We Were Brothers

But brothers no more.

We were brothers.

They took it.

They stole it.

Whose land is it?

Our God gave it to us.

Our ancestors gave it to us.

Get out.

Get out of the Promised Lands

Get out.

Get out of our country

You have no right.

We will reclaim them, these 

Promised Lands.

You force us from the lands of 

Our forefathers; 

What right do you have?

What right?

What right do you have to the lands that

God bestowed upon us?

They belong to us.

You can't just take it away from us,

Push us out of our homeland.

We gave you the West Bank.

You forced us into the West Bank.

We are only looking to please God.

We are all children of God.

(And yet…

What

Are 

We 

Doing?)

Riots.

Revolt.

Killing

It's all the same.

Death to the bombers

Death to the radical Jews

If we are the children of God

Should we not all live together?

No.

No.

Never.

The Jews shot my friends

The Arabs bombed my family.

The Jews, they shoot us with guns 

And divide us with walls,

Like animals.

The Arabs, they are barbarians.

They deny us our rightful land

And nobody is safe.

We cannot live together.

We cannot stand together.

We were brothers.

Author's Note

plain text: Israelis
italicised text: Palestinians
bolded text: both