(THEIR LEADERS HAVE NONE)
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Compassion for this people,
Rejected by Muslim nations around....
Some had Jordanian passports
When I was college-bound.*
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Forced to live in the in-between,
Governed by corruption and hate....
Manipulated by anger and fear
With an uncertain fate.
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Political pawns in an endless war,
Struggles everyday to get by....
Shown loving kindness brings distrust---
They're the ones who have occupied!
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Gaza is an armed and dangerous place---
Hamas was voted in....
Blaming Israel for all their woes
Who nevertheless provided utilities for them.
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Love these people---yes we must,
Without proper shepherds they are---
Being kept in the middle so long
They need compassion where they are!
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Jonathan Caswell
*The author had in college a roommate named "Monzer al Sherife" (approximate spelling). He and his two brothers, who were also students were Palestinians with Jordanian passports, in the mid-to-late 1970's.
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