The Voices of Palestinian Children Have Not Gone Unheard by the Divine Cosmos
Dr. Pamelia Riviere
Smoke billows over Tel Aviv and Haifa,
Piercing sirens wail incessantly,
As the people of Israel scramble for shelter,
While children huddle in the dark confines of bunkers!
Angels proclaim that Justice is never blind,
And the Omnipotent has heard the cries of the oppressed,
The shadows of fear now haunt me and my Gazan children,
Their echoes now invade the dreams of Israeli children and their mothers!
A single Iranian strike turned Israel upside down, filling the sky with choking smoke,
The world watched as this stark superiority crumbled,
While media outlets worked to obscure the truth—
Justice delayed, but ultimately it was not denied!
Whispers of supplication arose from the oppressors,
Their pleas directed at the smoky heavens,
The entire world bore witness
To the suffering of Palestinians!
Iran’s precise missiles reshaped the landscape of Israel,
Transforming that evening's sky
To mirror Gaza's despair,
The world will never again perceive reality in the same light!
Iran stood resolutely against the might of a violent Israel,
Once, Jewish people endured unimaginable horrors
For more than a millennium,
Including the horrors of the Holocaust!
In the wake of such suffering,
The West pledged support,
And on May 14, 1948, a nation was born— Israel,
Forged from the ashes of collective guilt!
A land established for the battered Jews by British hands
To heal long-borne wounds,
Before its founding, in 1920, this land was known as
“British Palestine”!
David Ben-Gurion declared the end of the British Mandate,
Israel claimed Palestine as the chosen land for the Israelis,
The hope of peaceful coexistence was over,
Yet, history tells a different tale!
"We must do everything to ensure the Palestinians never return,
The old will age and the young will forget,"
Proclaimed Ben-Gurion with brazen disregard,
But the young, resilient and steadfast Palestinians have not forgotten!
Millions of Palestinian refugees now inhabit the earth,
Born from the harsh construction
Of a concrete separation, an Iron wall,
That has sealed off vast tracts of occupied territory!
This wall was condemned as illegal by the International Court of Justice,
West Bank cities now resemble ghost towns,
And millions languish within the confines of Gaza's refugee camps,
Palestinians have been labelled as “Arab terrorists!”
Israel erected walls and checkpoints,
Constructing an apartheid state,
Israel's occupying forces crafted separate roads,
Designated for Jews and Arabs upon Palestinian land!
Employing bulldozers to raze orchards and olive groves,
And demolishing hundreds of homes without remorse,
The imprisonment of countless political prisoners,
And the rampant killing of Palestinian civilians became normalized!
A testament to the ongoing Nakba,
Remembered each year on May 15,
But the narrative has been twisted,
Oppressors now masquerade as the aggrieved!
Palestine has morphed into a prison,
An open-air concentration camp,
A killing zone,
A site for experimental warfare!
For years, even decades,
The Palestinian people endured torture,
An insidious campaign to physically obliterate them,
And to seize their inalienable rights to self-determination!
Over the last twenty-three months,
Israel has relentlessly bombed,
Targeting innocent Palestinian men, women, and children,
Even during the sacred morning prayers of Ramadan,
And on the joyous day of Eid!
The repeated devastation has turned Gaza into a tragic tableau,
Even cemeteries have been desecrated beyond belief,
Gaza has bled for decades—infants, toddlers, young children
And expectant mothers were viciously slaughtered!
Israel has painted a façade of democracy,
But one fateful night transformed the narrative forever,
As sirens echoed through Tel Aviv and Haifa,
And the smoke rising from Israeli skies altered everything!
In that historical moment,
After 77 long years, the bloodshed of over 100,000 Palestinians
The world witnessed an awakening— Power is not unchallenged,
Israel's own Sky fell apart!
The silence of the oppressed can, indeed, move mountains,
The streets of Gaza—scarred remnants of destruction—
A canvas of devastation left in the wake of 75000 bombs,
Where once stood homes now lie mere ruins!
Doctors, medics, and journalists have been targeted and hunted down,
Scholars, writers, and chefs have met untimely ends,
Innocent children fall prey daily and are murdered mercilessly,
They were victims of drone strikes and bomb blasts!
The world has become a mute spectator to the Gaza genocide,
Yet, for the first time,
Fear gripped the hearts of Israelis,
As images of chaos filled TV screens!
Showing Israelites fleeing for their lives like Palestinians,
Iran's strikes landed with such force,
The people of Israel left, and the U.S. was stunned,
A collective sigh echoed around the globe!
Thoughts turned to the suffering of the Palestinians,
Yet sorrow for Israel remained elusive,
Israelis frown; is this the way people of Gaza endure pain daily?
Did parents mourn for their burned and dead children?
Children were gunshot in the chest and head while they were playing under the sky,
Children were shot when they were seeking food in the aid station,
Children were bombed while they were asleep, and even when they were fetching water,
Children were hit by a drone strike when they were standing in a queue in front of a health clinic: Sky is the Watcher!
On that retaliatory night when Iran struck Israel,
The world changed unfathomably,
Shaking the very landscape of global politics,
And altering life within Israel!
Iran unleashed an arsenal of weapons with precision,
A meticulously coordinated attack lasting an hour,
Over a hundred projectiles surged into Israeli airspace,
Israeli military bases and command centers were all struck with devastating efficiency!
For decades, Israel stood cloaked in pride,
Believing itself untouchable.
But the Iron Dome faltered under pressure,
Leaving a psychological impact that resonated deeply!
For the first time, Israel’s security has cracked,
Exposing vulnerabilities long hidden from view,
This coordinated assault,
Orchestrated by Iran!
A regional power wronged
Due to American and Israeli provocations for decades,
A Godly Authority shattered the illusion of Israel’s invincibility,
Once again, hope for Israel's future hangs by a thread!
The world remained starkly indifferent to the plight of Gaza,
Each day, the lives of everyday people were shattered,
Bombs rained down on the innocent civilians and children,
Leaving trails of death and destruction in their wake!
Yet now, a collective gasp echoed around the globe
As the unthinkable happened—
Israel faced the brunt of bombings,
A sight that left many in disbelief!
Innocent souls in Gaza were brutally slaughtered in makeshift tents,
Their homes reduced to rubble,
Hospitals transformed into scenes of chaos,
The world turned a blind eye!
Humanitarian organizations and the US failed to sway Israel’s unwavering resolve,
Their indifference was striking, as Gaza's children, searching for mere morsels of food,
Fell victim to bullets fired by Israeli and American soldiers,
The world felt little remorse!
Yet, the Iranian strikes evoked shock and horror
Among those who had all
But ignored the suffering in Gaza,
What if the scenario were reversed?
What if it were Israeli children who suffered the same fate as the innocents in Gaza?
This question stirred a myriad of emotions,
And questions that had lingered
Unvoiced for the past 77 years!
The West had become accustomed
To witness the images of Gaza's dead children,
Trapped beneath collapsing buildings,
But the sight of Israelis scrambling after the strikes of Iran!
For shelter sparked a collective pain that resonated deeply,
Drawing a stark contrast to the indifference shown towards Palestinians,
This perpetual narrative had seeped into the global psyche—
One that casts Palestinians as less than human!
Israel, buoyed by the shield of the Iron Dome and nuclear power,
Harboured a false sense of insuperability,
Viewing the killing of Palestinians
And Iranian figures as their intrinsic right!
Yet, the reality came crashing down following the Iranian strikes,
Israel found itself shaken to the core,
And the U.S. recognized the glaring helplessness
That accompanied their military strength and supremacy!
The dynamics of power had undeniably shifted, leaving Israel vulnerable,
And unprepared to confront a new challenge from Iran,
For peace activists, analysts, and journalists,
The landscape of geopolitics transformed dramatically!
The power imbalance became evident,
And it sent ripples of significance around the globe!
The collapse of Tel Aviv and Haifa served as a divine message,
Echoing the cries of the oppressed Palestinians!
The Divine Force heard the plea for justice,
No longer silenced!
In that moment, hope flickered for the Palestinian people,
A reminder that the voices of the oppressed never go unheard!
This moment whispered promises—for those cries were finally recognized,
The veil that obscured the truth was lifted,
Illuminating the skies over the Middle East and West Asia,
Heralding a spiritual awakening amidst the turmoil!
The War narratives etched in the skies above,
No one could deny the All-Powerful,
The Supreme Judge was watching from above,
The one who crafts the Laws of the Universe!
Though He granted Jews and the people of Israel a chance to be loved,
They chose to break those sacred rules of peaceful existence,
Israel relentlessly pushed the people of Palestine, inflicting brutality and acts,
That was nothing short of a Holocaust for the past several decades!
Jerusalem bear witness to the terror sown by Israel,
To the Divine, all are created equal;
Oppression is intolerable,
And suffering is unacceptable!
From the rubble of Gaza,
Truth rises resiliently,
The spirits of the lost children cheer from the debris,
Their voices are finally heard!
A vision of salvation appears on the horizon for the people of Gaza,
Driven by a heavenly promise,
Just wait for that transformative moment—
When no one can assault a Palestinian again!
Gazans are grieving the loss of children, parents and loved ones,
The Celestial forces have begun to stir,
Casting a dark shadow over the joy of the massacre in Gaza,
Murky parades now spread across Israel, calling for the freedom of Palestine!
Dr. Pamelia Riviere is a freelance writer and analyst
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