newsSunday November 8 at 11am: Lest we remember.
The Madonna with a child at Ripon Cathedral in Yorkshire (Photo: Trevor Grundy)
“It’s not ‘lest we forget,‘ it’s ‘lest we remember.’ That’s what all this is about – the memorials, the Cenotaph, the two minutes’ silence. Because there is no better way of forgetting something than by commemorating it.” – Irwin in Alan Bennett’s 2004 play ‘The History Boys.’
Israel’s assault began after the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, and other Palestinian groups attacked southern Israel, killing 1,139 people and taking about 240 captive.
Medical sources in Gaza say over 75,000 Palestinians have been killed since the Hamas attack.
One hundred percent accuracy is impossible because journalists are not allowed to operate in Gaza.
On Remembrance Sunday (Armistice Day is November 11) Jews and Arabs mourn their dead.
The poem below has meaning for all – Christians, Jews, Arabs.
This one is written in Arabic, translated into English.
It could have been written in any language, with only the name of a place changed to move souls and hearts of people who still have them.
Oh rascal children of Gaza,
You who constantly disturbed me with your screams under my window,
You who filled every morning with rush and chaos,
You who broke my vase and stole the lonely flower on my balcony,
Come back –
And scream as you want,
And break all the vases,
Steal all the flowers,
Come back,
Just come back…
