In 1948 my family was forced out of their home in Ras Abu Ammar, and they were put into an overcrowded refugee camp on the West Bank. Then the Israelis destroyed our village. I don't really understand why they needed to do this. To tell me that I'm no good in their eyes? That there is nothing I can do anyway? I'm used to it.
People say that we should just settle for having the West Bank and Gaza as our free Palestinian state, but what about the refugees? What about me? Even if this is a bad place to live (and my grandmother won't let me forget that), the Deheisheh refugee camp is still my home. I have lived here all my life and even though it would be grand to go somewhere better, I'm not sure a new Palestinian state could be the safest place for me.
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