حن الفلسطينيون والاسرائيليون وجدنا لنبقى, ولن نتعب من وجودنا في فلم الرعب المستمر. نحن نحبه, انه ممتع, اعني, تخيلو ان يكون شرق اوسط يعمه السلام؟ لن اكون ممتعا, نحن نحب السير في الجنازات. نحن شعب اجتماعي, ماذا يمكنكم ان تفعلوا؟ نحن نعشق ان نكون ضحايا. ومن ثم نلعب لعبة من هو الاكثر ضحية؟ هل تعلمون ذلك؟ اه بربكم.. طبعا تعلمون...كلنا نعلم.. نحن ايضانحب لعبة الفتوة, ولكن نحب اكثر لعبة من هو لاكثر ضحية. احيانا اشعر اننا مجرد منايك مدمنين. يمكن, هذا كل ما نعرفه.. هذه ثقافتنا..اصبحت هويتنا... الناس اصبحت خائفة من الخروج من هذه الحقيقة..اذا فعلنا, من نكون عندها؟
We, Palestinian and Israelis, are here to stay. And we shall never get tired of being in this terror movie. We like it! Its exciting! I mean... Imagine a peaceful Middle East? I would just not be fun. We love to go to funerals. We are social people, what can you do? We adore to be victimized. Then we can play the game of "Who is more Victimized?" Do you know it? Oh come on... course you do. We all do!
We also like the "Bullie" game. But we like more the "Who is more victim" game. Sometimes I think we are just plain f*** addicts. But may be... may be... it is all we know... is our culture... became our "identity"... People are afraid of getting out of this configuration! If we do... who are we
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Were these shoes belonging to a Jewish refugee or to a Palestinian refugee? A huge problem in the Middle East is that people operate in "SURVIVAL MODE". And when that mode is "on" you can even turn against your own people. That is a horrid lesson we learn from history. Jewish turned against Arabs, Arabs turned against Jewish and also turned against Arabs... as much as Jewish tunred against Jewish during times of massacres. Don't underestimate the power of "SURVIVAL MODE". Because even though life can be full of heroism... it is also full of plain instinct... When you look back, remember this. But there is also a moment when you are "more safe". Those are the times of repairing... If violence put people back into "survival mode", repairing will be delayed. People need to feel safe in order to be able to move forward. Understand this! on both sides...!
