Just Imagine....

Just imagine that moment when the Israeli armies call and order you to evacuate your home in order for them to shell and destroy it within ten minutes. Imagine that! Just ten minutes and your little history will be wiped off from the earth: your gifts and photos of your brothers and sons; the stuff you like: your chair, books, the latest divan you read; a letter from a migrant sister; memories of moments with whom you loved; your habits of petting gardenia on your window; your old clothes; your wife’s gold; and the money you saved throughout your life. Oh! Everything come to your mind and astonish you! And then, you take only your identification papers from the candy tray and go out to die a thousand... 

- Mohammed (Gaza, Palestine)