Jailors Jubilee as Israel Triumphs

a Poem

By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Al-Jazeerah, May 28, 2006

Palestine

Raw as nerves

Exhales as Hamas

Withdraws its militants

Off Gaza streets

In a show of solidarity

Palestinians

Up against the Wall

Brace for another

Twist of Fate

Slated for execution

By Western Powers

Plotting their downfall

Banks closed to charity

Borders closed by hate

Palestine ancient and profound

Has evolved in stages

Through Wisdom’s Gate

Conquered and mandated

From pagan

To Hebrew, Christian

To Islam born anew

A ladder to the stars

Under which vast humanity

Dwells up against the Wall

Cast into Hell

Vestiges of civilization

Under virulent attack

Bent on Power’s

Supremacy

No clemency

Hearts of stone

As the Olive Tree

Grows nurtured

By rivulets of blood

So the Battle goes

Eternally

Pitting hatred

Against love

Fascism on the rise

As Democracies fall

The line in the sand

Is Palestine

Israel the jailor

Has come to call