Note: All character, events and places refered to are fictitous and bear no resemblance to real life. If for some reason, they do, then it is a mere coincidence.
Composed on: 26/7/07 (it is a Work-In-Progress)
Setting: current time/era
Place: Gaza Strip and West Bank, Palestine (occupied by Israel)
Characters: Mohammed al-Jabbar (father), Nasser al-Jabbar (son), Abu al-Akbar (senior Fatah leader), Mustafa Hanim (senior Fatah leader), Major Yoshua Peled (Israeli Army soldier).
Plot Synopsis: On hearing the news his friend gives him, the father switches on the television to see that Hamas fighters have captured the Gaza Strip from Fatah. The father then proceeds to call out for his son, who is nowehere to be found. Suddenly, an Israeli soldier knocks on his front door and asks him to identify a body he has found. The father looks down and is amazed that it is the dead body of his son. They both then carry the body and bury it in the backyard. Then he weeps and mourns for his son and has flashbacks about trying to tell him not to join the radical extremist group Hamas.
Supplmentary Thoughts: I had a pang of inspiration on writing something on the Hamas takeover on watching the analysis in the news programs for it. With this story (which I am yet to sit down and write!) I have attempted to put a human face on all of the suffering that is currently happening. The end of the story is not a happy or sad one, rather it is one that questions and reflects on our inner thoughts.
Copyright (c) Paulash Chatterjee 2007
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