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41428
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 11:09
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PINNING FOR A FREE PALESTINE
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (Bernama) - Whenever news on the Gaza attack by the Israeli forces was broadcast, J. I. Kamal would be a picture of sadness, pain and distraught.
The incessant shelling, indiscriminate killing and the sanctions and the
blockade on the Palestinian people. He should only know the situation, too well.
In fact, better than most of us.
The man is a Palestinian.
"All the visuals, all the news are too difficult to bear. But we have to
keep ourselves informed with the latest development in Palestine.
"What is even worse now is that communication with our families back home
has become more difficult with the recent attack on our homeland.
"The only comfort was hearing from our family but that was only temporary
before the anxiety resumed," Kamal told Bernama when met at the 'Save the
Palestinians -- Coalition of Malaysia NGOs Against Prosecution of Palestine'
gathering here Sunday.
The 36-year-old English teacher has been in Kuala Lumpur for the past 16
months, pursuing a PhD in Education at the International Islamic University.
Kamal, who was born and raised at the Balata refugee camp, the largest
refugee camp in the West Bank, which is now 'home' to about 30,000 refugees,
also disclosed how he was thrown in prison and tortured thrice by the oppressor
-- all because he was a Palestinian.
"It is indescribale and unimaginable how our lives are, living as refugees
in our own land. We have been humiliated too many times," he said.
Despite the psychological torture, Kamal said the Palestinians stood strong
and would defeat their oppressors one day.
He was also overwhelmed with the support Malaysians showed for the struggle
of the Palestinian people, adding that it would boost his people's spirit to
continue with their struggle.
"They will never be able to break our spirit. We will prevail. There is hope
and our hope is to live in our own land one day, peacefully like other
countries," he said.
Fellow Palestinian Dr Ma'an Fahmi Al-Khatib yearns for the day when he
can step on Palestine soil.
"I dream of a free Palestine when I can return to the land of my ancestors,"
he said.
Like millions of his generations, Dr Ma'an who was born in Jordan after his
parents fled Jerusalem in 1948, was never allowed to return to Palestine.
"...and although my immediate family is in Jordan, we still have many
relatives in Palestine. It is just impossible, just to even visit," said Ma'an
who has been living here for the past 10 years.
-- BERNAMA
The incessant shelling, indiscriminate killing and the sanctions and the
blockade on the Palestinian people. He should only know the situation, too well.
In fact, better than most of us.
The man is a Palestinian.
"All the visuals, all the news are too difficult to bear. But we have to
keep ourselves informed with the latest development in Palestine.
"What is even worse now is that communication with our families back home
has become more difficult with the recent attack on our homeland.
"The only comfort was hearing from our family but that was only temporary
before the anxiety resumed," Kamal told Bernama when met at the 'Save the
Palestinians -- Coalition of Malaysia NGOs Against Prosecution of Palestine'
gathering here Sunday.
The 36-year-old English teacher has been in Kuala Lumpur for the past 16
months, pursuing a PhD in Education at the International Islamic University.
Kamal, who was born and raised at the Balata refugee camp, the largest
refugee camp in the West Bank, which is now 'home' to about 30,000 refugees,
also disclosed how he was thrown in prison and tortured thrice by the oppressor
-- all because he was a Palestinian.
"It is indescribale and unimaginable how our lives are, living as refugees
in our own land. We have been humiliated too many times," he said.
Despite the psychological torture, Kamal said the Palestinians stood strong
and would defeat their oppressors one day.
He was also overwhelmed with the support Malaysians showed for the struggle
of the Palestinian people, adding that it would boost his people's spirit to
continue with their struggle.
"They will never be able to break our spirit. We will prevail. There is hope
and our hope is to live in our own land one day, peacefully like other
countries," he said.
Fellow Palestinian Dr Ma'an Fahmi Al-Khatib yearns for the day when he
can step on Palestine soil.
"I dream of a free Palestine when I can return to the land of my ancestors,"
he said.
Like millions of his generations, Dr Ma'an who was born in Jordan after his
parents fled Jerusalem in 1948, was never allowed to return to Palestine.
"...and although my immediate family is in Jordan, we still have many
relatives in Palestine. It is just impossible, just to even visit," said Ma'an
who has been living here for the past 10 years.
-- BERNAMA
