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Refusing the Oppression

September 19, 2014
By Tasneem97 BRONZE, Aurora, Illinois
Tasneem97 BRONZE, Aurora, Illinois
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&quot;It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.&quot;<br /> <br /> Aristotle Onassis


I refuse to accept that murder is ok.

I refuse to accept that the raping of women is “normal”.
The innocent people dying every day for something they didn't do.
I refuse to accept that my people are labeled as “terrorists”.
When all they want is to be free from the oppression.
I refuse to accept the tears of children begging to stop the killing of their families.
The memories of Israelis spitting and shouting in my face like I am the reason for all of this.
Telling me to leave MY HOME.
But the media does not care.
They refuse to let the world see the other side of the story.
I refuse to hear another report about an Israeli soldier being shot when an F16 bomb was dropped next to my house. An entire family killed in an instant.
CNN, ABC News, CBS, where is the live coverage?
Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it’s not true.
Since 1948 my people have been dragged out of their homes.
They have been burned alive, raped, hung, and brutally murdered, but the only things covered are what are happening on the other side of that DAMN wall.
I refuse to accept that my people cannot go pray in Al-Aqsa because of what their passports have printed on them.
The world refuses a second holocaust, but little do they know it’s already happening.
They try to get Palestine off the map by wiping us off the earth.
But we are not going anywhere.
I refuse to let my people die in vain.
I will stand up, and shout until I am heard because
I refuse to live in a world where PALESTINE is not recognized.



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