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A True Story By Faisal Al-katib
I am a Palestinian Arab from Hizmeh, a village between Jerusalem and Ramallah. When I was 15 years old I fought against the Israeli Occupation in search of freedom. At that time I thought every Jewish person, whether soldier or citizen, man or woman, young or old, should be killed. I rejected the right for any Jew to live and every Jew was a target. I was just a kid, believe me, and I didn’t understand anything about politics or the Arab-Israeli conflict. I was arrested and sat in jail for 12 years. This was during the first intifada from 1987. At that time nobody talked about peace but only of violence. I matured during my time in jail. I started studying and reading books on politics, literature, poetry, and about the Madrid Conference.

It gave me hope to live in peace and dignity. I learned that violence only breeds violence and that peace is the only solution for the two nations, the only way for both to have a respectful and beautiful future. We live on the same land. We are neighbors. We drink the same water and both pray to a monotheistic God. We must live in peace on the basis of religion for God and land for everyone.

Hey Howard, How are you.
i just got back from IPICRI conference couple a days ago, it was in Bet Jala. we had a great time...i hope you can make it to the next conference.
well' it seems you had a very cool things in the last months! Congrats for your parents 60th anniversary : )
I'll get back to University on 18/10, untill then. i had lots of things to do... Homeworks, Thesis...etc... next month am moving to live in Haifa, : ) and am really happy to do so. it'll well make my unvivesity life much easier...

Hear from you soon.
Take care,
Fadi

Ho Howard!
I apologize for not getting back to you sooner! :)
Yes you are right-- I did move from Amherst to Boston (I transferred to go to school in Boston, since I needed to go to a school that had more structure-- I miss Amherst terribly though!).
I am currently living with my parents for the rest of the summer, and then I move back to Boston for school (I am finishing my bachelor's degree in social work).

And also, thank you for joining my group J-Street! :)

I hope that you are having a great summer! :)

Blessings
Stephanie :)

Hi
am glad to hear that you had a great time in israel : ) its always nice and lovely to see the family.

About May, Yeah Sure...we are classmates : ) she's very special girl.

And about what eyad wrote..its kind of spam. its about the misue of the chat, and how some guy took a picture of a girl and fake some thing with photoshop..etc.. i guess u can delete it...

by the way. what's your work? Delete Comment

Hi Howard, its really nice to see you here.
am doing just fine... mainly studying!
how about you?

Thank you for sending me the link Howard, I enjoyed reading the article.

Hi Howard,

Welcome to mepeace, glad to meet you here and looking forward to your participation with us. If you have any question you can contact me through messages, and I'll be happy to cooperate with you.

Hiba

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