As you know, a piano needs frequent adjustments to work well. There are many pianos in Palestine but there is not anybody qualified to fix it except one man from Jerusalem who is now old and tired of the hassles of travelling here. Thus, Palestinians are depending from voluntary piano tuners' intermittent stays.
Organized with the associations “Music Fund” from Belgium and "Nablus the Culture" from Palestine, the idea is to train two persons during a year. The workshop will be established in Nablus in the north of the Westbank.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Indignation and sick feeling

A few days ago there was a murder on the street near my home. After shooting a young man in the legs, the Israelis soldiers prevented the ambulance from reaching him... He bled to death.

Fighter pilots train above the city. Today during class, I was frightened by the noise of a huge explosion near the workshop. It was very hard on my heart. According to Sameh my student, these are just dummy bombs, they contain no real explosives and are just heavy objects dropped on the city for training purposes (it is not necessary to explain the danger of this). "This is normal,it's like this since I was born", he said casually, but I was still in shock.

Another example of the daily humiliation the people of Nablus face...
So no, this is not "normal"! How can we allow such actions without revolt? And how can Israeli authorities expect security and safety when applying the barbed tools of domination and humiliation; unless such strategies are deliberate.
This situation is shameful as the evidence of occupation is documented and available for all to see. If they chose to look.


(Thanks to Pennie who helped me to improve this article!)
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