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I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity
By turns inspiring and heart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is Izzeldin Abuelaish's account of an extraordinary life. A Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and "who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians" (New York Times), Abuelaish has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life - as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line, as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. And, most recently, as the father whose daughters were killed by Israeli soldiers on January 16, 2009, during Israel's incursion into the Gaza Strip. His response to this tragedy made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. Instead of seeking revenge or sinking into hatred, Abuelaish called for the people in the region to start talking to each other. His deepest hope is that his daughters will be "the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis."
237 pages, Hardcover
First published April 27, 2010
About the author
Izzeldin Abuelaish
1 book90 followersIzzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian medical doctor and founder of the Daughters for Life Foundation.
Before his three daughters were killed by an Israeli tank shell during the Israeli incursion into Gaza,Dr. Abuelaish worked as a researcher at the Gertner Institute at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv and was the first Palestinian doctor to receive a staff position at an Israeli hospital.
Abueaish is an important figure in promoting Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Before his three daughters were killed by an Israeli tank shell during the Israeli incursion into Gaza,Dr. Abuelaish worked as a researcher at the Gertner Institute at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv and was the first Palestinian doctor to receive a staff position at an Israeli hospital.
Abueaish is an important figure in promoting Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
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March 22, 2024
Some mixed feelings about this book but giving it four stars from a place of good will. The positives: I thought Izzeldin Abuelaish did a great job of writing about the devastation he and his family experienced at the hands of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. More specifically, three of his daughters and his niece were killed by an Israeli shelling. Just so heartbreaking and awful. It was wild to see how some Israeli individuals used certain justifications (e.g., your home where your daughters were killed was hiding members of Hamas) in response to his daughters’ deaths, the EXACT same justifications people are using to defend the horrific genocide of Palestinian people occurring right now at the hands of Zionists.
I also appreciated the honesty in which he wrote about how parents who face discrimination can lash out at their kids. It’s of course not a justification for how marginalized parents can mistreat their children, but I think it’s important to name this as a relational dynamic within families who face systemic oppression.
I’m going to reference Raheleh Abbasinejad’s review for why I had some issues with this book. I agree with Raheleh that it seemed like Izzeldin would at times minimize the reactions of Palestinians to their own oppression. He had a very “Palestinians and Israelis just need to listen to one another” and “it does no good to hate your oppressor” attitude which felt a bit patronizing. I know this isn’t the same thing, but as someone who’s faced abuse from people in power at different points of my life, it would anger me if someone were to say something like “Thomas you just need to listen to your abuser and not hate them so we can all move forward.” Within the context of race relations in the United States (which, again, I know we can’t draw an exact parallel) it reminds me of people who get mad when people of color, particularly Black individuals, are angry and hostile in reaction to their oppression – which I think they have every right to be. In relation to this point, I found it odd at times that Izzeldin would quote Martin Luthor King Jr., but would use his quotes in a way to back up his own points instead of adhering more closely to King’s criticism of white liberals, for example.
Anyway, clearly this author has suffered a lot, and this book’s existence does shed light on how Palestinians have been oppressed by Israel for a long time. On the sentence level I found the book well-written and easy to get through even though the content was brutal. I would perhaps recommend it to those who want to educate themselves about the ongoing genocide occurring in Palestine, while cautioning readers to take into accounts the critiques raised in the prior paragraph.
I also appreciated the honesty in which he wrote about how parents who face discrimination can lash out at their kids. It’s of course not a justification for how marginalized parents can mistreat their children, but I think it’s important to name this as a relational dynamic within families who face systemic oppression.
I’m going to reference Raheleh Abbasinejad’s review for why I had some issues with this book. I agree with Raheleh that it seemed like Izzeldin would at times minimize the reactions of Palestinians to their own oppression. He had a very “Palestinians and Israelis just need to listen to one another” and “it does no good to hate your oppressor” attitude which felt a bit patronizing. I know this isn’t the same thing, but as someone who’s faced abuse from people in power at different points of my life, it would anger me if someone were to say something like “Thomas you just need to listen to your abuser and not hate them so we can all move forward.” Within the context of race relations in the United States (which, again, I know we can’t draw an exact parallel) it reminds me of people who get mad when people of color, particularly Black individuals, are angry and hostile in reaction to their oppression – which I think they have every right to be. In relation to this point, I found it odd at times that Izzeldin would quote Martin Luthor King Jr., but would use his quotes in a way to back up his own points instead of adhering more closely to King’s criticism of white liberals, for example.
Anyway, clearly this author has suffered a lot, and this book’s existence does shed light on how Palestinians have been oppressed by Israel for a long time. On the sentence level I found the book well-written and easy to get through even though the content was brutal. I would perhaps recommend it to those who want to educate themselves about the ongoing genocide occurring in Palestine, while cautioning readers to take into accounts the critiques raised in the prior paragraph.
May 4, 2013
Be warned, don't read this book in public. In spite of knowing what was coming I was unable to stop tearing up, or just outright crying. In fact, I had to take breaks in order to pull myself together.
The book didn't grip me from the beginning but as I followed Izzeldin's story I became more and more awe-inspired by him. It wasn't just his attitude which, in itself, is extraordinary given his experiences, nor was it what he has achieved in spite of the obstacles in his way. It was his ability to take what has become a political situation and make it a human one that made his story so inspiring.
I suspect that he is accused of oversimplifying a very convoluted situation with Israel and Palestine but that was the beauty of his approach. Breaking it down, making a difference "to this one starfish" at a time seems a real possibility.
My mind is still buzzing.
Strongly recommended no matter where you come from and no matter your level of interest in Middle Eastern politics. A truly human story.
And I've never said this before in a review but Thank you.
The book didn't grip me from the beginning but as I followed Izzeldin's story I became more and more awe-inspired by him. It wasn't just his attitude which, in itself, is extraordinary given his experiences, nor was it what he has achieved in spite of the obstacles in his way. It was his ability to take what has become a political situation and make it a human one that made his story so inspiring.
I suspect that he is accused of oversimplifying a very convoluted situation with Israel and Palestine but that was the beauty of his approach. Breaking it down, making a difference "to this one starfish" at a time seems a real possibility.
My mind is still buzzing.
Strongly recommended no matter where you come from and no matter your level of interest in Middle Eastern politics. A truly human story.
And I've never said this before in a review but Thank you.
June 1, 2016
This is a very powerful memoir from a man who's life was affected in every single detail, by living in Gaza.
He immerses the reader in his life-story, from his early childhood until his departure to Canada.
On January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters Aya, Mayar and Bessan, and his niece Noor.
(Mayar, Aya and Bessan)
Despite the hardships and losses he and his family have gone through, he keeps believing in peace and rejects violence, hatred and revenge.
Devastating but highly recommended.
More about the shelling :
https://youtu.be/8nYof-8_uWg
More about dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee :
http://publicpeaceprize.org/2014-laur...
http://nsb.com/speakers/dr-izzeldin-a...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011...
http://tedxwaterloo.com/speaker/abuel...
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/iz...
He immerses the reader in his life-story, from his early childhood until his departure to Canada.
On January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home in the Gaza Strip, killing three of his daughters Aya, Mayar and Bessan, and his niece Noor.
(Mayar, Aya and Bessan)
Despite the hardships and losses he and his family have gone through, he keeps believing in peace and rejects violence, hatred and revenge.
Devastating but highly recommended.
More about the shelling :
https://youtu.be/8nYof-8_uWg
More about dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee :
http://publicpeaceprize.org/2014-laur...
http://nsb.com/speakers/dr-izzeldin-a...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011...
http://tedxwaterloo.com/speaker/abuel...
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/iz...
October 3, 2018
I have only one regret with this book. I wish I had read it sooner. For one to say that this memoir is powerful, is entirely an understatement. This memoir stirred my soul and managed to shatter my heart into a thousand pieces.
This memoir is told by a man called Izzeldin Abuelaish, and he tells us all about his life in Gaza, in an intricate, and a rather personal detail. Throughout his life, we learn of the hardships, the loss and the utter devastation that he and his family suffer. Even after losing four of his family members after his house is shelled, he strongly rejects revenge and hatred, and instead, promotes peace. It takes a strong being to be able to do that, and I have such respect and admiration for him, as I'm not entirely sure, that I could do the same.
This memoir is told by a man called Izzeldin Abuelaish, and he tells us all about his life in Gaza, in an intricate, and a rather personal detail. Throughout his life, we learn of the hardships, the loss and the utter devastation that he and his family suffer. Even after losing four of his family members after his house is shelled, he strongly rejects revenge and hatred, and instead, promotes peace. It takes a strong being to be able to do that, and I have such respect and admiration for him, as I'm not entirely sure, that I could do the same.
August 5, 2024
“Was our suffering of any consequence to their consciences? did they see us as victims?Or where we simply nameless,faceless humans.”
“The important thing about bridging the divide is admitting the truth.The facts around people’s lives today.For example,”the right of return” the topic everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss.Hundreds & thousands of Palestineans were deported when Israel became a state.EVERYONE KNOWS THIS FACT !”
I have only one regret with this book,I wish I had read it sooner.To say this memoir is powerful is such an understatement ! It managed to shatter my heart further into a thousand more pieces.We hear about the genocide,ethnic cleansing and apartheid against the Palestinian people from social media etc but reading this book opens up your eyes to a whole new level,but no less horrifying and sad.
I had to take multiple breaks in order to pull myself together.
This was a man who had almost every aspect of his life from birth affected by the Israeli occupation in Gaza. No words can describe the level of trauma this man has endured and yet he remains hopeful despite it all.
That's not to say Abuelaish isn't angry;a subtle undercurrent of rage pervades much of his narrative. He rails against the injustices he sees around him, discrimination and inequality that have only intensified over the years. “Dozens of amputees wait for treatments. Why? Does importing artificial limbs pose a security risk? Or is this about punishment? That the Gaza hospitals are run-down and can't be repaired because of an embargo is preposterous. This is a medical issue; it's not about recruiting soldiers and making rockets."
He is an inspiration and shares his message with the world. To hear the live call he makes to an Israeli journalist friend of his the moment a bomb devastates and kills his family is heart breaking,his innocent daughters and niece gone in a flash.
Who was this doctor Abuelaish that his home should be shelled by an Israeli tank? Was he a wanted Hamas terrorist? A Fatah soldier? Far from it he was a peace loving fertility doctor who treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients with equal care and professionalism.The IOF HAVE STILL NOT APOLOGIZED FOR THIS & DISREGARDED THEIR DEATHS AS AN ACT OF WAR.IT IS NOW 2023,Izzeldin has been asking and waiting for an apology since 2009 !!! When are they going to be held accountable??
More about the shelling :
https://youtu.be/8UxJWdCwOpc?si=RS5ox...
The poverty he describes growing up in Gaza is unimaginable,to wake up knowing every day could be your last.To worry about how to earn money before you’ve even become a teenager.Put yourself in that perspective and think about it for a second.
“By the age of seven, as an eldest boy, I was expected to help the family with the money." !!!!!!!!!!”
Izzeldin Abuelaish writes, "For us Palestinians, we are waiting for something miraculous to happen, always with faith and hope, but time is passing; how is this happening in the twenty-first century? Palestinians are physically alive, but our spirits are exhausted, our patience is wearing thin, and we feel that we are not being included in this human family, that this human family doesn't care, so don't blame us if we don't listen and don't behave rationally."
He makes it clear, however, that anger is different than hate, and while he is angry with the situation in which the Palestinians find themselves, he has made a choice to not hate those who have contributed to this state of affairs.
The world needs more people like Izzeldin Abuelaish - a truly amazing man.While I may not have agreed with some of his ideologies and thought some of them too tolerating and sweeping under the rug the effects of the years of torment,both physical and psychological abuse the people of Palestine continue to go through to this very day,to this second,I truly admire & respect him.Entire family lines are getting eradicated by the occupying forces ! It takes a strong being to be able to so completely forgive that.I'm not entirely sure, that I could do the same.
Thank you for this gift of a book Dr Abuelaish.Your story will forever live on in our hearts and minds🤲🏼🇵🇸❤️
More words by Dr Abuelaish.
* “We were everything the word “refugee” stands for disenfranchised,dismissed,marginalized & suffering.
* “It felt as though we were being squeezed out of existence.No jobs and no money means no money means no food & no goods.”
* “There is evidence beyond doubt that investing in women & girls is the way forward out of poverty & conflict.”
* “It is important to feel anger in the wake of events like this,anger that signals that you do not accept what has happened,that spurs you to make a difference.”
* “It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow time for poetic reflection.”
* “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 sick we can't get the medical help the Israeli kids take for granted?”
* “Gaza 1948: "Gaza was not a refugee camp yet, just a place designated for Palestinian people when the state of Israel came begin. But day by day it filled up with people who had no place else to go to.”
* “You shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”
TO DONATE : 🇵🇸
Al Imdaad Foundation
Ashraful aid
Palestine Red Crescent Society/ Egyptian Red Crescent Society
map.org.uk (Medical Aid for Palestineans)
pcrf.net (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
“The important thing about bridging the divide is admitting the truth.The facts around people’s lives today.For example,”the right of return” the topic everyone knows about but no one wants to discuss.Hundreds & thousands of Palestineans were deported when Israel became a state.EVERYONE KNOWS THIS FACT !”
I have only one regret with this book,I wish I had read it sooner.To say this memoir is powerful is such an understatement ! It managed to shatter my heart further into a thousand more pieces.We hear about the genocide,ethnic cleansing and apartheid against the Palestinian people from social media etc but reading this book opens up your eyes to a whole new level,but no less horrifying and sad.
I had to take multiple breaks in order to pull myself together.
This was a man who had almost every aspect of his life from birth affected by the Israeli occupation in Gaza. No words can describe the level of trauma this man has endured and yet he remains hopeful despite it all.
That's not to say Abuelaish isn't angry;a subtle undercurrent of rage pervades much of his narrative. He rails against the injustices he sees around him, discrimination and inequality that have only intensified over the years. “Dozens of amputees wait for treatments. Why? Does importing artificial limbs pose a security risk? Or is this about punishment? That the Gaza hospitals are run-down and can't be repaired because of an embargo is preposterous. This is a medical issue; it's not about recruiting soldiers and making rockets."
He is an inspiration and shares his message with the world. To hear the live call he makes to an Israeli journalist friend of his the moment a bomb devastates and kills his family is heart breaking,his innocent daughters and niece gone in a flash.
Who was this doctor Abuelaish that his home should be shelled by an Israeli tank? Was he a wanted Hamas terrorist? A Fatah soldier? Far from it he was a peace loving fertility doctor who treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients with equal care and professionalism.The IOF HAVE STILL NOT APOLOGIZED FOR THIS & DISREGARDED THEIR DEATHS AS AN ACT OF WAR.IT IS NOW 2023,Izzeldin has been asking and waiting for an apology since 2009 !!! When are they going to be held accountable??
More about the shelling :
https://youtu.be/8UxJWdCwOpc?si=RS5ox...
The poverty he describes growing up in Gaza is unimaginable,to wake up knowing every day could be your last.To worry about how to earn money before you’ve even become a teenager.Put yourself in that perspective and think about it for a second.
“By the age of seven, as an eldest boy, I was expected to help the family with the money." !!!!!!!!!!”
Izzeldin Abuelaish writes, "For us Palestinians, we are waiting for something miraculous to happen, always with faith and hope, but time is passing; how is this happening in the twenty-first century? Palestinians are physically alive, but our spirits are exhausted, our patience is wearing thin, and we feel that we are not being included in this human family, that this human family doesn't care, so don't blame us if we don't listen and don't behave rationally."
He makes it clear, however, that anger is different than hate, and while he is angry with the situation in which the Palestinians find themselves, he has made a choice to not hate those who have contributed to this state of affairs.
The world needs more people like Izzeldin Abuelaish - a truly amazing man.While I may not have agreed with some of his ideologies and thought some of them too tolerating and sweeping under the rug the effects of the years of torment,both physical and psychological abuse the people of Palestine continue to go through to this very day,to this second,I truly admire & respect him.Entire family lines are getting eradicated by the occupying forces ! It takes a strong being to be able to so completely forgive that.I'm not entirely sure, that I could do the same.
Thank you for this gift of a book Dr Abuelaish.Your story will forever live on in our hearts and minds🤲🏼🇵🇸❤️
More words by Dr Abuelaish.
* “We were everything the word “refugee” stands for disenfranchised,dismissed,marginalized & suffering.
* “It felt as though we were being squeezed out of existence.No jobs and no money means no money means no food & no goods.”
* “There is evidence beyond doubt that investing in women & girls is the way forward out of poverty & conflict.”
* “It is important to feel anger in the wake of events like this,anger that signals that you do not accept what has happened,that spurs you to make a difference.”
* “It is true that the sky was always beautiful but I don't remember marvelling at sunset or gazing at the dawn of a new day. Survival does not allow time for poetic reflection.”
* “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 sick we can't get the medical help the Israeli kids take for granted?”
* “Gaza 1948: "Gaza was not a refugee camp yet, just a place designated for Palestinian people when the state of Israel came begin. But day by day it filled up with people who had no place else to go to.”
* “You shouldn’t hate something you don’t know, because it may turn out to be the bearer of your greatest good fortune.”
TO DONATE : 🇵🇸
Al Imdaad Foundation
Ashraful aid
Palestine Red Crescent Society/ Egyptian Red Crescent Society
map.org.uk (Medical Aid for Palestineans)
pcrf.net (Palestine Children’s Relief Fund)
November 2, 2012
كتاب تحتار كتير قد��مه وتفكر مليون مرة
ف انك هتقول ايه
بس انا ف نقطة وصلت لشئ أكيد
لا اللي بيعمله دا كتير وف نوعا ما بشكل كبير من التفريط
الحب والتسامح شئ رائع وسامي بل كمان شئ ديني حض عليه الاسلام
لكن مش بالشكل دا
تخيل الاتي
انت عندك أسرة مكونة من 8 أطفال زوجتك أختارها الله ان تقابله فجاءة بعد معاناة سريعة مع مرض السرطان
بعد ذلك بفترة قليلة يحدث اجتياج الاسرئيلي ف غزة
دبابة اسرائيلية لطيفة تقذف منزلك تحديدا غرفة بناتك تقتل علي الفور 3 بنات و قريبة لهم تدخل الغرفة لتجد بشكل واضح اشلائهم
وقطع اجسادهم متناثره ف كل مكان
ومع بداية تجمع الناس ف محاولة للمساعدة قذيفة أخري تصيب من تصيب
بالله عليك رد فعلك ايه؟
بالنسبة لي الانتقام ممكن ميكنش الحل
ماشي
هو من أول الكتاب وهو بيتكلم بلغة الحب والتسامح
بس فيه كلمات كدا اول ما بسمعها بتقفل وبحس بكرشة نفس وببقي مش مصدق يعني المرة دي كنت متضايق بشدة
كلمات زي
العمليات الانتحارية
اللي هي معروفة بأسم العمليات الاستشهادية
ماشي
انا ضد قتل المدنين تحت اي مسمي وتحت اي صفة
وتحت اي سبب لكن ان تضع العمليات كلها ف الاطار عملية انتحارية دا اجحاف هتقولي لا ,ودا مش حل هقولك هاتلي حل
وانا موافق عليه
ف الكتاب الكاتب بيقول ان الصهيانة كانوا بيردوا بشكل مبالغ فيه
لا والله؟
يعني طوبة مقابل M-16
دا كدا رد مبالغ فيه؟ دا اسمه ارهاب
اسرائيل دولة ارهابية بشكل مباشر دون لبس او تحوير
كلمة مثل
" العنف المتبادل "
لا والله ؟؟؟ صورايخ القسام سيئة الصنع , المعمولمة ف البيت ببركة دعا الوالدين هي هي زي الصورايخ اللي بالليزر ؟ او الصورايخ ذات الاوزان المرعبة؟ تجريف البيوت , وبناء المستوطنات دا كدا عنف متبادل؟
التبادل دا بيبقي علي نفس المستوي ع الاقل
مش انا اضربك بسلك تضربني انت بمطرقة صلب تقولي اصلك انت اللي بدأت دا اسمه عته
طيب فيه فرق ما بين الاسرائيلين و الصهيانة
آه
مش كل اليهود بشعين وسفاحين
آه
فيهم ناس عندها احساس وبتحس وشايفيه ان دا شئ غلط وارهاب دولة
آه
عمري ما أقدر أنكر دا
بس هي نفس النظرية بالنسبة ليا ان الدخلية فيها ظباط حلوين
حلو انت ظباط كويس وبتشوف تعذيب وبتسكت
يبقي تمشي
وتسيب شغلك
يا تعمل شئ لو تقدر
لكن جو بتاع اعمل ايه مش مقبول
د.ابو العش رجل يري الطب مالهوش دين وانه بيعالج الانسانية
دا حقيقة
لكن معلش يعني مروحش اتصور مع ايهود باراك ولا ايهود اولمرت
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لسبب بسيط اقل واحد فيهم ايده فيها كمية دم تكفي بنك الدم
دون مناسبة مفيش تقريبا رئيس وزراء اسرائيلي جه الا كان مشترك ف عمليات عسكرية قديمة
نسي تقريبا الدكتور من المجازر القديمة المجانية
نسي تقريبا الدكتور المجازر القريبة
بلاش علي العرب
راشيل الكوري الرائعة عندما دهستها الجرافة
توم هرنديل الشاب الانجليزي الرائع
والمخرج جيمس ميلر
وغيرهم من قتلوا بدماء بارده من جيش لامؤاخذه ف الكلمة الدفاع
نسي الدكتور ان اسرائيل عندها سلاح نووي
الدكتور ليس من محبي اسرائيل ولغاية آخر وقت رفض الاستقرار ف الجانب الاسرائيلي لكنه من انصار التعايش معهم
حظه السعيد انه عمل ما اناس لطفاء بشدة منهم منذ طفولته
لكن بالنسبة لي احد الحلول
الا تتعامل معهم
ك دليل غضب تكلم معاهم
ف محادثات رسمية لكن اني اشتغل معاهم ويد ف يد لا
وبالذات بعد حادثة اطفاله هو هاجر الي كندا وهي كانت خطته قبل الحادثة وجاء الاجتياح اطاح بكل شئ
لو هتقولي ايه الحل ف مشكلة فلسطين هقولك معرفش
بحب حماس ؟ أو فتح؟ لا ومؤخرا لا خالص
حتي ف الكتاب تكلم علي الاقتتال الداخلي واد ايه لاطاف خالص الاتنين
لدرجة انهم وصلوا ف فترة اعدموا اعداد توازي اعداد من قتلهم الاحتلال
الكلام اغلبه ع حل الدولتين
لو سلمنا بان دا حل
فيه شئ اسمه عدل , فيه شئ اسمه قانون دولي
اسرائيل مع بداية تكوينها
قامت ع الاشلاء
بن جورين قالها قبل ذلك القوانين الدولية لاتعنينا ف شئ
أكرر للمرة الكتير الرجل ليس خائنا وانا لا ازايد عليه
الرجل يحب بلاده ومؤمن بالقضية
حاول مساعدة بلاده عن طريق السياسية بترشحه للانتخابات المجلس التشريعي وفشل
بعمله , وعلمه
الكيان الصهيوني دولة عنصرية مقيتة
هناك من يعيش فيها لطيف ومؤمن انها دولة حقيرة اه ماشي ع عيني بس عمرنا ما هنستفاد شئ
المجازر اكبر دليل علي كلامنا
مهما وصلت العنف من الجانب الفلسطيني لا يقارن لا من قريب ولا من بعيد بمجازر ارتكبت بموافقة المجتمع الدولي
وحتي بالسياسية كمية القرارت التي لصالح فلسطين ولا تنفذ كثيرة
آخرها
عندما اعترفت اليونيسكو ب فلسطين ماذا فعلت أميركا؟
د.ابو العش يريد ان ننبذب العنف والكره
انا موافق
يريد جعلنا الاعتراف بهم
طيب يعترفوا هو الاول ع الاقل
دا حتي الاعتراف مش راضين
يوقفوا قتل وذبح وقصف واذلال وحصار واهانة
الرجل شاف بلاوي ودي المكالمة الهامة اللي اجراها مع مذيع القناة العاشرة الاسرائيلية بعد قصف ومقتل بناته مباشرة
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUh6xV...
قال ف الكتاب ان أولمرت السفاح بكي عند سماعه لتلك المكالمة
وان حصل بعدها وقف اطلاق نار
الكيان ف تلك الفت��ة كان مانع اي صحفي اجنبي او عربي او حتي اسرائيلي من الدخول الي غزة
كفاية شرحه للمعابر واد ايه الاهانة والسخافة اللي بتحصل
بالنسبة لي لازم الدكتور يأخد موقف
لا ينضم لحماس ولا ياخد سلاح ويفرغه ف اي حد منهم
بس ع الاقل يا سيدي متسلمش عليهم
ولا تشتغل معاهم
بلاش اشتغل معاهم بس مش ف اسرائيل
سافر زي ما عملت من الاول
هتقولي الطب مهنة دولية
والانسان انسان
ياعم انا مقولتش شئ
اصل العرب والفلسطنين مش مغول
هتقولي مفيش امكانيات
هقولك ودا بسبب مين ان شاء الله؟
فلسطين صحت الصبح قررت تبقي فقيرة ومحاصرة ومغضوب عليها؟؟؟
الكتاب هيدخلك ف دوامة فكرية لفترة طويلة
صورة أخيرة لثلاث شهداء
بناته
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صورة ميار
صورة آيه
بيسان
August 2, 2012
I stayed up till 3:30 am reading this book, tears soaking my pillow. I was watching live on Israeli tv when he was interviewed as half his family was wiped out in an accidental mistargeting of a missile from an Israeli tank in the Gaza war of 2008-2009. It was blood-curdling and something I won't forget. This man has every reason to hate Israelis but doesn't due to his own strong, unshakeable convictions. He is inspiring not only for his belief in peace no matter what happens but his tenacity in following his dreams no matter what. There were sections of this book I simply couldn't read yet: descriptions of his dead daughters' personalities that were just too raw. I didn't want to float out of bed in a sea of tears. Sometime I'll read them as that's a beautiful tribute.
The reason I give the book four stars has nothing to do with the doctor's story: that can't be judged. This is a literary review and as such, I did find one flaw. That is that some sections seemed to be repeated if not in exactly the same words, then very similar. What was repeated was his conviction and belief that hatred is a choice and a self-destructive one. It is an important point, but it doesn't need to be repeated several times.
This book should be required reading by everyone who has the slightest interest in the Israeli-Arab conflict or in humanity itself.
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The reason I give the book four stars has nothing to do with the doctor's story: that can't be judged. This is a literary review and as such, I did find one flaw. That is that some sections seemed to be repeated if not in exactly the same words, then very similar. What was repeated was his conviction and belief that hatred is a choice and a self-destructive one. It is an important point, but it doesn't need to be repeated several times.
This book should be required reading by everyone who has the slightest interest in the Israeli-Arab conflict or in humanity itself.
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February 15, 2018
From a literary perspective, I would rate this autobiography a 3.5 but this man is so remarkable and his message so important that I'm going to give it 5.0* anyway. I really hope he will get to see the fruits of his patience, perseverance, love and forgiveness during his lifetime.
March 6, 2011
You read a book like Abuelaish’s and you can’t help but feel humbled — and maybe a little ashamed…ashamed because if everyone — you included — could even be a little like Abuelaish, then maybe the world would be a better place.
Abuelaish, also known as “the Gaza doctor,” put a face to the struggles of life on the Gaza Strip when, on January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home and killed three of his daughters and a niece.
This memoir, he writes, is part-memoir and part-plea — a plea that his daughters and niece be the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
This is a heartbreaking, yet hopeful, memoir. Abuelaish poignantly tells of his life as a Palestinian doctor born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza strip, where he grew up against all struggles to become an infertility specialist living in Gaza but working in Israeli hospitals.
His life has been marked with tragedies — shortly before his daughters and niece were senselessly killed (the Israeli government has, to date, yet to apologize or compensate him like they claimed they would), Abuelaish’s wife died of leukemia.
When he describes the heartache and pain he endured crisscrossing the border (his wife was brought to a hospital in Israel, where she quickly succumbed to her illness; her children were denied entry into Israel and remained in Gaza and never had the chance to properly say their goodbyes to their mother), you can’t help but wonder how he refused to succumb to rage.
Abuelaish’s message of peace and cooperation and mutual respect is nothing short of admirable and inspiring. He remains calm in the face of those poisoned by hatred and continues to promote his message of peace even when people aren’t interested in listening.
This was one of the better books I’ve had the privilege of reading in the last little while.
It was difficult to read — particularly the part where he describes what happened on the day his daughters were killed.
I was reading this one the subway and I had to put it down a couple of times to compose myself because I felt the familiar prick of tears starting to well up.
This is definitely a book that needs to be read in every school in both Israel and within the Gaza Strip.
Abuelaish, also known as “the Gaza doctor,” put a face to the struggles of life on the Gaza Strip when, on January 16, 2009, Israeli shells hit his home and killed three of his daughters and a niece.
This memoir, he writes, is part-memoir and part-plea — a plea that his daughters and niece be the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
This is a heartbreaking, yet hopeful, memoir. Abuelaish poignantly tells of his life as a Palestinian doctor born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza strip, where he grew up against all struggles to become an infertility specialist living in Gaza but working in Israeli hospitals.
His life has been marked with tragedies — shortly before his daughters and niece were senselessly killed (the Israeli government has, to date, yet to apologize or compensate him like they claimed they would), Abuelaish’s wife died of leukemia.
When he describes the heartache and pain he endured crisscrossing the border (his wife was brought to a hospital in Israel, where she quickly succumbed to her illness; her children were denied entry into Israel and remained in Gaza and never had the chance to properly say their goodbyes to their mother), you can’t help but wonder how he refused to succumb to rage.
Abuelaish’s message of peace and cooperation and mutual respect is nothing short of admirable and inspiring. He remains calm in the face of those poisoned by hatred and continues to promote his message of peace even when people aren’t interested in listening.
This was one of the better books I’ve had the privilege of reading in the last little while.
It was difficult to read — particularly the part where he describes what happened on the day his daughters were killed.
I was reading this one the subway and I had to put it down a couple of times to compose myself because I felt the familiar prick of tears starting to well up.
This is definitely a book that needs to be read in every school in both Israel and within the Gaza Strip.
June 26, 2018
I am glad that I had a chance to read this book, but honestly, I did not like the author and his attitudes. I found him too selfish, a bit unreliable, and politically ignorant and even maybe too rational, and unfortunately, this rationality highly affected his judgments and opinions. I think he could not grasp Gazan's long-term feelings of being oppressed, thus could not interpret their reactions fairly. I am not only talking about his views about Gaza, but see the way he treated his wife, who was sacrificed just to let her husband reach his dreams, the same way he treated Gaza and Hamas and resistance, and how he excused everything like being late to his wife's deathbed by saying that his wife wanted him to go on his trip. He talked in a way that he could not see how people hurt over years of oppression. He was trying to say that people and Palestinian authority have to find a way to live together (who does not want that?), but the problem is that nor did he offer any solution to do so. I might be totally wrong about his character in reality but in the book, I did not find him the right person to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict. There was a scene, in which he was running for an election, and he clearly said:" lots of people were going to vote for me and I was going to win," and then after being defeated, he just avoid giving any explanation why he lost, if he was so sure he would win? Do you want me to accept the opinions of someone who does not even have a clear analysis of his own campaign's results? Overall, I am looking forward to reading more on this matter and hope to find reliable resources.
October 24, 2016
الكره ليس جرماً، أن تكره فهذا من حقك كإنسان.. أما أن تقرر ألا تكره من شردك من أرضك، ومن كان السبب في أن تولد كلاجئ في مخيم، وأن تحشر أنت وأسرتك بأكملها في غرفة واحدة ضيقة، وأن تعمل في عمر صغير -قبل دخولك المدرسة حتى-، وألا تعرف معنى الأمان أو الطفولة، وأن تأكل اللقيمات ولا تشبع أبداً، وتشرب الملوث من الماء ، وأن تردد إسرائيل إسرائيل، أي أنك لا تعرف حتى ما الوطن -وهذا سبب أخر لأن تكره-، ثم تطالبنا ألا نكره لأنهم عاملوك بإحسان حينما وظفوك في طفولتك، وعندما ساعدوك في مشوارك العلمي والوظيفي- بينما كنت تكسب من عرقك على أرضك المسلوبة-، ولأنهم أنقذوا شذا وغيداء من الموت ونسيت أنهم قتلوا نور وآية وميار وبيسان.. ثم تقرر ألا تكره!!!!
هذه ليست بطولة هذه خيبة وجرم في حق الأرض وحق الشعب وحق من مات وحق من لا يزال في المخيمات.
هذا الكتاب يجب أن يقرأ، لا لأن وجهة النظر فيه صحيحة بل لأنها خاطئة ويجب أن يعرف الجميع ذلك.
النجوم للشعب الفلسطيني، للحر منهم فقط
للذين لا يسمع صوتهم
لمن قرر ألا يبيع..
هذه ليست بطولة هذه خيبة وجرم في حق الأرض وحق الشعب وحق من مات وحق من لا يزال في المخيمات.
هذا الكتاب يجب أن يقرأ، لا لأن وجهة النظر فيه صحيحة بل لأنها خاطئة ويجب أن يعرف الجميع ذلك.
النجوم للشعب الفلسطيني، للحر منهم فقط
للذين لا يسمع صوتهم
لمن قرر ألا يبيع..
October 3, 2011
"I will keep moving, but I need you to join me in this journey.”
Namanya Izzeldin. Penampilannya biasa, tak istimewa. Dia lahir sebagai anak pertama dari istri kedua seorang pria Palestina yang tinggal di kamp pengungsian Jabalia City. Tetapi di sosok biasa-biasa ini tersimpan sebuah jiwa dan hati yang luar biasa.
Terlahir dari keturunan tetua desa yang terusir karena pendudukan Israel, sejak kecil hidup Izzeldin tidaklah mudah. Dia harus membantu sang ibu mengais rejeki di kamp pengungsian yang padat, karena nafkah sang ayah harus dibagi untuk dua keluarganya. Ibunya bahkan lebih memilih Izzeldin membolos dan ikut bersama paman untuk menyelundupkan barang, daripada sekolah. Semua demi sesuap nasi.
“Untung ada guru-guru yang percaya padaku,” begitu katanya. Yang terus membuatnya bertahan di sekolah dan bertekad menjadi yang terbaik. Sejak kecil Izzeldin percaya bahwa pendidikan adalah kunci baginya untuk keluar dari kesengsaraan menjadi seorang Palestina yang terjajah Israel.
Hidup di kancah perang sejak lahir tidaklah mudah. Hidup terkurung, terpasung. Dibangunkan paksa jam 12 malam untuk melihat rumahnya dibuldoser Israel. Hanya karena Ariel Sharon merasa jalan Jabalia kurang lebar untuk tanknya.
Namun, diantara semua kesulitan yang mendera, dia berhasil meraih cita-cita. Menjadi dokter spesialis obstetri dan ginekologi. Bahkan dia menjadi salah satu dokter yang disegani baik oleh orang Israel mau pun Palestina. Dia bekerja di Rumah Sakit Soroka Israel, bekerjasama dengan Gertzner Institute di Israel untuk mengembangkan terapi bagi pasangan yang kurang subur. Dia merawat siapa saja, orang Israel mau pun Palestina. Setiap Kamis dan Minggu sore, Izzeldin harus menjalani penghinaan, penantian tak berujung di pintu perbatasan Erez. Untuk pulang ke Jabalia, dan masuk kembali ke Israel, merawat para pasiennya.
Sempat terucap olehnya, “Penindasan, penghinaan, embargo, kelaparan dan desing peluru adalah hidangan warga Palestina sehari-hari. Mereka dijadikan tawanan di negeri sendiri. Selalu ketakutan. Bagaimana Anda bisa berharap kami bisa berpikir rasional dalam kondisi seperti ini?”
Bahkan saat sang istri menjelang ajal pun, Izzeldin harus pontang-panting dari Erez ke Ashqelon dan kembali lagi, hanya agar bisa masuk ke Israel dan mendampingi sang istri yang dirawat oleh para koleganya di RS Soroka. Izzeldin terombang-ambing perbatasan nyaris 24 jam, karena kesalahan dan prasangka petugas perbatasan Israel, sementara sang istri meregang nyawa. Terdampar, menunggu dalam kalut, tanpa ponsel, tanpa kabar.
Manusia seperti apakah yang tidak terbakar dendam dan kebencian apabila seumur hidup mengalami itu? Dialah Izzeldin. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, yang terus percaya bahwa untuk meraih perdamaian, kita harus berpegang erat pada kemanusiaan. Berpegang erat pada cinta, yang menjadikan kita tetap sebagai manusia.
“Bukan orangnya! Bukan orangnya!” seakan dia berkata. “Tapi rezimnya. Bencilah rezimnya. Hapuskan sistem yang menindas, tapi rangkullah orangnya! Karena kita semua sama.”
Wawancara Dr. Izzeldin :
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mus..." http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mus...
Dan salah satu komen:
… Indeed, Dr. Abuelaish deserves the Peace Nobel Prize, more so than others. If anyone were asked to put oneself into his shoes, would we be capable to react like him? Would we be able not to hate, after having lost three children and another family member?
Namanya Izzeldin. Penampilannya biasa, tak istimewa. Dia lahir sebagai anak pertama dari istri kedua seorang pria Palestina yang tinggal di kamp pengungsian Jabalia City. Tetapi di sosok biasa-biasa ini tersimpan sebuah jiwa dan hati yang luar biasa.
Terlahir dari keturunan tetua desa yang terusir karena pendudukan Israel, sejak kecil hidup Izzeldin tidaklah mudah. Dia harus membantu sang ibu mengais rejeki di kamp pengungsian yang padat, karena nafkah sang ayah harus dibagi untuk dua keluarganya. Ibunya bahkan lebih memilih Izzeldin membolos dan ikut bersama paman untuk menyelundupkan barang, daripada sekolah. Semua demi sesuap nasi.
“Untung ada guru-guru yang percaya padaku,” begitu katanya. Yang terus membuatnya bertahan di sekolah dan bertekad menjadi yang terbaik. Sejak kecil Izzeldin percaya bahwa pendidikan adalah kunci baginya untuk keluar dari kesengsaraan menjadi seorang Palestina yang terjajah Israel.
Hidup di kancah perang sejak lahir tidaklah mudah. Hidup terkurung, terpasung. Dibangunkan paksa jam 12 malam untuk melihat rumahnya dibuldoser Israel. Hanya karena Ariel Sharon merasa jalan Jabalia kurang lebar untuk tanknya.
Namun, diantara semua kesulitan yang mendera, dia berhasil meraih cita-cita. Menjadi dokter spesialis obstetri dan ginekologi. Bahkan dia menjadi salah satu dokter yang disegani baik oleh orang Israel mau pun Palestina. Dia bekerja di Rumah Sakit Soroka Israel, bekerjasama dengan Gertzner Institute di Israel untuk mengembangkan terapi bagi pasangan yang kurang subur. Dia merawat siapa saja, orang Israel mau pun Palestina. Setiap Kamis dan Minggu sore, Izzeldin harus menjalani penghinaan, penantian tak berujung di pintu perbatasan Erez. Untuk pulang ke Jabalia, dan masuk kembali ke Israel, merawat para pasiennya.
Sempat terucap olehnya, “Penindasan, penghinaan, embargo, kelaparan dan desing peluru adalah hidangan warga Palestina sehari-hari. Mereka dijadikan tawanan di negeri sendiri. Selalu ketakutan. Bagaimana Anda bisa berharap kami bisa berpikir rasional dalam kondisi seperti ini?”
Bahkan saat sang istri menjelang ajal pun, Izzeldin harus pontang-panting dari Erez ke Ashqelon dan kembali lagi, hanya agar bisa masuk ke Israel dan mendampingi sang istri yang dirawat oleh para koleganya di RS Soroka. Izzeldin terombang-ambing perbatasan nyaris 24 jam, karena kesalahan dan prasangka petugas perbatasan Israel, sementara sang istri meregang nyawa. Terdampar, menunggu dalam kalut, tanpa ponsel, tanpa kabar.
Manusia seperti apakah yang tidak terbakar dendam dan kebencian apabila seumur hidup mengalami itu? Dialah Izzeldin. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, yang terus percaya bahwa untuk meraih perdamaian, kita harus berpegang erat pada kemanusiaan. Berpegang erat pada cinta, yang menjadikan kita tetap sebagai manusia.
“Bukan orangnya! Bukan orangnya!” seakan dia berkata. “Tapi rezimnya. Bencilah rezimnya. Hapuskan sistem yang menindas, tapi rangkullah orangnya! Karena kita semua sama.”
Wawancara Dr. Izzeldin :
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mus..." http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mus...
Dan salah satu komen:
… Indeed, Dr. Abuelaish deserves the Peace Nobel Prize, more so than others. If anyone were asked to put oneself into his shoes, would we be capable to react like him? Would we be able not to hate, after having lost three children and another family member?
February 10, 2012
Absolutely incredible. EVERYONE should read this book. The world needs more people like Izzeldin Abuelaish - a truly amazing man.
December 5, 2023
This book is what it means to be Palestinian, muslim, and human in today’s world. The author has struggled tremendously in life, yet he chooses not to be consumed by hate. He chooses to be specific in his anger, and he refuses to hate all Israelis, something unimaginable even for people untouched by the genocide. This book is a reminder to never stop calling for a ceasefire, and to remember that there is a solution to all of this.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🇵🇸🇵🇸
February 20, 2013
After reading this book in 2011, I wrote about it in my blog. I went on at great length and subjected the book to much analysis. The bottom line, though, is that he is truly a peace activist. Kudos for his courage in writing this book. It sometimes seems moderates are an endangered species.
Here's my link; put up your feet and get comfortable as it'll take a while.
http://janetrice.blogspot.com/2011_06...
(Date completed is approximate.)
Here's my link; put up your feet and get comfortable as it'll take a while.
http://janetrice.blogspot.com/2011_06...
(Date completed is approximate.)
July 5, 2021
Qué historia! El autor nos platica su vida inmerso en el conflicto Palestina-Israel con una visión objetiva de lo que es su día a día en la franja de Gaza. Aprendí muchísimo de lo que siempre escuchamos en noticias pero nadie explica.
Izzeldin descubrió que la educación es un arma importante para crecer de manera personal y abrir puertas. A pesar de la pobreza y todas las humillaciones, estudiar le dió un sentido a su vida y así lo transmitió a sus hijos.
“… siempre he tenido la impresión de que la Medicina puede servir para establecer los puentes que unan a los pueblos divididos…”.
“Para cualquier ser humano la libertad es esencial, básica para nuestra dignidad y para sentirnos plenamente humanos”.
Izzeldin descubrió que la educación es un arma importante para crecer de manera personal y abrir puertas. A pesar de la pobreza y todas las humillaciones, estudiar le dió un sentido a su vida y así lo transmitió a sus hijos.
“… siempre he tenido la impresión de que la Medicina puede servir para establecer los puentes que unan a los pueblos divididos…”.
“Para cualquier ser humano la libertad es esencial, básica para nuestra dignidad y para sentirnos plenamente humanos”.
November 1, 2011
During the Gaza siege Shlomi Eldar a news caster on Israeli television interviewed a fertility expert from Gaza. Live and on air the viewer had the window of opportunity to see and experience Palestinian pain. Live and on the air over a cell phone a doctor from Gaza recounted how an Israeli tank fired a shell that smashed through the wall of this doctor's house killing his three daughters and niece. Shlomi Eldar could not hang up the fun and excused himself from the newscast. Backstage he contacted the Israeli Defense Forces to get help for the his friend the doctor. The video is shown a over youtube.
Who was this doctor Abuelish that his home should be shelled by an Israeli tank? Was he a wanted Hamas terrorist? A Fatah soldier? Far from it he was a peace loving fertility doctor who treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients with equal care and professionalism. His Israeli colleagues spoke highly of him and admired his dedication to his profession and patients. Dr. Abuelish believed in peace, love, brotherhood and humanity. He believes in a two state solution and in equal honor and respect for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Izzeldin Abuelish was born and raised in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. His family voluntarily left their native village in the Negev and settled in the Gaza strip. His father met his second wife on the way and divorced his first wife but left her well provided for. Izzeldin worked selling eggs and other good in order to make money for his family to survive. Before the first intifada broke out he held jobs working on Israeli Moshavs and farms building Chicken coops. It was while working in Israel that he formed relationships with Israelis and he found out they were not the monsters he had always believed they were.
While growing up his mother Dalal forced him to study and take his studies carefully. She was rather forceful about it and to this day the good doctor is greatful. Education was the key to escaping poverty. Dr. Izzeldin travelled abroad and received degrees both in Israel and abroad. It is through the medical profession that he sought to build bridges between Israeli Jews and PALESTINIANS.
Life in Gaza has always been a struggle especially after the second intifada. Dr. Abuelish describes his experience crossing over Israeli checkpoints and the degrading experience that many Palestinians receive at the hands of Israeli soldiers. Thaks to check points and searches journeys that should be not more than a half an hour end up taking half the day. Modern day life in Gaza is a prison with Egypt shut completely off and Israeli war ships monitoring the water a mile and a half off the coast nothing gets in or out without Israeli approval. Often times food and vital medicine is blocked and the only way to get this material is though smugglers tunnels which are routinely blocked or bombed. Trying to travel around is difficult for Palestinians and that is an understatement. Life in Gaza is one of deprivation. There is rubble and destroyed building everywhere. Open sewers flow through the streets and people are packed in quarters like sardines.
Izzeldin Abuelish was dedicated to peace before his daughters and niece perished in the attack and he remains dedicated to peace. His daughters attended peace camps in the US making friends with other Israeli teenager. The experience was profound, both Israelis and Palestinians learned to over come their trust issues and see the other as humans just like they are.
Dr. Abuelish has since formed an organization called "Daughters for Life" The organization is dedicated towards peace and bettering he life of Palestinians. I give this book five stars. Well written with great attention given to details. Dr. Abuelsih looks with a critical eye at both sides and objectively sees the flaws and good points within them both. He is truly a worker for peace.
Who was this doctor Abuelish that his home should be shelled by an Israeli tank? Was he a wanted Hamas terrorist? A Fatah soldier? Far from it he was a peace loving fertility doctor who treated both Israeli and Palestinian patients with equal care and professionalism. His Israeli colleagues spoke highly of him and admired his dedication to his profession and patients. Dr. Abuelish believed in peace, love, brotherhood and humanity. He believes in a two state solution and in equal honor and respect for both Israelis and Palestinians.
Izzeldin Abuelish was born and raised in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza. His family voluntarily left their native village in the Negev and settled in the Gaza strip. His father met his second wife on the way and divorced his first wife but left her well provided for. Izzeldin worked selling eggs and other good in order to make money for his family to survive. Before the first intifada broke out he held jobs working on Israeli Moshavs and farms building Chicken coops. It was while working in Israel that he formed relationships with Israelis and he found out they were not the monsters he had always believed they were.
While growing up his mother Dalal forced him to study and take his studies carefully. She was rather forceful about it and to this day the good doctor is greatful. Education was the key to escaping poverty. Dr. Izzeldin travelled abroad and received degrees both in Israel and abroad. It is through the medical profession that he sought to build bridges between Israeli Jews and PALESTINIANS.
Life in Gaza has always been a struggle especially after the second intifada. Dr. Abuelish describes his experience crossing over Israeli checkpoints and the degrading experience that many Palestinians receive at the hands of Israeli soldiers. Thaks to check points and searches journeys that should be not more than a half an hour end up taking half the day. Modern day life in Gaza is a prison with Egypt shut completely off and Israeli war ships monitoring the water a mile and a half off the coast nothing gets in or out without Israeli approval. Often times food and vital medicine is blocked and the only way to get this material is though smugglers tunnels which are routinely blocked or bombed. Trying to travel around is difficult for Palestinians and that is an understatement. Life in Gaza is one of deprivation. There is rubble and destroyed building everywhere. Open sewers flow through the streets and people are packed in quarters like sardines.
Izzeldin Abuelish was dedicated to peace before his daughters and niece perished in the attack and he remains dedicated to peace. His daughters attended peace camps in the US making friends with other Israeli teenager. The experience was profound, both Israelis and Palestinians learned to over come their trust issues and see the other as humans just like they are.
Dr. Abuelish has since formed an organization called "Daughters for Life" The organization is dedicated towards peace and bettering he life of Palestinians. I give this book five stars. Well written with great attention given to details. Dr. Abuelsih looks with a critical eye at both sides and objectively sees the flaws and good points within them both. He is truly a worker for peace.
October 9, 2014
عز الدين شخص مثل غيره من الفلسطينيين المنكوبين، مرّ بمأساة بالغة الألم، ما يجعله مختلفًا هو أنه اختار أن يعبّر عن سخطه بطريقة مختلفة. ذكرني بكتاب تلك العتمة الباهرة
عرف السجين أن الكراهية لا تضرّ إلا صاحبها فاختار سلامه الشخصي.
طوال قراءتي للكتاب كنت أفكر كيف يمكن أن يتساوى الضحية والجلاد في المسؤولية عن الدمار، كيف يمكن أن يوضع المحتل وصاحب الأرض في نفس المنزلة.
نحن معروفون بكراهيتنا لإسرائيل، -ومعنا الحق في ذلك- جميعنا ومن ضمنهم أنا طبعًا، نقول أنه لا مصالحة ولا سلام بعد كل الدمار الذي كانوا سببه، الرد على القوة المفرطة هي القوة ولا شيء غيرها. أفلامنا وكتبنا تمتلك نفس النظرة.
ثم ماذا، سنعود لبيوتنا لننام بين أطفالنا وأهلنا بينما تقسم أسرة نفسها، مجموعة مقابل جدار، والأخرى مقابل جدار آخر، حتى إذا سقطت قذيفة على جدار يبقى النائمون خلف الجدار الآخر ليعتنوا بدفن قتلى العائلة !
الناس متعبين، ويرغبون بأبسط الحقوق، لا يهمهم سياستكم وأنانيتكم. الآباء يريدون أن يعيشوا مع أبنائهم، والأبناء يريدون أن يكبروا ويحققوا أحلامهم.
كل هذا غير ممكن مادامت الحرب، من الطبيعي أن يطالب عز الدين بالسلام ولتذهب السياسة وملكية الأرض والحقوق الأزلية إلى الجحيم.
سيرة مؤلمة وتستحق القراءة.
عرف السجين أن الكراهية لا تضرّ إلا صاحبها فاختار سلامه الشخصي.
طوال قراءتي للكتاب كنت أفكر كيف يمكن أن يتساوى الضحية والجلاد في المسؤولية عن الدمار، كيف يمكن أن يوضع المحتل وصاحب الأرض في نفس المنزلة.
نحن معروفون بكراهيتنا لإسرائيل، -ومعنا الحق في ذلك- جميعنا ومن ضمنهم أنا طبعًا، نقول أنه لا مصالحة ولا سلام بعد كل الدمار الذي كانوا سببه، الرد على القوة المفرطة هي القوة ولا شيء غيرها. أفلامنا وكتبنا تمتلك نفس النظرة.
ثم ماذا، سنعود لبيوتنا لننام بين أطفالنا وأهلنا بينما تقسم أسرة نفسها، مجموعة مقابل جدار، والأخرى مقابل جدار آخر، حتى إذا سقطت قذيفة على جدار يبقى النائمون خلف الجدار الآخر ليعتنوا بدفن قتلى العائلة !
الناس متعبين، ويرغبون بأبسط الحقوق، لا يهمهم سياستكم وأنانيتكم. الآباء يريدون أن يعيشوا مع أبنائهم، والأبناء يريدون أن يكبروا ويحققوا أحلامهم.
كل هذا غير ممكن مادامت الحرب، من الطبيعي أن يطالب عز الدين بالسلام ولتذهب السياسة وملكية الأرض والحقوق الأزلية إلى الجحيم.
سيرة مؤلمة وتستحق القراءة.
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April 15, 2012يضرب أبو العيش في هذا الكتاب مثلا را��عا للعفو والمصالحة،
يوضح أساس سلام دائم في الأراضي المقدسة".
جيمي كارتر، الرئيس الأمريكي الأسبق
اليوم نزل في الاسواق كتاب "لن أكره" للدكتور الفلسطيني عز الدين أبو العيش، قصتو معروفه في كل العالم كيف استشهدوا بناتو التلاته في العدوان الأخير على غزة.. بس اللي ما بيتصدق هو كيف لهلأ بدو سلام.. إقرأو الكتاب لتعرفوا حياة هادا الشخص غير العادي
يوضح أساس سلام دائم في الأراضي المقدسة".
جيمي كارتر، الرئيس الأمريكي الأسبق
اليوم نزل في الاسواق كتاب "لن أكره" للدكتور الفلسطيني عز الدين أبو العيش، قصتو معروفه في كل العالم كيف استشهدوا بناتو التلاته في العدوان الأخير على غزة.. بس اللي ما بيتصدق هو كيف لهلأ بدو سلام.. إقرأو الكتاب لتعرفوا حياة هادا الشخص غير العادي
February 12, 2024
في العشرين من اكتوبر الماضي قال بايدن إن إدارته اتخذت قرارات ستغير وجه الشرق الأوسط.
انتقل جنرالات الجيش الأميركي إلى إسرائيل، تحركت قواتها المسلحة بما فيها حاملات الطائرات، فتحت مخازن الذخيرة، نشطت أجهزة الاستخبارات الأميركية بكل قدراتها الفضائية، وتحركت الدبلوماسية والإعلام لتغطية "القرات التي ستغير وجه الشرق الأوسط".
تعقد الصراع مع الأيام، إذ اتضح ببطء أن المسألة الفلسطينية أخطر بكثير من احتلال الفلوجة، وأنها لا تعني العرب والمسلمين وحسب، بل الجنوب العالمي برمته، ذلك العالم الكبير الذي ضاق ذرعاً بالكولونيالية البيضاء بكل وقاحتها وحتى خرفها.
أكتوبر مرة أخرى، ٢٠٠١، بينما تتحضر أميركا لاحتلال أفغانستان ثم الانتقال إلى العراق، يعلن البيت الأبيض فجأة عن رغبته في إنجاز حل الدولتين. أعد الأميركيون آلة تدمير تاريخية، وكانوا بحاجة إلى غطاء أخلاقي لما ينوون القيام به. الحديث عن نشر الحرية ومكافحة الإرهاب لا يكفي لتغطية حريق في العالم المسلم. سننجز لكم دولة في فلسطين.
هذا ما قالوه أيضا في أكتوبر ١٩٩٠ وهم يتحضرون لتدمير العراق و"إخراجه من عصر الصناعة" بتعبير غارودي. مضى بيكر، وزير الخارجية، يبشر العرب بدولة فلسطينية، حتى وعرفات يرفض إدانة صدام. ما إن تضع الحرب أوزارها سيعود القدس والكثير من الأرض، كما الكثير من الأمل للاجئين.
تدير أميركا الحرب على غزة على كل الصعد، من الغطاء القانوني إلى الغطاء الجوي. وبالطبع فهناك فوق الغطاء الجوي غطاء أخلاقي واسع اسمه حل الدولتين.
بعد أن صارت فلسطين إلى مكان ليس بمقدوره أن يؤوي حتى القطط، بعد أن تقلصت مساحة الضفة الغربية إلى ما دون الألفي كيلو مترا مربعاً، وجرّمت الأونروا وقطعت شرايينها، وهي الدليل الأممي الأخير على وجود لاجئين فلسطينيين خارج أرضهم .. بعد كل هذا اللاممكن فتح الأميركان أفواههم بالحديث عن حل الدولتين!
هناك تعقيدات تواجهها الخطة الأميركية التي تنفذها إسرائيل، هذه هي الحقيقة الأساسية. لا مكان للصراع بين الدولتين، ليس وقد اختارت أميركا ثلاثة من الوجوه "اليهودية" في إدارتها ليكونوا حلقة الاتصال بينها وبين العرب، وممثليها في التواصل مع إسرائيل.
تجاهل العرب، في سبعينات القرن الماضي، حقيقة أن وسيط السلام "كيسنجر" شخصية يهودية، ولا يمكن لذلك أن يكون بلا معنى. ليست مزحة، حتى ونيكسون يقول ممازحا الوفد العربي الذي تزعمته السعودية آنذاك إن يهودية كيسنجر لن تمس حياده. ليكتب الأخير فيما بعد أن أرفع وسام حصل عليه في حياته رس��لة شكر شفويه من رئيس وزراء إسرائيل : شكراً لصنيعك العظيم لصالح إسرائيل، ولولا إصرارك على خدمة بلادنا لكنا قد دخلنا في محنة عظيمة.
تعقدت الخطة الأميركية في غزة، وهي تحاول إجراء مراجعات عليها بغية امتصاص التداعيات الأخرى. من تلك التداعيات أن أميركا قد تخسر مكانها في العراق، ويبدو أن إيران مصرة على ذلك. مصداقية أميركا في درجاته الدنيا، انهيار المشروع الإبراهيمي، الإصرار السعودي على ربط التطبيع بمشروع الدولة الفلسطينية، بروز المحور الشيعي بالقوة التي رأيناها، بإسناد كامل من العالم السني كما تلاحظ فورن أفيرز. هذه التعقيدات لم تكن في حسبان بايدن في العشرين من أكتوبر الماضي وهو يؤكد أن خططه - التي ستنفذها إسرائيل- ستغير وجه الشرق الأوسط.
أساء الأميركان تقدير كل ما يتعلق بالمسألة بما في ذلك تقدير خطورة نتنياهو، الرجل الذي قالت عنه لوفيغارو: أخذ من بايدن كل شيء وجلس في انتظار ترامب.
التعديلات التي تريدها أميركا على خطتها لا تلقى حماسا إسرائيل، ليس وقد خربت مالطا. ومن حيث الهدف فلا يزال الموقفان متطابقين: تصفية المسألة الفلسطينية. هنا يسر الأميركان إلى العرب بأمر مثير: كي تكون هناك دولة فلسطينية لا بد أولا من معالجة الشأن الأمني، محو الجماعات الفلسطينية المسلحة خدمة للدولة الفلسطينية التي سترى النور وشيكاً. لا يمكن أن تقبل إسرائيل بدولة فلسطينية تقودها جماعات جهادية. امنحونا قليلا من الوقت لمعالجة هذا العنصر الأمني، ثم سنعلن جميعا عن دولة فلسطين، دولة كاملة الشروط وبلا سلاح، يحميها القانون الدولي. وصيفات البيت الأبيض، ألمانيا وجاراتها، رددن الهراء نفسه، حتى إن بريطانيا لوحت بإمكانية أن تعترف بالدولة الفلسطينية الآن، الليلة، أو غداً.
انتقل جنرالات الجيش الأميركي إلى إسرائيل، تحركت قواتها المسلحة بما فيها حاملات الطائرات، فتحت مخازن الذخيرة، نشطت أجهزة الاستخبارات الأميركية بكل قدراتها الفضائية، وتحركت الدبلوماسية والإعلام لتغطية "القرات التي ستغير وجه الشرق الأوسط".
تعقد الصراع مع الأيام، إذ اتضح ببطء أن المسألة الفلسطينية أخطر بكثير من احتلال الفلوجة، وأنها لا تعني العرب والمسلمين وحسب، بل الجنوب العالمي برمته، ذلك العالم الكبير الذي ضاق ذرعاً بالكولونيالية البيضاء بكل وقاحتها وحتى خرفها.
أكتوبر مرة أخرى، ٢٠٠١، بينما تتحضر أميركا لاحتلال أفغانستان ثم الانتقال إلى العراق، يعلن البيت الأبيض فجأة عن رغبته في إنجاز حل الدولتين. أعد الأميركيون آلة تدمير تاريخية، وكانوا بحاجة إلى غطاء أخلاقي لما ينوون القيام به. الحديث عن نشر الحرية ومكافحة الإرهاب لا يكفي لتغطية حريق في العالم المسلم. سننجز لكم دولة في فلسطين.
هذا ما قالوه أيضا في أكتوبر ١٩٩٠ وهم يتحضرون لتدمير العراق و"إخراجه من عصر الصناعة" بتعبير غارودي. مضى بيكر، وزير الخارجية، يبشر العرب بدولة فلسطينية، حتى وعرفات يرفض إدانة صدام. ما إن تضع الحرب أوزارها سيعود القدس والكثير من الأرض، كما الكثير من الأمل للاجئين.
تدير أميركا الحرب على غزة على كل الصعد، من الغطاء القانوني إلى الغطاء الجوي. وبالطبع فهناك فوق الغطاء الجوي غطاء أخلاقي واسع اسمه حل الدولتين.
بعد أن صارت فلسطين إلى مكان ليس بمقدوره أن يؤوي حتى القطط، بعد أن تقلصت مساحة الضفة الغربية إلى ما دون الألفي كيلو مترا مربعاً، وجرّمت الأونروا وقطعت شرايينها، وهي الدليل الأممي الأخير على وجود لاجئين فلسطينيين خارج أرضهم .. بعد كل هذا اللاممكن فتح الأميركان أفواههم بالحديث عن حل الدولتين!
هناك تعقيدات تواجهها الخطة الأميركية التي تنفذها إسرائيل، هذه هي الحقيقة الأساسية. لا مكان للصراع بين الدولتين، ليس وقد اختارت أميركا ثلاثة من الوجوه "اليهودية" في إدارتها ليكونوا حلقة الاتصال بينها وبين العرب، وممثليها في التواصل مع إسرائيل.
تجاهل العرب، في سبعينات القرن الماضي، حقيقة أن وسيط السلام "كيسنجر" شخصية يهودية، ولا يمكن لذلك أن يكون بلا معنى. ليست مزحة، حتى ونيكسون يقول ممازحا الوفد العربي الذي تزعمته السعودية آنذاك إن يهودية كيسنجر لن تمس حياده. ليكتب الأخير فيما بعد أن أرفع وسام حصل عليه في حياته رس��لة شكر شفويه من رئيس وزراء إسرائيل : شكراً لصنيعك العظيم لصالح إسرائيل، ولولا إصرارك على خدمة بلادنا لكنا قد دخلنا في محنة عظيمة.
تعقدت الخطة الأميركية في غزة، وهي تحاول إجراء مراجعات عليها بغية امتصاص التداعيات الأخرى. من تلك التداعيات أن أميركا قد تخسر مكانها في العراق، ويبدو أن إيران مصرة على ذلك. مصداقية أميركا في درجاته الدنيا، انهيار المشروع الإبراهيمي، الإصرار السعودي على ربط التطبيع بمشروع الدولة الفلسطينية، بروز المحور الشيعي بالقوة التي رأيناها، بإسناد كامل من العالم السني كما تلاحظ فورن أفيرز. هذه التعقيدات لم تكن في حسبان بايدن في العشرين من أكتوبر الماضي وهو يؤكد أن خططه - التي ستنفذها إسرائيل- ستغير وجه الشرق الأوسط.
أساء الأميركان تقدير كل ما يتعلق بالمسألة بما في ذلك تقدير خطورة نتنياهو، الرجل الذي قالت عنه لوفيغارو: أخذ من بايدن كل شيء وجلس في انتظار ترامب.
التعديلات التي تريدها أميركا على خطتها لا تلقى حماسا إسرائيل، ليس وقد خربت مالطا. ومن حيث الهدف فلا يزال الموقفان متطابقين: تصفية المسألة الفلسطينية. هنا يسر الأميركان إلى العرب بأمر مثير: كي تكون هناك دولة فلسطينية لا بد أولا من معالجة الشأن الأمني، محو الجماعات الفلسطينية المسلحة خدمة للدولة الفلسطينية التي سترى النور وشيكاً. لا يمكن أن تقبل إسرائيل بدولة فلسطينية تقودها جماعات جهادية. امنحونا قليلا من الوقت لمعالجة هذا العنصر الأمني، ثم سنعلن جميعا عن دولة فلسطين، دولة كاملة الشروط وبلا سلاح، يحميها القانون الدولي. وصيفات البيت الأبيض، ألمانيا وجاراتها، رددن الهراء نفسه، حتى إن بريطانيا لوحت بإمكانية أن تعترف بالدولة الفلسطينية الآن، الليلة، أو غداً.
April 16, 2011
This is an amazingly inspirational memoir by a Palestinian doctor, born in a refugee camp in Gaza, and who, after his wife died, then lost 3 of his daughters when the Israelis fired into his home in the Gaza strip. His daughters died simply because they had been sleeping against "the wrong wall" that evening.
Although angry and deeply grieving the death of his 3 daughters, Dr Abuelaish felt no hatred towards the Israelis who had conducted the unprovoked attacks. His live interview on Israeli television just hours after their deaths captured world attention not just on the plight of the Palestinians living in the Gaza but also astonished by the absence of calls for revenge, a call which many would have expected. Instead, he called for peace and cooperation between the 2 sides, for an understanding and acceptance of each other as individuals deserving of respect.
His memoir doesn't shy away from the tough moments in his life. The hardship and starvation he went through as a child in a poor refugee village, an eldest son having to care for his family because of his father's illness, and because, as a second family, his father's first wife and their relations made sure that his family were despised and shunned in their village. His determination and the mentoring by some teachers allowed him to do well enough to earn scholarships to the University of Cairo to study medicine.
Despite the continual humiliations he was forced to endure as a Palestinian living on what Israel believed to be their land, he was fortunate at one point in his young life, to work for a kind Israeli farming family who treated him as any other young child, who offered him kindness and more importantly, respect as a human being. He said it was this moment that he started to question why Palestinians were treated differently and why they were not afforded the same living conditions as the Israelis over the border.
As a doctor, he continued to excel in his work and among doctors he found the equality he sought as a child. He was the first Palestinian to work in an Israeli hospital. He never lost his objective in treating all patients equally and respectfully regardless of nationality and race, and while he was angry that Palestinian hospitals continued to be poorly equipped because of lack of funding and also because of embargoes by the Israelis, his anger was already directed at unfair policies.
As a reader, I am appalled at what he's had to go through in his life's journey, and at the same time, I am inspired and humbled by this amazing man. If we had more individuals like him in governments around the world, I do believe we'd have a better and safer world.
Although angry and deeply grieving the death of his 3 daughters, Dr Abuelaish felt no hatred towards the Israelis who had conducted the unprovoked attacks. His live interview on Israeli television just hours after their deaths captured world attention not just on the plight of the Palestinians living in the Gaza but also astonished by the absence of calls for revenge, a call which many would have expected. Instead, he called for peace and cooperation between the 2 sides, for an understanding and acceptance of each other as individuals deserving of respect.
His memoir doesn't shy away from the tough moments in his life. The hardship and starvation he went through as a child in a poor refugee village, an eldest son having to care for his family because of his father's illness, and because, as a second family, his father's first wife and their relations made sure that his family were despised and shunned in their village. His determination and the mentoring by some teachers allowed him to do well enough to earn scholarships to the University of Cairo to study medicine.
Despite the continual humiliations he was forced to endure as a Palestinian living on what Israel believed to be their land, he was fortunate at one point in his young life, to work for a kind Israeli farming family who treated him as any other young child, who offered him kindness and more importantly, respect as a human being. He said it was this moment that he started to question why Palestinians were treated differently and why they were not afforded the same living conditions as the Israelis over the border.
As a doctor, he continued to excel in his work and among doctors he found the equality he sought as a child. He was the first Palestinian to work in an Israeli hospital. He never lost his objective in treating all patients equally and respectfully regardless of nationality and race, and while he was angry that Palestinian hospitals continued to be poorly equipped because of lack of funding and also because of embargoes by the Israelis, his anger was already directed at unfair policies.
As a reader, I am appalled at what he's had to go through in his life's journey, and at the same time, I am inspired and humbled by this amazing man. If we had more individuals like him in governments around the world, I do believe we'd have a better and safer world.
September 21, 2019
Heartwarming, inspirational book.
My Solo Opinion
I Shall Not Hate was writen by Dr. Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor who lost 3 daughters and a niece in a bombing on his home in the Gaza strip. The book is an effort to reach out and make something positive out of such a tragedy. Throughout his medical career Dr. Abuelaish has continued to live in Palestine but much of his work is in Israel, alongside Israeli doctors. Dr. Abuelaish has come to learn that we are all human and part of the same universe. Rather than seek revenge and become consumed by hatred, Dr. Abuelaish has taken the opportunity of this tragedy to accept and forgive and to speak about peace and outreach and for all of humanity to live in harmony as the human family.
Recommended for insight into the Israeli/Palestinian warring over the Gaza Strip.
Also recommended for everyone interested in world peace. The book and the actions of Dr. Abuelaish are truly inspirational.
Book Club Post Script
In December 2013 this was a book club selection. I was expecting that everyone would love the book like I did.
Surprise!! Surprise!! There was lots of discussion and the likes and dislikes were split.
Those who were favourable liked what I liked about the book - Abuelaish's courage, principles, drive, commitment and focus.
The negatives were about the politics in the book, some thought it had an agenda and was a bit of propaganda, more pro Lebanese and anti Israeli or that the book was too violent and full of abuse of power and said they had a preference for more pleasant books to read in their leisure time before sleeping.
I thought, as did some others that the author was courageous, made a difference and involved his family in the decision to stay in Lebanon to improve the situation. I like others was very proud that he chose to move to Canada to live to continue his work in medicine and peace. Others however were highly critical of his staying in Lebanon, feeling that he should have put his family's safety first and got them out of Lebanon much earlier so they would still be alive.
There was definitely a very lively book club discussion which surprised me. I would say it was an excellent book club choice for this reason.
My Solo Opinion
I Shall Not Hate was writen by Dr. Abuelaish, a Palestinian doctor who lost 3 daughters and a niece in a bombing on his home in the Gaza strip. The book is an effort to reach out and make something positive out of such a tragedy. Throughout his medical career Dr. Abuelaish has continued to live in Palestine but much of his work is in Israel, alongside Israeli doctors. Dr. Abuelaish has come to learn that we are all human and part of the same universe. Rather than seek revenge and become consumed by hatred, Dr. Abuelaish has taken the opportunity of this tragedy to accept and forgive and to speak about peace and outreach and for all of humanity to live in harmony as the human family.
Recommended for insight into the Israeli/Palestinian warring over the Gaza Strip.
Also recommended for everyone interested in world peace. The book and the actions of Dr. Abuelaish are truly inspirational.
Book Club Post Script
In December 2013 this was a book club selection. I was expecting that everyone would love the book like I did.
Surprise!! Surprise!! There was lots of discussion and the likes and dislikes were split.
Those who were favourable liked what I liked about the book - Abuelaish's courage, principles, drive, commitment and focus.
The negatives were about the politics in the book, some thought it had an agenda and was a bit of propaganda, more pro Lebanese and anti Israeli or that the book was too violent and full of abuse of power and said they had a preference for more pleasant books to read in their leisure time before sleeping.
I thought, as did some others that the author was courageous, made a difference and involved his family in the decision to stay in Lebanon to improve the situation. I like others was very proud that he chose to move to Canada to live to continue his work in medicine and peace. Others however were highly critical of his staying in Lebanon, feeling that he should have put his family's safety first and got them out of Lebanon much earlier so they would still be alive.
There was definitely a very lively book club discussion which surprised me. I would say it was an excellent book club choice for this reason.
October 19, 2015
إن ما فرأته في هذا الكتاب يبدو صعبا ، النفس البشرية ليست غصن بان بهذه المرونة ، كيف لطبيب فلسطيني من مخيم لاجئين جباليا أن يمد جسر سلام مع اسرائيل !!؟ لعل الدكتور أبو العيش نجح في تخطي حواجز كثيرة لا يمكن لأي فلسطيني تجاوزها ، عمله كطبيب منحه القدرة بعض الشيء أن يكون مختلفا ففي المستشفى المعادلات تختلف و لا يبقى سوى محاولة دفع الألم دون النظر لما يحدث خارجها ..
كتب الدكتور عز الدين مثالا كبيرا في ترويض نفسه ليعيش السلام الداخلي الذيي مكنّه من معايشة الواقع بسلام وإلا لما استطاع أن يستمر في المطالبة بالسلام مع اسرائيل بعدما عانى الفقر و البؤس في المخيم و بعد أن فقد بناثه الثلاث في قصف اسرائيلي على منزلهم .. حتى بعد أن انتهيت من الكتاب و لست مصدقة تماما بأن أبو العيش يسرد واقعا عاشه بخصوص البحث عن السلام و الحياة بسلام وسط صراع كبير كفلسطين و هي القصة الأم لكثير من عذاباتنا العربية
و رغم كل ذلك تبقى بعض الحقائق الجيدة التي علينا الالتفات إليها و منها ماذكره في قائمته التي استفاد منها خلال تجاربه طوال حياته
( الكراهية عمى و تؤدي إلى التفكير و السلوك اللاعقلانيين إنها مرض مزمن و مدمر و يمكن علاجها متى ما سمحنا نحن بذلك )
و أظننا بحاجة لتعليم الجميع هذه الحقيقة أطفالا و شبابا نساء و رجالا لصناعة جيل محب للحياة و منتج فيها و معطاء لأن الحياة لا تبدو جميلة إلا بوجود هذا الحس الانساني العميق
كتب الدكتور عز الدين مثالا كبيرا في ترويض نفسه ليعيش السلام الداخلي الذيي مكنّه من معايشة الواقع بسلام وإلا لما استطاع أن يستمر في المطالبة بالسلام مع اسرائيل بعدما عانى الفقر و البؤس في المخيم و بعد أن فقد بناثه الثلاث في قصف اسرائيلي على منزلهم .. حتى بعد أن انتهيت من الكتاب و لست مصدقة تماما بأن أبو العيش يسرد واقعا عاشه بخصوص البحث عن السلام و الحياة بسلام وسط صراع كبير كفلسطين و هي القصة الأم لكثير من عذاباتنا العربية
و رغم كل ذلك تبقى بعض الحقائق الجيدة التي علينا الالتفات إليها و منها ماذكره في قائمته التي استفاد منها خلال تجاربه طوال حياته
( الكراهية عمى و تؤدي إلى التفكير و السلوك اللاعقلانيين إنها مرض مزمن و مدمر و يمكن علاجها متى ما سمحنا نحن بذلك )
و أظننا بحاجة لتعليم الجميع هذه الحقيقة أطفالا و شبابا نساء و رجالا لصناعة جيل محب للحياة و منتج فيها و معطاء لأن الحياة لا تبدو جميلة إلا بوجود هذا الحس الانساني العميق
September 6, 2018
دة أكتر سيرة ذاتية إنسانية مؤلمة وكارثية على البعد الإنساني.دة مش مجرد سيرة لطبيب في قطاع غزة دة سيرة لرجل على مدار سنين حياته ذاق الفقد بكل أشكاله وألوانه.الفقد بالمرض الفقد بالسّفر الفقد للكرامة الفقد للقمة العيش وآخرهم الفقد برصاص الإحتلال.وجرى التّنويه إن النجوم كانت للقصة وللخسائر الفظيعة اللي تعرضتلها هذه الأسرة ولكن مش مع رأي الكاتب ولن أتفق.صحيح أبو العيش قال إنه هو لن يكره و��ة رأيه الشخصي اللي مش المفروض يكون رأينا لا تسامح مع الدم ولا سلام يبنى على الدم أبو العيش يدين لهم لأنهم وظفوه واسعفوا بنته المصابة عندما احتاج الأمر ونسي أنهم قتلوا ٤ من أسرته وملايين من الفلسطينيين الأبرياء وفي النهاية قدر على الأقل يحمي الباقي من أسرته وينقلهم بالهجرة إلى مكان أكثر أمانًا وأقل عنفًا.لكن لسة باقي كتير ما عندهومش نفس الفرصة لسة باقي كتير معرضين لخطر الفقد في كل لحظة وكل ساعة.السّلام لأرواح الشهداء وأهاليهم السلام لفلسطين المحتلة والموت للإحتلال.
February 20, 2012
No words can describe the horrific events this man had to endure and witness. Yet to come out of it all with hope, compassion and understanding for the future of the Palestinians and Israelis is just inspiring. Izzeldin is a remarkable man. Highly recommend it
February 22, 2024
"Wij Palestijnen wachten eigenlijk op een wonder. We hebben ons geloof en we hebben hoop, maar de tijd tikt door: hoe is zoiets in de eenentwintigste eeuw mogelijk?"
December 19, 2023
I will not go into too much depth, since it is the Palestinian voices that should be heard, not mine. But I will give you my 2 cents on what I took from it:
For a physician who has worked with both Israelis and Palestinians, who has lived through the horrors of occupation, and has lost his own daughters in the most abhorrent way– he has such a commendable outlook on life. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish has Israeli friends. He worked with them; they had respect for him as a physician who helped their people. Yet his family was still targeted. He was still subject to the horrors of the occupation. He was still held back and unable to cross. He recounts the events as they happened, not with the intention of hate, but the intention of telling it like it is. You genuinely cannot read this memoir and think its complicated; it paints a clear picture of the oppression. And even through all this, he still has it in him to not hate, but to act to counter these injustices. Let this be another depiction of how resilient and faithful Palestinians are; may we even have an ounce of their faith and love.
Some excerpts that either I felt were deeply moving, or I found particularly poignant, especially since this book was written in 2011, yet it feels like it was written about the exact same horrors of today.
--
"We put some children against one wall and some against another wall so if we're hit, we won't all be wiped out."
"Or were we simply nameless, faceless humans who were in their way?"
"It felt as though we were being squeezed out of existence."
"That’s how terrorism seeds its roots. By finding its way among the disenfranchised, the discontented and the uneducated, it germinates fear, distrust and intolerance."
"Everyone in Gaza scrounges for old parts and broken concrete to patch their lives together. The water and sanitation services are on the verge of collapse. One can only imagine the size of the public health catastrophe that threatens us. This is what I mean when I tell people that Gaza could implode."
"The shelling seemed to be coming from every direction. We couldn’t figure out who or what the target was. All I ever heard on the radio was the body count, as though we Palestinians had been reduced to numbers rather than mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers."
"I am a physician and as a consequence I see things most clearly in medical terms. I am arguing that we need an immunization program, one that injects people with respect, dignity and equality, and that immunizes them against hatred."
"Intellectually, we say that words are stronger than bullets. But the bullets continue to find their targets."
"When it is your children who have become “collateral damage” in a seemingly endless conflict, when you have seen their bodies literally torn apart and beheaded, their young lives obliterated, how do you not hate? How do you avoid rage? I vowed not to hate and avoided rage because of my strong faith as a Muslim. The Quran taught me that we must endure suffering patiently and to forgive 'those who create the man-made injustices that cause human suffering.' This does not mean that we do not act to correct those injustices."
For a physician who has worked with both Israelis and Palestinians, who has lived through the horrors of occupation, and has lost his own daughters in the most abhorrent way– he has such a commendable outlook on life. Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish has Israeli friends. He worked with them; they had respect for him as a physician who helped their people. Yet his family was still targeted. He was still subject to the horrors of the occupation. He was still held back and unable to cross. He recounts the events as they happened, not with the intention of hate, but the intention of telling it like it is. You genuinely cannot read this memoir and think its complicated; it paints a clear picture of the oppression. And even through all this, he still has it in him to not hate, but to act to counter these injustices. Let this be another depiction of how resilient and faithful Palestinians are; may we even have an ounce of their faith and love.
Some excerpts that either I felt were deeply moving, or I found particularly poignant, especially since this book was written in 2011, yet it feels like it was written about the exact same horrors of today.
--
"We put some children against one wall and some against another wall so if we're hit, we won't all be wiped out."
"Or were we simply nameless, faceless humans who were in their way?"
"It felt as though we were being squeezed out of existence."
"That’s how terrorism seeds its roots. By finding its way among the disenfranchised, the discontented and the uneducated, it germinates fear, distrust and intolerance."
"Everyone in Gaza scrounges for old parts and broken concrete to patch their lives together. The water and sanitation services are on the verge of collapse. One can only imagine the size of the public health catastrophe that threatens us. This is what I mean when I tell people that Gaza could implode."
"The shelling seemed to be coming from every direction. We couldn’t figure out who or what the target was. All I ever heard on the radio was the body count, as though we Palestinians had been reduced to numbers rather than mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers."
"I am a physician and as a consequence I see things most clearly in medical terms. I am arguing that we need an immunization program, one that injects people with respect, dignity and equality, and that immunizes them against hatred."
"Intellectually, we say that words are stronger than bullets. But the bullets continue to find their targets."
"When it is your children who have become “collateral damage” in a seemingly endless conflict, when you have seen their bodies literally torn apart and beheaded, their young lives obliterated, how do you not hate? How do you avoid rage? I vowed not to hate and avoided rage because of my strong faith as a Muslim. The Quran taught me that we must endure suffering patiently and to forgive 'those who create the man-made injustices that cause human suffering.' This does not mean that we do not act to correct those injustices."
July 20, 2014
It's 1.09am. I am sat here tears streaming down my face. After reading this book I have just watched the video of Izzeldins tragic phone call captured on TV just after his 3 children and niece had been killed when his house was fired on. Then the bodies carried away to be buried. Heartbreaking is not a strong enough word to use.
I am in awe of this man. He had spent his life trying to make a better life not just for himself, but for Palestine. All he has ever believed in is the hope of bringing peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
At one point when the military said they had fired on his house because armed people were in there, Izzeldin says "my daughters were armed with love, with hope, with education, with work for peace."
I have to be honest my heart would only be filled with hate and revenge if this happened to my family. I can honestly say I do not know to what extremes I would go to if I had suffered like he. But not this man. He uses this horrific attack, this murder, to try again to get his message across. That there must be peace.
How dare I sit here in the safety of my home and bemoan that i cant afford a big house, or have no car. Or see the wrinkles appearing and grey hairs and feel sad that I am getting older. How lucky I am that I have lived and am still living. That my daughter and husband sleep soundly upstairs. I really have no idea how lucky I am. I think I appreciate life but I don't. Not like I should. This man humbles me.
I wish everyone would read this book and see the videos. I wish people would open their minds and look to the future and not the past. I fear his dream will never happen. That there will never be peace. If only there where more people like him then I believe that peace would become a reality.
I pray for him and for his family. The children left who have to live with what happened. Who have to try to build a future. They have suffered. I pray with all my heart that one day their suffering will end.
Most of all, I pray for peace.
Please visit the Daughters for Life foundation:
http://daughtersforlife.com/devdfl201...
I am in awe of this man. He had spent his life trying to make a better life not just for himself, but for Palestine. All he has ever believed in is the hope of bringing peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
At one point when the military said they had fired on his house because armed people were in there, Izzeldin says "my daughters were armed with love, with hope, with education, with work for peace."
I have to be honest my heart would only be filled with hate and revenge if this happened to my family. I can honestly say I do not know to what extremes I would go to if I had suffered like he. But not this man. He uses this horrific attack, this murder, to try again to get his message across. That there must be peace.
How dare I sit here in the safety of my home and bemoan that i cant afford a big house, or have no car. Or see the wrinkles appearing and grey hairs and feel sad that I am getting older. How lucky I am that I have lived and am still living. That my daughter and husband sleep soundly upstairs. I really have no idea how lucky I am. I think I appreciate life but I don't. Not like I should. This man humbles me.
I wish everyone would read this book and see the videos. I wish people would open their minds and look to the future and not the past. I fear his dream will never happen. That there will never be peace. If only there where more people like him then I believe that peace would become a reality.
I pray for him and for his family. The children left who have to live with what happened. Who have to try to build a future. They have suffered. I pray with all my heart that one day their suffering will end.
Most of all, I pray for peace.
Please visit the Daughters for Life foundation:
http://daughtersforlife.com/devdfl201...
July 28, 2019
After my Birthright trip last December I came home with a lot of questions about the Israel- Palestine conflict. I didn’t understand why Palestinians would elect Hamas, a group that is seemingly making everything worse. How is Israel supposed to negotiate with a group of people who refuse to recognize its right to exist?
In I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity Izzeldin Abuelaish discusses the conflict from the Palestinian perspective. Life is not easy in Gaza; 70% of Gazans live below the poverty line and 40% are extremely poor. Because Israel restricts and embargoes food, medical supplies, and building materials many of the tunnels into Israel and Egypt are built out of economic necessity, not with the intent of launching terrorist attacks. The image of an old woman with cancer stuck at the border because some people want to teach other people a lesson was particularly poignant to me. Where is the line between safety and punishment?
Violence and endless cycles of revenge and retribution lead to unnecessary human suffering. The majority of Israelis and Palestinians are not extremists- they want to live side by side in peace.
A friend of mine once told me that he believes the core value of Judaism is considering the other, or putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. This is Izzeldin’s message too. We can’t generalize an entire group of people. We can’t allow anger to spiral into hate and revenge. We need to talk, listen, and treat each other with respect.
I could not recommend this book more highly. All people, especially Jews who have learned about the conflict from the Israeli perspective only, should read this.
In I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity Izzeldin Abuelaish discusses the conflict from the Palestinian perspective. Life is not easy in Gaza; 70% of Gazans live below the poverty line and 40% are extremely poor. Because Israel restricts and embargoes food, medical supplies, and building materials many of the tunnels into Israel and Egypt are built out of economic necessity, not with the intent of launching terrorist attacks. The image of an old woman with cancer stuck at the border because some people want to teach other people a lesson was particularly poignant to me. Where is the line between safety and punishment?
Violence and endless cycles of revenge and retribution lead to unnecessary human suffering. The majority of Israelis and Palestinians are not extremists- they want to live side by side in peace.
A friend of mine once told me that he believes the core value of Judaism is considering the other, or putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. This is Izzeldin’s message too. We can’t generalize an entire group of people. We can’t allow anger to spiral into hate and revenge. We need to talk, listen, and treat each other with respect.
I could not recommend this book more highly. All people, especially Jews who have learned about the conflict from the Israeli perspective only, should read this.
May 9, 2011
Certainly an amazing memoir; a story that does not leave you. Dr. Abuelaish deftly and clearly explains how his refusal to hate the soldiers who fired upon his home, killing three of his daughters, a niece and injuring other children stems from his upbringing. Born into a Gazan refugee camp, he knows only poverty, injustice and humiliation. Yet, through his parents' support and determination to receive a solid education, Izzeldin works to earn high marks and admission to Cairo University to become a doctor. This book reveals the realities of the Palestinian crises, but it is not a tirade against the Israelis. Abuelaish is determined to spread his message that the only way for this conflict to end is through commmunication, not hatred or revenge.
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