Tema do post:Politica internacionalJudia que perdeu os país em Auschwitz está solidaria com os habitantes da faixa de Gaza
Hedy Epstein lost her parents in Auschwitz and now extends a helping hand to Gaza. Hedy Epstein is 86. She was born in 1924 in a small German village.
She was 15 when her parents sent her off to London together with other Jewish children.
"My parents realized that something was about to happen. They would've liked to go with me but Jewish organizations were inviting children under 17 only. We were separated. Thus, in May 1939 I ended up in London, and they stayed back there. And on September 1, the war began. In 1942, both of my parents were arrested and sent to Auschwitz, as well as all their neighbors who hadn't left by then. I never saw them again. Later, they were separated and sent to different camps. They died apart from each other. And they have no graves. Ibelieve their names are written in the Israeli museum. Names of all deceased are written there."
After the war, she moved to America. She got married and had a son. She was involved in public activities, like other numerous happy and non-indifferent Americans.
"I didn't know anything about Palestinians. I wasn't even thinking about this issue until I read by chance about what happened in the Palestinian refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila. This was 2 years after they had been killed there. I was really stricken when I realized this was performed by Jews. I started reading and learning. The more I learned about the way the Palestinians were treated, the less I felt I could stay away from this issue. It really hurts to realize that Jews who themselves suffered so much are now causing cruel suffering to Palestinians. Didn't we learn that lesson from our history? I can see that we didn't. This hurts me excruciatingly."
Hedy is willing to understand those who remain ignorant, but she finds it hard to accept the reasoning of those who consciously perform injustice against Palestinians and present it as their obligation in the name of the nation.
"In 2003, I arrived in the West Bank for the first time, and I saw many things with my own eyes. Since then, I've been there 5 times. And I see that each year things have been just getting worse. Palestinians tell me: 'Go back and tell all Americans and whoever you can, as they do know what fairness means; it's not their fault that media has been keeping quiet about us.' Universities, churches and mosques have all been asking me to tell about Palestine. It's only the synagogues that never ask me to speak there.'
FULL STORY on the RT website-
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-05-27/jews-suffer-palestinian.htmlTambém foi raptada e detida pelos piratas do mediterrâneo (IDF)
