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Dec 21, 2009

Rachel Corrie: She Died for Palestine

 

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Rachel Corrie

She Died for Palestine

Dr Lasha Darkmoon

December 21, 2009

In memory of Rachel Corrie

Like all things pure and precious

Like holy bread and wine

I love the radiant Rachel

Who died for Palestine.

 

Beautiful in life ... Beautiful in death

 

... cut down like a flower of the field 

 

Once through a green field drifting

In the doldrums of the day

Watching ravens peck out lambs' eyes

In their cruel, gloating way:

"You take the gun. You shoot. You do what you want." Israeli soldier

"The Palestinians are beasts walking on two legs." —  Menahim Begin

I remembered, I remembered,

How those raptors vulturine

Seized the land and plagued the people

Of historic Palestine.

 

Deir Yassin, April, 1948

... and elsewhere

The Massacre of the Innocents.

"We shall have no pity on them until we shall have destroyed their so-called Arab culture, on the ruins of which we shall build our own civilization."  Menachem Begin

How the snipers on the rooftops,

Armed with Uzis, standing tall,

Splash the blood of little children

On the weeping classroom walls.

 

How the settlers spit on Christians

In the land where Jesus died—

And how those who do the spitting

Have the world upon their side.

"I know Christians who lock themselves indoors during the entire Purim holiday," —  Daniel Rossing.

How they bulldoze people's houses

Till the roofs crash on their heads

And the women lie all broken

With their babies in their beds.

 

How the wolfish killers wander

Through a vale of endless tears

Shooting children in their faces

While the world stands by and cheers.

 

How the bright-eyed Rachel Corries

Lie in cemeteries dead

While the birds of prey grow fatter—

And the world just turns its head.

Christ, come back and save these children—

Put an end to all their pain!

Put an end to evil Zion!

Palestine, come back again!

 

Palestinian children 

       "The difference between a Jewish soul and the soul of non-Jews

       is greater and deeper than the difference between a human soul

       and the soul of cattle."

           — Rabbi Kook

Dr. Lasha Darkmoon (email her) is an academic, age 31, with higher degrees in classics.  A published poet and translator, she is also a political  activist with a special interest in Middle Eastern affairs. 'Lasha Darkmoon' is a pen name.

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