Poems: Peace for Palestine

“May all beings be happy.
May all beings be healthy.
May all beings be at peace.”

— Metta (Loving-kindness) Prayer

“Escalation of anger and violence leads only to more anger and violence, and in the end to total destruction. Violence and hatred can only be neutralized by compassion and loving kindness.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

“Palestinians are neither potential ‘martyrs’ nor potential ‘terrorists.’ They are people who are denied basic human rights, who have been dispossessed from their lands and are grievously mistreated. They have resisted for over six decades, and they will continue to resist until they acquire their fundamental human rights. The core of the Palestinian narrative is the one that is least told. A true understanding would require a greater exposure of the extraordinary, collective narrative of the ‘ordinary people.’”

— Ramzy Baroud

“Palestinians still cling to hope. The hope that they will finally be treated as human beings. The hope…