Thursday, 30 September 2004, 1:04 pm Opinion: Genevieve Cora Fraser
Yom Kippur Observed in Palestine
By
Genevieve Cora Fraser
On high
alert For Yom Kippur Guards deployed At
synagogues Stood at attention As Israel
Defense Shelled a Palestinian Hospital six
children Wounded in the Gaza Strip medical
equipment Punctured with bullets As a rabbi
guided His congregation To right the wrongs Against
God and man Israeli forces opened Fire
wounding Dozens of civilians During a peaceful
Congregation In Hebron Protesting
Israeli Troops razing Palestinian
Farmlands Steel clubs Met flesh Tear gas
eyes Bullets sprayed Dazed Hope Of
divine Intervention During troubled Times for the
Jewish Faithful the day Of repentance Of holy
convocation When you afflict Yourself atone For
transgressions Israeli armored Vehicles swept Into
refuges camps Shooting at houses Rampaging
bulldozers Pushed toward Fleeing children
mothers Collapsing homes Bleeding fathers On Friday
Before sundown Three Israeli tanks Stormed
Al-Salam Neighborhood Judaism has standards Of
behavior Commandments One must observe Israeli
soldiers Manned checkpoints Hundreds waited Machine
guns opened Fire indiscriminately Soldiers punched,
kicked Struck with rifle butts A young man
returning Stuck at the checkpoint Closed by Israeli
troops In defense of Yom
Kippur
