Sunday 13 July 2014

A mother's fear

A supplement full of inspiring and thought provoking writing was included in this weekend's Haaretz newspaper. 'Give Peace a Chance' love Yoko 2014. www.imaginepeace.com

This extract from South Pacific (Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1949) was quoted in one of the articles:

'You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught from year to year,
It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.'

And this mother's piece in the main section of the newspaper explains what many Arab women my age living here in Jerusalem, and elsewhere in the country, are going through. Because they have children much younger here on the whole, there are mothers of teenagers who are fearing for their adolescent girls and boys as hatred grips many a heart and people no longer feel safe on the streets.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/10/opinion/a-palestinian-mothers-fear-in-east-jerusalem.html?_r=0


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