With A Smile Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
With A Smile
Right before its formation
by division of Palestine
by the British occupation forces,
it had started elimination
of the Arab community
of Palestine. Genocide!
Deir Yassin* stands witness,
the harbinger of the distrust.
Jews massacred
women and children
grabbed Arab territory, again
and again with a smile
corroborating that
they can not be trusted.
Israel is not a nation
It's a terrorist outfit.
Note: * Deir Yassin, Arabic Dayr Yāsīn, Palestinian Arab village that was located just west of Jerusalem. On April 9,1948, on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-49, the village was destroyed by Jewish paramilitary forces. The entire population of the village numbering 750 persons including women and children were massacred and their 150-odd houses were razed to dust.
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7) To "Set This Right" the Israel decimated the village, killed all the inhabitants, without any warning and occupied the territory illegally. This caused the corroborative evidence to the belief that Jews Can not be trusted
4) But the City was surrounded by Arab settlements, many such villages. Thus, the access to the city for Jews was only through these villages.
3) Under the Agreement Of Partition Of Palestine, the city of Jerusalem was open to all the members of all the three
2) The Israeli army massacred all the 750-odd inhabitants of the village, all unarmed, including women and children. Totally unprovoked. Solely for its territorial gains.
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Deir Yassin, Arabic Dayr Yāsīn, Palestinian Arab village that was located just west of Jerusalem. On April 9,1948, on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-49, the village was destroyed by Jewish paramilitary forces.