Testominies of children from besieged Palestinian city of Ramallah
co-ordinator of Kahlil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramllah encouraged those children
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tareq el Bakri" <tbakri@hotmail.com>
Dear Friends,
Below find testominies of children from besieged Palestinian city of Ramallah. These testimonies were collected from a group of children 8-12 years old and live in Ramllah. The co-ordinator of Kahlil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramllah (www.sakakini.org) encouraged those children to write their testimonies. The children will continue to give their testominies as long as teh city will remain under occupation.
Tareq
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Saturday, March 30, 2002
My name is Alyyan Zayed, I am 9 years old. I cann't play on my back yard. I cann't step outside of my home front door, because of the curfew. I've hided my toys because I am afraid that the Israeli soldiers will take me away, for having toy guns and toy tanks. I can't even walk to the store to buy candy because of the curfew.
This is a letter from Rana to the whole world:
During this situation my father is faraway. When I first noticed my
sister and mother crying upon watchin TV where the Israeli soldiers are
shoting the arrested men. I imagined my dad might be one of them. I started
crying and crying and after a minute I said to myself why do I cry for,
this is our distiny. My father is a police man and we should resisit. Rana
Burkan, 9years.
I am Lema Zayed, 11 years.
I want to go to school to finish my study this year. I want to be free
during Summer, to go swimming and playing. I want the Israeli soldiers
to leave our land and stop the occupation and stop using these heavy tanks.
We have nothing to confront them by. I don't want them to occupy our schools,
or shelling them.
I am Ahmed Tuqan, I am 7 years old. Since the Intifada had started we started moving from one home to another. Every week we live in a home. The Israelies enter homes and frighten people. When they enter Jrusalem we move to Ramallah and when they enter Ramallah we move to Jerusalem.
Mustafa Mulhem, 8 years: I want to thank the foreign countries for they intend to help the Palestinian children. We are in a very bad and poor situation. Our towns are occupied. I am in Ramallah and we are under a total occupation by the Israeli soldiers and the city is full of tanks and military vehicle. I feel sorry for the dead (martyers) and wounded people, but our hospitals and doctors will protect us.
I am Ala' Jibrin, 12 years. I live in Ramallah in an old house consisted of one room. It doesn't include a bathroom. Our neighbours and us use an outside doors bathroom. It is 30 meters far from our home (room). The Israeli soldiers prevent us from using it, or going to the kitchen which is also outside our home. We cann't even prepare food. We are 8 siblings live in a very difficult situation. We are confused and don't know what to do, if we went out they might shot us. What's more the Israeli soldiers throw their rabbish in front of our house door. They use the bathroom in front of our home door. Light is cut off since yesterday. We are nervous and in a very difficult psychological situation. We ask God, and everyone who has human feelings over this earth to interfer and put an end to this nightmere prevailing over the lives of the Palestinian children.
I am Yanal Zayed, I am 4 years old. I want to swim. I want a home, a house and a window to look through.
I am Sara Atrash, I am 5years, I love you Mom.
Heba Burkan 12 years: we're longing for peace and security. We want love and affection. Give us childhood, and freedom.
Sunday, March 31, 2002
Ahmed Atrash, 8 years: this is a very difficult situation, I got bored. My parents do not allow me to play in the back yard. They don't allow me to watch TV, for they're watching the news. I am sad for the martyres but my sorrow increased when I heared the number of martyres is increasing also. But I am playing with my friends in neighbourhood. My only wish is the Israeli soldiers to get out of my land, and this is the best wish I make to mm population.
Ala' Jibrin, 12 years. While we were sleeping, we heared the sound of broken glass. We peeped through the window and saw the Israeli soldiers breaking cars' glasses and stealing the record players. They broke our car windows. Thank God they didn't steal our record player. On the morning, 15 soldiers entered our home shouting. They turned over the house up side down, arrested my dad, and kept us in our small kitchen, which is located outside the house. I think they took away my dad, because of having a Palestinian flag. We saw them beating up the arrested men very hard. Isn't that terrorism itself, oh my God!
Mizer Jibrin, 15 years. (Ala's brother)
"Unforgettable Pictures"
The Israeli soldiers prevented us from going out to the kitchen or
bathroom. We were in unbelievable situation. Since the bathroom was far
from our home (the room which we live in) my younger sisters used an empty
garbage can. I refused to, and insisted to go to the bathroom outside.
I wanted to front the soldiers, and my parents tried to prevent me, and
due to my insistence they agreed warning me to take care. When I finished
using the bathroom, the soldiers were sorrounding the place and asked me
to rise my hands. One of them pushed me forcely, and started questioning
me: what are you doing, what's your name, how old are you" I answered them,
and they were about to beat me, when my father cried "stop it, stop it,
he is a child went out to use the bathroom". They released me and broke
into our home. They imprisoned my sisters, brothers and me in our small
kitchen. And sabotaged our home. They arrested my father and beat him with
the other men. Then they coverd their heads by plastic bags, taking them
to unknown distination. I experienced the occupation and I will never ever
forget. I want to say stop your occupation, stop your tyranny and stop
your killing, stop..
Alyyan Zayed, 9 years. The Israeli soldiers are killing the young men and frightening the children. They are imprisoning the Palestinian soldiers and killing the pressmen. Support us and protect us.
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