YES, YOU CAN!

Dear Mr. Obama, 

I am sure that you have recieved many letters, possibly hate mail and you have seen enough of what is going on in Gaza. 

Here is one more. This is not hate mail. This is an appeal. 

An appeal to imagine. Let’s say I had a problem with one single group within the White House. In order for me to deal with that one group, I bomb the entire White House because that is the easiest thing to do, right? I give you minimal to no warning. You have nowhere to run. Now imagine Sasha’s limbs are no longer attached to her body and Malia’s brain is literally blown out with shrapnel in her heart as she takes her last breath, right in your arms. All while you were trying to have a nice, peaceful dinner with Michelle. Michelle is brutally hurt and your people are trying to rush her to the hospital only to find out that my people are not letting any ambulances go through because I said so. Michelle is fighting for her life. You hope that Press is recording these atrocities but guess what, I am killing the Press people because how dare they spread the news about the horrible things I am doing to the White House and especially you and your family. Later, you find out that Michelle is dead and every single person that you cared for is fatally injured or dead. I know these are horrible things to imagine and I have no intention of bombing anything…but for fun’s sake, I want you to take a deep breath and imagine these horrible things. Imagine that everything that you built around you, your family, your life has now been ruined because I had a problem with one group. Poor Malia had a whole life ahead of her and Sasha, well, you know Sasha. She was going to be the first female president of the United States. Oh well, they are now dead. 

This is nothing new Mr. Obama. You know this very well but can you for a moment, stop. Feel the pain of losing everything. I know Israel is very near and dear to you. I also know that helping the people of Gaza does not benefit you financially in any way. But if there is anything you want to be remembered by, and you want to leave your presidential legend behind, let this be one. Forget Obama Care.. we all know how that went. 

Stop the blood shed. I ask you because you have power. You have connections. You are different.  Or I want to believe that you are different. Is Malia’s life more important than the life of a Palestinian girl? If your answer is yes, then I have nothing else to say to you. If your answer is no and I hope it is, then please think of them like they were your daughters. Would you then say to the world, “Farah has the right to defend herself (regardless of what the cost is)?” In this case, by Farah, you know that I mean Israel, right? 

Of course, Israel like any other state has the right to defend itself. Does defending itself mean shooting people in the street as they run for cover from the recent air strike on their house or to help their injured family members? Does defending itself means dropping stupid number of rockets randomly and killing civilians and then watching it happen comfortably behind the iron dome with a cold beverage and a cigarette in their hands? Does defending itself means treating humans less than insects and humiliate them every step of the way? How do you define defense? 

We are at 900+ deaths so far in Gaza and 1500+ injured, yeah? How do you feel about that? Do you feel that everything is fair in war? Does this seem fair to you if it was your own wife and daughters? How many more have to die for Mr. Kerry to be able to reach an agreement with Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas? OR, I have a big fat OR for you. What is it that you are actually hiding by directing the entire world’s attention to all this? Are you afraid that if you worked with Israel a bit more agressively that you will have personal financial issues after your presidency is over? What is it, Mr. Obama? To be honest, a straight and a direct answer without belly dancing around the issue would be seriously awesome.

I cheered for you when you were elected. Even though, you are not my President, I believed in your campaign. I believed in your words as a World Leader. What happened? What is Michelle doing now? She was so onboard with “bringing back the girls”… where is she now? 

Mr. Obama, help Palestine for a change. Give them an opportunity to breathe. Give them an opportunity to live freely. They are humans. They have feelings. Bombs hurt, you know. 

Many hearts are bleeding all over the world who are watching the second season of this show called Naziism. We all know how the first season was like. Why is this second season on air? If you had family living in Gaza, what would you have done day 1 of this conflict? What would you have done by day 10 of this genocide? Please think of them as your family – a human family. They bleed the same colour as you. 

Human life whether it is an Israeli life or a Palestinian life, Jewish life or a Muslim life, is a life. A life that has the right to be. Be free. Be alive. 

You can do this, Mr. Obama. You can stop this. Yes, you can. 

Yours Sincerely,
A Human