Israel Palestine: A Continuing Saga
Barring this luck more of the same we see
With Israel proceeding with impunity
Driving the Palestinians relentlessly into the sea
As Netanyahu proceeds with his solution final
Dispatching the Palestinians “once and for all”
Bu the targeting of three UN camps
Finally elicits world wide condemnation
And when the White House insists
Israel immediately desists
Demonstrating with felicity
American complicity
Israel has “mowed the lawn”
Any chance for a Palestinian state
Is surely gone.
Lets hope, or maybe not—UN
And world-wide condemnation
And rising concern of the American nation
Forces a cease fire– shaky at first
But for peace there is surely a thirst.
But change may possibly be in the wind
With the Hellfire missile rescind
With other weapons too scheduled for review.
And an Israeli ship in the port of Oakland can’t unload
Stopped by a picket line of Palestinian supporters blocking the road.
Supported by longshoremen in heartfelt sympathy
For long suffering Palestinian misery.
And the action is spreading
There’s more to this battle
With actions planned in the ports of Tacoma and Seattle
Let’s hope this sends a message loud and clear
Free Palestinians- or we don’t want your ill-gotten goods here.
Howard P. Charman, MD 5-9-2021