Friday, July 14, 2006
woah
So I woke up this morning at 9 am, made myself some earl grey and went to my computer to read the news before checking my email and starting my day.
Israel was bombing the hell out of Beirut.
My little sister was in Beirut.
I flew into panic mode as I started calling my mom, dad, brother, sister, grandmother, second cousin three times removed etc.
My father had arranged a driver to get her to Syria from where she could fly back to Doha. Then they bombed "Il b'a3" (on the road to Syria) so the driver turned around and deposited her back in my grandmother's house. The important thing was, she wasn't scared- and the plan was to leave the next morning at 5 am, so I calmed down a little after talking to her and listening to her complain about how she wasn't allowed to go hang out downtown.
Around 3 am Beirut time, the Israeli army launched an offensive on a bridge in Southern Beirut and electric power stations. I called my sister. She was FREAKING OUT. Israeli fighter jets were flying low over the city, breaking the sound barrier. My grandmother's building was shaking and she could hear the bombs, which were falling very close by. My sister was terrified.
She's a little princess from Doha- what the FUCK does she know about war? I spent a good hour trying to explain what was happening in Beirut, and why. She responded with "That's it? That's what this is all about? Oh my God, they are supposed to be grown men. They are so immature".
Anyway, my sister finally (ilhamdulillah) crossed the border into Syria an hour ago, where she will have lunch at some relatives of ours house (of course, she has never met them) and will then get on a plane back to Doha (inshallah).
I have been alternating between blind rage, sadness, and worry all day. Israel has gone too fucking far this time. Its collective fucking punishment. And it was my little sister. It was personal, and it hit home and it just isn't fucking cool.
I ended up spending the night painting the walls of my living room so as not to go insane, and redialling her phone number every 10 minutes all the way until she had crossed the border.
15, 000 GCC citizens evacuated Beirut yesterday. Every time they rebuild that city, Israel tears it down. Every Israeli life is worth dozens, if not hundreds of Arab lives. I'm SO angry.
No doubt Palestinians are mad- fuck, they've put with this shit longer than anybody. If anybody had to constantly live with the feelings I had surging through me today, damn right they should be a raving lunatic. The situation in Palestine is of course many times graver than anything I experienced today.
.. and of course, our good friend George Dubya Bush- I watched him on the news telling the world that "Israel has a right to defend herself". You know, from my fifteen year old sister and her sinister, terroristic ways.
Israel was bombing the hell out of Beirut.
My little sister was in Beirut.
I flew into panic mode as I started calling my mom, dad, brother, sister, grandmother, second cousin three times removed etc.
My father had arranged a driver to get her to Syria from where she could fly back to Doha. Then they bombed "Il b'a3" (on the road to Syria) so the driver turned around and deposited her back in my grandmother's house. The important thing was, she wasn't scared- and the plan was to leave the next morning at 5 am, so I calmed down a little after talking to her and listening to her complain about how she wasn't allowed to go hang out downtown.
Around 3 am Beirut time, the Israeli army launched an offensive on a bridge in Southern Beirut and electric power stations. I called my sister. She was FREAKING OUT. Israeli fighter jets were flying low over the city, breaking the sound barrier. My grandmother's building was shaking and she could hear the bombs, which were falling very close by. My sister was terrified.
She's a little princess from Doha- what the FUCK does she know about war? I spent a good hour trying to explain what was happening in Beirut, and why. She responded with "That's it? That's what this is all about? Oh my God, they are supposed to be grown men. They are so immature".
Anyway, my sister finally (ilhamdulillah) crossed the border into Syria an hour ago, where she will have lunch at some relatives of ours house (of course, she has never met them) and will then get on a plane back to Doha (inshallah).
I have been alternating between blind rage, sadness, and worry all day. Israel has gone too fucking far this time. Its collective fucking punishment. And it was my little sister. It was personal, and it hit home and it just isn't fucking cool.
I ended up spending the night painting the walls of my living room so as not to go insane, and redialling her phone number every 10 minutes all the way until she had crossed the border.
15, 000 GCC citizens evacuated Beirut yesterday. Every time they rebuild that city, Israel tears it down. Every Israeli life is worth dozens, if not hundreds of Arab lives. I'm SO angry.
No doubt Palestinians are mad- fuck, they've put with this shit longer than anybody. If anybody had to constantly live with the feelings I had surging through me today, damn right they should be a raving lunatic. The situation in Palestine is of course many times graver than anything I experienced today.
.. and of course, our good friend George Dubya Bush- I watched him on the news telling the world that "Israel has a right to defend herself". You know, from my fifteen year old sister and her sinister, terroristic ways.
# posted by confused arab chick @ 3:09 AM 
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I'm glad she got out safely ...and the tight-mouthed declaration from Dubya last night annoyed me intensely ...but as you said, to the Israeli government, every Israeli life IS worth hundreds of Arab lives, so I hope that Hesbollah have the sense not to kill the two hostages they're holding...
el7amdella 3ala salamat ur sis.. i had a lot of friends there too,, it took them a whole day to flee the country! the world is insane!!!! but then again, who cares about the arabs?!!!
POET
POET
My closest friend's entire family is holidaying in Lebanon, and now they are stuck there and my friend is slowly going insane....
Your sis is lucky.
Israel has gone too far this time. I wonder what is going to happen next..
Your sis is lucky.
Israel has gone too far this time. I wonder what is going to happen next..
I second poet on what she said ... I know people who are still stuck at the borders, some have alreadey gone thorough and others who are still there, and well civilians who have no choice but to endure whats going on ... ISRAEL HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF ? R U KIDDING ME?
WHAT KIND OF SICK TWISTED RULE IS THIS, HOW CAN ISRAEL HAVE THAT RIGHT, BUT IT SOMEHOW DOESN'T APPLY TO OTHERS, BUT RATHER, TURNED TO A BARBARIC AND UNCIVILISED TERRORIST ACT. Tell me, how in the world Could that statement make sense.
WHAT KIND OF SICK TWISTED RULE IS THIS, HOW CAN ISRAEL HAVE THAT RIGHT, BUT IT SOMEHOW DOESN'T APPLY TO OTHERS, BUT RATHER, TURNED TO A BARBARIC AND UNCIVILISED TERRORIST ACT. Tell me, how in the world Could that statement make sense.
7amdillah 3ala salamaet your sister...
hope all is good now..
Most ppl keep on saying that Israel has taken it too far this time, But thats what the ppl that were affected by them kept on saying for 50 years plus..
we only think they have taken it too far this time cause it touched ourt familis and friends..
Who am i angry at, not the israelians, not Bush.. I'm angry at us the arabs n the ppl that can do but aren't doing anything..
G
hope all is good now..
Most ppl keep on saying that Israel has taken it too far this time, But thats what the ppl that were affected by them kept on saying for 50 years plus..
we only think they have taken it too far this time cause it touched ourt familis and friends..
Who am i angry at, not the israelians, not Bush.. I'm angry at us the arabs n the ppl that can do but aren't doing anything..
G
mise,
thanks. I was going to punch the TV when I was watching bush.
poet,
thanks. Shit happens, I suppose.
cat,
Israel went too far when it deprived 750, 000 Palestinians of a home-land. Israel went too far when it burned the Sinai. Israel went too far when it burnt Beirut the first time around.. you know what the difference is this time? There are tourists involved. Oh, and they have to find something to stick on Syria.. watch and see.
no herione,
i shit you not.
degoat,
thanks. i'm angry because I feel helpless.. And any guy/girl who goes to Beirut to fight in order to stop feeling helpess.. will be labelled a... guesses? yup- you got it. Terrorist.
thanks. I was going to punch the TV when I was watching bush.
poet,
thanks. Shit happens, I suppose.
cat,
Israel went too far when it deprived 750, 000 Palestinians of a home-land. Israel went too far when it burned the Sinai. Israel went too far when it burnt Beirut the first time around.. you know what the difference is this time? There are tourists involved. Oh, and they have to find something to stick on Syria.. watch and see.
no herione,
i shit you not.
degoat,
thanks. i'm angry because I feel helpless.. And any guy/girl who goes to Beirut to fight in order to stop feeling helpess.. will be labelled a... guesses? yup- you got it. Terrorist.
I am happy for you that your sister got out safely....however...have you ever heard of the straw that broke the camels back? israel does not want to live in terror anymore that cafe's, restaurants, buses and trains will explode, or fear that any of there citizens will be kidnapped, and killed. It was only two soldiers that were taken by hezbollah, but thats all that was needed to tip over the glass...
# posted by 
: Thu Jul 20, 02:46:00 AM
: Thu Jul 20, 02:46:00 AM
anon,
quite frankly- im beyond caring what broke who's back. Israel is devastating Lebanon in attempt to break all hope for recovery from this "military campain" (war) by humiliating residents and ruining all remanants of infrastructure. No, it is not justified. No, it is not ok. But it doesn't matter, because Israel doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks.
The sad thing is, it has probably never been easier to recruit angry Arab guys to blow shit up- and this time, sympathy will be diffifult to find for most people.
quite frankly- im beyond caring what broke who's back. Israel is devastating Lebanon in attempt to break all hope for recovery from this "military campain" (war) by humiliating residents and ruining all remanants of infrastructure. No, it is not justified. No, it is not ok. But it doesn't matter, because Israel doesn't care what the rest of the world thinks.
The sad thing is, it has probably never been easier to recruit angry Arab guys to blow shit up- and this time, sympathy will be diffifult to find for most people.
"Israel has gone too far this time" insinuates they have done this in the past. As far as I can tell, Israel creates art and music and improves the rest of the world for everyone. What does Lebanon or Iran or Iraq or Syria or any of those other middle east countries create? They pump oil that the US taught them how to pull from the Earth. What else? figs and sand. Just keep blaming Israel for all the worlds problems.
You can tell when there is freedom and democracy by how many past retired politicians and leaders (or in the Arab's case, despots and rulers) live in the land they once served. You wont find ANY in the region aside from Israel. Just leave them alone and there wont be any trouble.
If the Palestinians would lay down their rockets and mortars, there would be no more fighting. If Israel layed down their weapons, there would be no more Israel.
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You can tell when there is freedom and democracy by how many past retired politicians and leaders (or in the Arab's case, despots and rulers) live in the land they once served. You wont find ANY in the region aside from Israel. Just leave them alone and there wont be any trouble.
If the Palestinians would lay down their rockets and mortars, there would be no more fighting. If Israel layed down their weapons, there would be no more Israel.
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