Over the past couple of weeks, the Israeli aggression against the occupied Palestinian population has intensified. If you stand for justice, you must stand with the Palestinians. I call for all people to protest the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians and to demand an end to the occupation. The story of the Palestinians is the story of the Native Americans is the story of apartheid.
Take a stand for peace.
THAT DAY ON THE GAZA Mike Maggio They were tired. They had waited twenty years. Too many houses had fallen too many olive groves destroyed. The songs of Fairuz veiled their patient tongues. The barbwire fence encaged the camps like a prison. That day on the Gaza the children were playing in the broken gutter. The men in kuffiyyas were waiting restlessly for their bus to the quarries. There was a woman in black squatting on the sidewalk. She was selling fruits and herbs. She was washing her wares in her quiet tears. A young boy picked up an angry stone. Then the soldiers came then there was wailing then the sounds of silence died. Give me a stone, I don't need no gun. Guns were made by the hands of the warden. Stones were made by the hand of God. Give me a stone, I will fill up the sky. The sky is a place that has no limits. Freedom is a tree that never dies. Copyright 1996 and 2021 Mike Maggio
Ameen, Mike.
Do you know of anyone organizing a Poetry Protest for Palestine?
Beautiful, Mike. Sensitive and truthful. I hope we see justice for Palestinians in our lifetime. We are in solidarity.