The most serious cases are transferred outside, especially to countries like Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Germany. The hospital still has enough medicines, but over-populated by the rush of the injured, and the medical staff is overwhelmed and exhausted. They ask us to be the nice lamb who will be slaughtered by its butcher. Till now, the Palestinian side has shown an incredible sense of compromise because we accepted to negotiate over 22 percent of historic Palestine, our country. In neighboring streets, children scatter.
Class is over for today.
Since the Intifada, the educational system has been functioning precariously, perturbed by the events on the ground. Dispensable subjects such as drawing, music or sports are canceled. The hours of courses were made more flexible to permit the staff and children to return earlier to their homes. Vacations were cut short to pick up on lost time. Their spirit is elsewhere.