two men joined at the wrist
A few nice Angry Babies images I found:
two men joined at the wrist
Image by Michael.Loadenthal
here, a second young Palestinian man is detained by occupation soldiers. he is also restrained with plastic cuffs, interrogated, and after several hours, released without charge. he was also denied the right to cross through the checkpoint and proceed south.
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earlier in the day, when i was at the internet cafe, i had a disturbing experience with a man who has become a good friend since i spend nearly an hour a day with him for the last few months. he stormed into the office angry, which is a state i had never seen him in. he threw down a knapsack and sat in his swivel chair sulking and cursing, running is hands backwards through his hair. this man works and is in school all day. he wakes up and goes to school, then leaves school and goes to work, leaves work and goes to school, and later leaves school and comes back to work where he stays until the cafe closes at 1am. so needless to say, he has little time to go see his family who lives near jenin.
so over the last few days he got his ducks in a row, finished his school work early, and took off work to go see his family. he has not seen his family in more than three months, and he keeps saying how much he misses his mother and brothers. so today, he went to school with his knapsack, and went off north to see his family for the first time in three months. in order to get to the villages near jenin, you need to pass through beit iba checkpoint. problem is, today, occupation forces decided to close beit iba checkpoint.
he waited for hours, and no movement. he went up to speak to the soldiers, hoping that his pleads would allow his passage, but no. so defeated, he lowered his head, turned around and came back to nablus. when i saw him, he was so sad and so angry. ‘fuck them, fuck the soldiers,’ he said over and over again. he is a real gentle man who when he doesn’t see me for a few days calls me and tells me that he misses me. it was really hard to see him like this. just another day living under foreign occupation, with your life in the hands of a foreign army.
from blog entry:
occupiedlove.blogspot.com/2006/10/nablus-craziness-kidnap…
this society is beautiful. people will wait 4 hours to pass a checkpoint, but if a parent holding a baby enters, those who have waited will part and not move until the baby is allowed through. incursions, collective punishment and direct violence have taught the people to look out for one another, to act for the whole.
i saw it today at the checkpoints, and i’ve seen it in homes all around. every day i meet people in nablus, balata, askar, evicted from 1948 palestine. they left haifa, tiberias, jerusalem, elot and the like. they moved into camps and cities. this collective suffering had formed a collectivity of unity. water is passed from hand to hand through checkpoint crowd more congested then nazi train cars.
when we delivered 4 bags of pita, hummus, meat, lebaneh, and water to the 7 men in detention at beit iba checkpoint, they shared it amongst themselves, then with the man in isolation, and then delivered us back enough food for all 5 of us. they refused to take any more then they could eat and refused to leave is without a lunch, despite the obvious fact that we bought the food for them. the only way we were able to make them keep the four bottles of water is be refusing to extend our arms over the razor wire to grasp the black plastic bags. they drank it quickly.
from blog entry:
occupiedlove.blogspot.com/2006/11/journal-community-check…
ISM report on a day of craziness at Beit Iba checkpoint:
www.palsolidarity.org/main/2006/11/02/cp-chaos/
97/365 – Walking on eggshells
Image by bp6316
For Day 97 of 365, FGR "Tissues" day, TRP "Flickr in the real world: Instant Fave" day, TRF and lyrics.
Today’s random fact: When I was 2, I climbed up on the stove, turned on all the burners and danced on them. Bad idea. I can now tickle my own feet, but they aren’t ticklish otherwise. I can also walk on hot surfaces longer than most people, and absolutely hate having socks on.
Oh, and this photo is filled with hidden meanings and messages. I’m sure some will recognize them instantly. Others will never be found by anyone probably.
*****
"If You’re Gonna Leave" by Emerson Hart
Maybe I’m the joker
Maybe I’m the fool in your eyes
Maybe I’m the weak one
Maybe I’m a lie in disguise
Maybe I’m angry
Cause I’m the one who’s always wrong
Maybe I’m not the one who’s so strong
But did you think about it
Did you pull it in and pull out
Could you live without me
Did you ever really have a doubt
But do you understand it, baby
When you say it’s over, it’s done
Maybe I’m not the one
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
On what you did and what you didn’t
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
On what might have been
We can stand on reason
We can fight about all the things
This isn’t for forever
This is more than a wedding ring
But do you understand it baby
When you say it’s over, it’s done
Maybe I’m not the one
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
On what I did and what I didn’t
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
Whoa did it happen again
The things that you wanted
for being a friend
How did it happen again
Just look onward, baby
cause some day you might need a friend
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better get going
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
On what we did and what we didn’t
So if you’re gonna leave
Yeah, you better start running
Cause I ain’t wasting no more time
On what might have been
by kk on January 28th, 2012 Tags: joined, Wrist
Posted in Angry Babies | 25 Comments »
(out of 39 reviews)
