Martyrs have become their enemies – v2

His words of ancient scripture so telling,
making this war a holy crusade, a jihad,
marshalling his forces, the nation,
seeing only one enemy, manifest,
martyrs have become their enemies,
this ancient land, their promise, a hope,
for his people, his nation, but a struggle,
living in a state of forever war…
 
Generation upon generations, trapped,
within a space carved out, a scar,
splitting land, expansion, a constriction,
a tightening of the noose, their vice,
walled in, fenced in, no hope, no freedom,
children picking up rocks, men missiles,
speaking words of the Book, of war, of jihad,
living in a state of forever war…
 
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Edited September 24, 2024
Martyrs have become their enemies – v2
 
Edited September 24, 2024
Their enemies have become martyrs – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-enemies-have-become-martyrs-v2.html
Edited September 24, 2024
Two companion poems, a no-state solution – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/two-companion-poems-no-state-solution-v2.html
September 17, 2024
endless war
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/endless-war.html
Merged September 17, 2024
Enemies and Martyrs
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/enemies-and-martyrs.html
September 17, 2024
Trapped in a state of war
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/trapped-in-state-of-war.html  
&
Edited August 27, 2024
Trapped in the flames, in the cage of Rafah – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/trapped-in-flames-cage-of-rafah-v2.html 
Edited July 29, 2024
The pain on her face – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-pain-on-her-face-v4.html
About a 70-year-old customer at Dollar General who said she has worn a
necklace with a little gold Star of David for 60 years; conversation at less than two days
after the international horror about the attack by Hamas on Israel October 7, 2023.
Edited March 15, 2024
Buried under Rafah – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/buried-under-rafah-v3.html
&
November 18, 2023
How can they co-exist?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/how-can-they-co-exist.html
Merged November 18, 2023
From the river to the sea – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/from-river-to-sea-v2.html
November 18, 2023
A one-state solution
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-one-state-solution.html
Edited November 3, 2023
Are there any boundaries – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/are-there-any-boundaries-v2.html
November 3, 2023
Twitter Post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1720400053347438719
“[…]'Remember what Amalek did to you'.[…]”
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October 29, 2023
Are there any boundaries
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/10/are-there-any-boundaries.html
Netanyahu speech October 29, 2023
invoking 1 Samuel 15:3
and the command to eradicate the Amalekites
https://twitter.com/i/status/1718391828427493863
 
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