despite the actions of the few<\/p>\n
And excessive retaliation,<\/p>\n
drones,<\/p>\n
planes,<\/p>\n
bombs,<\/p>\n
tanks,<\/p>\n
rubble,<\/p>\n
buildings demolished,<\/p>\n
vanished houses and neighborhoods,<\/p>\n
hospitals targeted,<\/p>\n
U.N. shelters disrespected,<\/p>\n
murder,<\/p>\n
death,<\/p>\n
deliberate killing of noncombatants,<\/p>\n
babies buried alive,<\/p>\n
amputations,<\/p>\n
hunger and political starvation,<\/p>\n
lack of or no water,<\/p>\n
strategic sanitation,<\/p>\n
daily terror,<\/p>\n
and terrorized daily,<\/p>\n
military maneuvering,<\/p>\n
moving here and there,<\/p>\n
to return back again to nowhere,<\/p>\n
trauma with all its manifestations,<\/p>\n
international prayers and hesitation,<\/p>\n
defiance to the realization of two nations,<\/p>\n
global aid thwarted,<\/p>\n
global amnesia,<\/p>\n
siblings and relatives gone forever,<\/p>\n
parental worries –<\/p>\n
in the face of apex arrogance<\/p>\n
and ethnic cleansing by any definition…<\/p>\n
still your laughter can be heard<\/p>\n
and somehow you are able to smile,<\/p>\n
O resilient Children of Palestine!<\/p>\n
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