country (Palestine). But unfortunately for our friendship, the young couple are based in the West Bank and I, Rami Almeghari, am based in the Gaza Strip.
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