“How come a Palestinian child does not live like an Israeli child? Why do Palestinian children have to toil at any manner of hard jobs just to be able to go to school? How is it that when we are… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“People should know that Palestinians don't live for themselves alone. They live for each other. What I do for myself and my children, I also do for all my family. We are a community.” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“The thing is, you cannot ask people to coexist by having one side bow their heads and rely on a solution that is only good for the other side. What you can do is stop blaming each other and engage in dialogue with one person at a time. Everyone knows that violence begets violence and breeds more hatred. We need… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share
“was our suffering of any consequence to their consciences? Did they see us as victims> Or were we simply nameless, faceless humans who were… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“thundering, fulminating sound that penetrated my body as though it were coming from within me. I remember the sound. I remember the blinding flash.… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“I am a physician, and as a consequence I see things most clearly in medical terms. I am arguing that we need an immunization… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“Anger and violence in Gaza and among Gazans is completely predictable. In a situation like ours, the absence of violence and anger would be abnormal. All of of us feel angry at least occasionally.” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share
“The Palestinian mother is the author of the survival story of the Palestinian people. She is the heroine, the one behind the success.” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“Your home, whatever it is, is where feel safe, or at least grounded. To be pushed out of t is to be marked with… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“...you shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“By the age of seven, as an eldest boy, I was expected to help the family with the money." !!!!!!!!!!” — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“How come a Palestinian child does not live like an Israeli child? Why do Palestinian children have to toil at any manner of hard… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
“That's the thing about war: it's never enough to disable the buildings, to blow holes into their middles; instead, they're hit over and over… — Izzeldin Abuelaish Copy Share Image
