Mohammed Mohsen Wedd-Umm al-Fahm
The mother of two brothers, Ahmad and Khalil Manna, who were killed in a shooting attack in the northern Palestinian town of Majd al-Krum, has broken up the ranks of thousands of 48 Palestinians who shouted "Friday of anger" to protest the Israeli police's failure to combat violence and crime.
Aisha Manna's life reflects the suffering of dozens of families of 48 Palestinians who have been afflicted this year with violence and crime. Since the beginning of this year, 73 people, including 11 women, have been killed, the majority of them by shooting, joining 1,385 Arabs killed in violent crimes since the Israeli government's decision to open police stations in the towns. After the second intifada in October 2000.
In protest against the killings, there were marches and demonstrations in the towns of the Palestinian interior demanding to combat the chaos of arms and the policy of punishment that makes criminals safe if they shed Palestinian blood.
Official statistics estimate the spread of more than 600 thousand weapons without permits among Arab citizens, a phenomenon that contributed to the rooting of violence and spread of crime and intimidation of Arab citizens, in light of the failure of the occupation police, which stimulated the establishment of gangs of organized crime in Arab towns.
The masses broke their silence when they strongly criticized the elements of organized crime in Arab towns, blamed them for the bloodshed of Arab citizens under the patronage and protection of the Israeli police, who refrain from deciphering the killings, and raised slogans: "We are victims of your violence" and "blocking the streets against violence and crime."
| Closure of main roads at the entrances to Arab towns in northern Palestine |
Rumor of chaos
The protesters accused the occupation institutions and the police and security services, calling for the closure of police headquarters in Arab towns, where they were described as "terrorist headquarters", and held them responsible for spreading chaos and reluctance to enforce the law, in order to dismantle the Palestinian Arab society and remove it from its core issues.
Mosque imams singled out Friday prayer sermons by talking about the dangers posed to the Palestinian Arab community at home by violence and crime, and urged citizens to unite and join forces to continue the sit-in and protest peacefully, and to put pressure on the Israeli establishment to stop the bloodshed, eradicate violence and collect weapons.
This movement, which raises the demand to declare a state of emergency and start a gradual civil disobedience, at the invitation of the Arab Higher Follow-up Committee and the Popular Committees and youth movement, and the demonstrations witnessed in forty towns inside the Palestinian headlines "complementary" and "Friday we get angry for ourselves" ".
Double crime
The public is looking forward to setting up tents in major cities against violence and crime, organizing demonstrations in Israeli cities, blocking the country's main roads and protesting against the Knesset and government buildings in occupied Jerusalem.
As the protests against the Israeli establishment widened, Aisha Manna complains of the shock and tears of the deaths of her two sons. The Israeli police are responsible for the chaos of the gun. "Who will bring back my son? They killed them in broad daylight. The double crime occurred near the police station in the village. And manifestations of violence. "
| Signs at the entrances of Arab towns attack those who promote weapons and murder (Al-Jazeera) |
The double crime that raided the Manna family was not the only one, with 11 murders recorded in the last four weeks, all with guns and guns.
"Weapons in our towns are as affordable as drinking water, we don't know what to do," said the bereaved mother. "A simple financial dispute can cost you your life or the lives of one of your children. Who will give me back my son? I am ready to sell my house, land and everything I have to bring my son back to life."
Community Security
With mixed feelings of anger and pain, Fatima Manna, the wife of the slain Ahmed Manna, took her two children among the crowds who came to show solidarity with the families of the victims of the crime and to protest the complicity of the Israeli police with organized crime gangs that are destroying the fabric of the community and threatening community peace and security. What is their fault to live without their father? "
The widow went to anyone who carries arms, shoots people and terrifies the citizens by saying, "What do you think, arms bearer when you kill a human being? Who gave you the right to do so? Power and manliness are not weapons, any boy can take up arms and end any human life."
In an effort to alleviate her suffering, Fatima Manna recalls that there are thousands of children in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Syria who have lost their parents, but she says: "They are orphans because their parents were martyred in wars, but here in Arab towns we kill each other for the most insignificant reasons." .