A Palestinian teenager was killed at the Jenin refugee camp last week, escalating the violence again.
The result of actions by both Palestinians and Israelis? Dead civilians.
near Gaza. I am a Muslim, but I do have many Jewish friends. We’re the same people after all; our governments are the ones withI grew up in Damascus, Syria, less than two hours away from the Israeli border, but visiting Israel was never an option. The two countries have been at war for decades, and Syria lost theto Israel during the wars of 1967 and 1973.
During my stay, I visited Gaza and saw wretched misery. Beggars reached out on every street; some wrapped in bloody bandages. I saw a dead body that was left to rot in the sun. Hungry and penniless kids chased me pulling on my clothes for a coin. I looked into their eyes and saw a weary existence; I saw hunger, poverty, sickness and horrific dead ends.Walking the streets of Gaza full of trash and rubble, I met a few teenagers wearing Hamas shirts. I asked them why they launch rockets at Israel.
, which used to belong to my country of Syria. I met young Israeli soldiers on the borders with their guns loaded and ready. Standing on that plateau, I wondered if the two countries can ever be at peace. What would it take? Why can’t they sit around a table and stop all the killings? Yes, it’s complicated, but most worthy things are.
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