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A Simple Prayer for Peace

Febuary 2, 2007

by Housewife4Palestine

The word freedom fighter that pertains to the Palestinians is usually looked at by the Western media as just people that wear mask’s, carry guns, are suicide bombers and so forth.

However, there is another type of freedom fighter be side’s the armed resistance fighter’s such as Hamas, fraction groups and the now considered collaborator group of Fatah which appears to have changed side's against the Palestinian people.

In Palestine you have aid workers working in many field’s attempting to elevate the hardship’s of the Palestinian’s.

You have peaceful demonstrator’s that like Rachel Corrie that just wished the house demolitions to stop and it cost her life.

You have the mother of four in Brooklyn, New York that goes to mass every week to pray for peace.

The numerous journalist and film crew’s that wish to show the real Palestine not the white washed version shown often to many times in the Western media.

The elderly man that tells and IOF, he is tired of being bullied or the famous picture of the young man throwing the rock at the tank that eventually caused his death.

Or the humble internet writer’s that write day after day from such issue’s as civil rights, justice to global peace.

Who are all these people, the real Freedom fighters!

They come from every walk of life, every religion or nationality, for one simple reason to make right the wrong‘s and injustice in the world.

I will admit there are people out there doing bombing’s and so forth to what appears to be their own agenda, going against the morals and fortitude of society. Now these people are your real terrorist and I will assure you that against popular belief these days they also come from many walks of life to religions.

Even the famous anti Vietnam photo of the American in 1960’s showing the young man putting a flower in the gun of the national guardsman was a freedom fighter.

In our current time’s with the many large wars and oppression’s you will have the mother fighting in Washington because her son died in Iraq and she feels it is an illegal war, these people should be commended for one simple fact; they stood up to be counted with the hope to make wrong’s right.

Nevertheless, one thing people tend to forget about these people, for their countless hours and selfless act’s, "Thank you."

So you ask what makes a freedom fighter, saying “NO” to the injustice in the world.

Peace for Palestine.... End the Occupation!