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Every Bomb Dropped Is A Failure Of The Imagination!

14 Monday Jul 2014

Posted by Tahereh Barati, PhD in Articles

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children, conflict, Humaity, human relationship, human rights, Negotiation;, Resolution, Social responsibility, War

The current situation in Middle East is disturbing. Every bomb dropped is a failure of imagination and is against humanity.

Release.

An injured child during Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012.

Israel has, for the third time in just five years, commenced a major bombing operation on the Gaza strip. Over a hundred and fifty Palestinians have been killed, most of them civilians. As it was the last three times, my response is sorrow and anger — a strangely physical sensation of anger as a burning in my chest.

It’s easy, even for someone such as myself, who has been following the conflict for years with resignation, to look first at the political significance of the conflict and the strategic policy goals of the war and how it affects the broader conflict.

That’s not what we should be thinking about right now. We should remember instead what war means: it means destruction and death. It means homes destroyed, lives snuffed out; children crushed to death by falling buildings; amputations, hearing loss, perforated…

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