Twilight Zone / An American dream

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This is the story of another boy, the seventh in the past few months who was killed for no good reason, this time in the Qalandiyah refugee camp near Ramallah. It's the story of another Palestinian who was shot with appalling thoughtlessness by Israeli soldiers, just as Gil Na'amati, a kibbutz member, was shot last Friday by Israeli soldiers while demonstrating against the separation fence - only in the case of the boy there was no public furor in Israel. It's also the story of an American dream, between Qalandiyah and Jelazoun, which was almost realized but finally was brutally shattered.




In the spring of 1994, this column published the story of Awad Hindash, a car body-worker from the Jelazoun refugee camp, west of Ramallah. He was shot in the back by Israeli troops for no special reason shortly after the postman had brought him the visa to the United States he had coveted. Hindash was going to marry a California woman and start a new life. He was 23 at the time of his death.

Now, nearly nine years later, Ibrahim Abd el-Qadr, a butcher by trade, shows the new passport of his son, Fares, which contains an entry visa to the United States. Not long before he was to travel with his son to America and remove the boy from the hell of life (and death) in this sprawling refugee camp, this American dream was also aborted in the same way. Fares was shot to death by Israeli soldiers. He was 14 and a half when he was killed.

Awas Hindash was Fares' uncle. Neither of them made it to America.


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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/378198.html

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1. Thanks for posting that article...

It was sad, and I feel so bad for that family, but thanks for posting it. I really enjoy stuff from Gideon Levy...

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