Remembering October To Pray For November

Today is?the 7th of November, a day open to interpretation. It commemorates the one-month anniversary of October's attack, yet it's also the US National Elections Day. Is that a mere coincidence? October made everything questionable.

In the land where history and destiny often intertwine, October's sting left a mark on the mind. The holy land sighs as we move into strides. In a maze of deception, where truth hides. Lost in the shadows, it's tough to decide. In a land where illusions and realities collide, the quest for clarity was always a challenging ride.?

Objectivity is compromised. When all of this started, I tried being impartial. Shying away from my identity as an Arab was a hard task, yet a necessary one. Violence was never an answer; at least that’s what we learned from history. But just like the Pythagorean theorem, we seem never to apply it in our real lives. Death, Death, and Death were the only news I woke up to for the past couple of weeks. I cannot imagine the lives of children who lost their parents. I can only sense their contempt and their trauma after these events. Nonpartisanship forces our moral obligation.?

Information, marginalized. What’s real? I always asked; roaming around looking for truth was an impossible task. I would believe something for 10 minutes, then something would deny it. At this point, I was completely lost, well not completely. I knew one thing for sure: The truth was distorted. Global wires and international media seemed like they were all delegates of genocide.?

Consensus is impossible to find. Who started this? I tried to understand. It seemed like it was civilians, or was it? It didn’t happen in a vacuum. Years of aggression and decades of conflict were the basis behind this. Hatred and vengeance reside in the air of the holy land. Families mourn their loved ones every day. It is unimaginable to live a life of continuous fear and uncertainty.?

Humans dehumanized. ‘right to defend,’ so they say. Playing with words to decorate the killings and labelling the deceased as less than human to justify these relentless acts of violence. I couldn’t comprehend any of it; Speechless is what I was and still am. What is considered a human rights violation? Can you kill, dehumanize, and still get support? It seems like there is a breach in the International Law.???

October was hell indeed for any human that has a beating heart. Babies dead, Parents killed, and Children Orphaned. It is hard to remember October, with all its casualties. We must pray for November; pray for the safety of the innocent and justice for the oppressed. There is no right or wrong war; there is war, and war will always be war.