Black baloons

A few days ago, I was watching CNN about the visit of George W. Bush to Israel. He was delivering a warm-welcome speech at the parliament. I didn't understand some part of speech at a certain moment, he talked some words in Hebrew and achieved a long applause from members. Even many of them began to stand up. Well, it doesn't matter for me what he exactly said at Kneset. The thing is that they were happy together there even though Bush's itinerary goes to the other Arabian nations.

I watched a report in turn about the performance by a documentary director, who is a Palestinian. All of his people, who were exiled from their own home, were commemorating their disaster. Yes, they use this word, "disaster," when Israel and Bush were celebrating 60th national foundation day, May 14th. They call and commemorate this day as "Al Nakba", that is, "catastrophe" in their language.

Everyday rockets are being launched from West to East in Gaza strip, helicopters fire back from North To South. They are killing and were killed everyday. I don't want to repeat the sad history and recent tragedy here. I would like to say that I came to know more about Arab society as well as Israel and Jewish people.

I hope peace. In Middle East, Arab, West Asia, Gulf, whatever you name, as well as my country. I hope people would not kill each other. I pray people do not menace each other anymore. Dafur, Taiwan Strait, DMZ, Myanmar, Tibet, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Afghan, Iraq, and Palestine. I pray.

But I hope REAL peace at the same time. Without justice, righteousness, equality, and food, there is no REAL peace. I believe so.



But for now, I prayed for their wish of black balloons when I was watching the report. The director was making a film about blowing black balloons on Al Nakba. I also wish God will listen their appeal. I believe in God who listens people's cry. You name Him/Her.

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