I wander around taking photos and am warmly greeted by a teenage boy who asks my name and where I am from. I cringe when I say America, for I am ashamed that over one billion USA dollars since 1948 has supported violence and helped build the friggin' wall.
A few miles from the refugee camp, is the green grounds of the illegal colony of Pizgatzeev settlement. I was sick at heart and in my gut when we drove less than a mile into the illegal colony and in less than a miles drive; I counted three playgrounds and a swimming pool. I wonder how many USA tax dollars helped to build them, and why the same was not done for the refugees.
As our group is praying a gun shot issues from the Natna refugee camp, then another and another in rapid succession. I am told that the IDF is showering the refugees with gun fire and terror, which is a normal daily occurrence. I loose it completely then, I sob uncontrollably and feel like the Magdalena when she could not find her Lord. Then I think of Jesus, and how he cried over Jerusalem.
I am inflamed at what I have witnessed and I curse the empire that condones the violent terrorizing of innocent people just because they are Palestinian. I wonder when all the Israelis will wake up and see they too are victims of the occupation for many have lost their humanity.
I pray the Jewish state would indeed be a democracy, but if they want to be a theocracy, fine with me if they would only just follow Micah 6:8:
"What does the Lord require? Do justice, be merciful and walk humbly with your God."
When Israel became a state in 1948, it was contingent upon upholding the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Article 13
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country
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