Monday, August 29, 2011

stuck in between two worlds

And I went to visit the Big Boss...

I had to wait in the long hall for a while...

How will I explain to him? where should I start?

I was confused but determined...I wanted to know...I wanted answered that only him could have given me...

Why do you put people on other people's path and then make it impossible for them to reach out to each other?

He looked at me...and said: "Is that your question?"

I did not answer...

He looked at me again and said: " You know that I know everything, and you know that you don't need to say anything and I will give you the answer, but I want you to learn to say exactly what you want to say"...

I looked at him and could not say a word...

Without looking at me he said: " You want someone to forgive you because you were not sincere and you caused pain and chaos?. Maybe that someone has forgiven you but it is you who is still stuck in between two worlds...That someone knows how you felt and fell now, but you are unable to believe that."

He looked at me at this point and said: " It hurts when you see others doing the same mistakes, isn't it? It has made a big wound in you heart and you are afraid that it will come back again in another life time if you dont solve it, isn't it?

Yes, it will come back because it hurts when I see someone hiding his true feelings...

The Big Boss looks at me, laughs and says: ' I love you and I am always happy to see you in my office, you are one of my best creations, come back again, we will continue our conversation"...

He came to me, kissed me on my forehead and opened to door...

I left...

Monday, August 08, 2011

Arabs in Shock

Arabs were in a coma for such a long time...

Once they have started their awakening...they had to handle too much information... at once...

Dictators were toppled...

Dictators were brought to court in hospital bed...

Dictators are being challenged every day...

Add to all this the Israeli component...

Israel has been our best enemy for such a long time, that we think we want it out of the neighborhood,
but we know we can not live without it...

Israel lived in our neighborhood, but played football with the Europeans...

Israel was breathing the same air but was singing with the Europeans...

Israel was the Israeli government, the Israeli settlements, the israeli wars...

But Israel was never the Israeli people for the Arabs...

We talked about Israel as if there were no people in Israel...

can you imagine the reaction of some Arabs when you tell them "what is the fault of an Israeli who was born in Israel in 1975 for example"? His parents lived there and he was born there, should we blame him for "stealing" the land of the Palestinians? He had no choice but to love the country he was born and lived in.

Can you imagine the reaction of some Arabs when you tell them that the Netanyahu-Lieberman led government is similar to a Hezbollah led government?

So, imagine when the Arabs are seeing 200,000 or 300,000 Israelis in the streets calling for social justice and economic solutions.

These Israelis are using some of the chants used by the Arab revolutionaries...

They are gathering by the means of social media, such as the Arab revolutionaries ...

Suddenly, Arabs are under shock...they can not handle one more drastic change in perception...not of their politicians but of the Israelis...

Ironically, while they are parting away from the dictatorships and old corrupt regimes...

They are finding common factors with an Israeli public that was never shown to them...

That is why the Arab media is confused about the protests in Israel...

They don't know how to handle it...They don't know how much they need to show...

So, they are focusing on the Arab revolution...keeping the Israeli protest and certainly the protesters aside...

Too much of a shock might be harmful...


Monday, August 01, 2011

Strollers' March seen by the Arabs

End suddenly the Arab Spring has brought up the Human side of Israel to the surface...

The Arab Spring has divulged a common concern between Arabs and Israelis...

You have now pictures coming out of Israel of real human beings, the "normal Israelis"

These are not politicians, these are not ideologists, these are not settlers, these are Israelis that have living concerns, they have financial worries, they are sick of high prices, and difficult living conditions...

What are we to do with these images coming out of Israel?

Doctors on strike, strollers' march...

Where has the Arab-Israeli conflict gone?

We are covering news of Israel without the traditional jargon?

There are normal people in Israel with needs as our needs, with concerns and worries as our!!

Unbelievable...what a discovery!

But hey do not think for a second that this is something positive, and a sign of change...

Soon, you will have people from our side chanting against the "normal Israelis"...you can not afford house prices...GO back to where you came from!!

And the battle continues...

Never-ending story...never-ending story...says the big boss watching from far away...shaking his head left and right...moving away once again and disappearing into the clouds...

His heavy walk is significant...full of disappointment...