 Najwa - a young Palestinian girl who captured the hearts of participants of the Global Peace Forum - relating the ordeal and uncertainties of everyday life in her homeland (NST, 16 December 2005, pg. 8). Sianding alone on the stage, Najwa Jalamneh said the carnage was such that the smell of blood was a normal thing in her daily journey to school. She said,'I live in Palestine, Jenin Camp. I am happy to be here to tell the story of my people ina place called, The land of Peace.'She said further,"There is something we Palestinians can't understand. What does the word terrorist mean? Please tell me. If I am not wrong, it is when we defend ourselves, our hapos, our dreams of having a free state, a dream of a happy and peaceful life. If we fight for that, are we terrorists?" In April 2001, Najwa's home was destroyed by the Israeli army and she spent the next three years in a rented house for her home to be rebuilt. More than 35% of the Jenin Camp population of 2,840 families was wiped out in the massacre. Here message to the participants: "Stop killing! Let us live in peace. Enough bad memories. Let us remember to raise our hands for peace, not war." Unfortunately, this is a child's logic that will fall on deaf ears those people in power, who do not care because they are NOT at the receiving end. Aiyaa, tak tau lah ...
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