The two parties are blood brothers, each claiming to be the children of one father whose name was Abraham. He, Abraham, does not identify with either of them exclusively. He is their common father, the Iraqi Friend of God, the Bearer of the Promise and the Patriarch seated at the right hand of God the Father. He is the gentile living among gentile nations. It might be helpful for you to know whose writing you are invited to read.
Doctors know somehow about the various diseases, but patients experience the disease.
As patients long for their doctors to truly understand the nature of their complaint, so do I long for you to acknowledge us, the Palestinian people, our very presence and who we are and then for you to embrace us in solidarity, partnership and friendship. Let me introduce myself. I am another man from Galilee. I am a peasant from the village Baram, born in the north of Israel, not far from the Sea of Galilee. Indeed, I bear all the contradictions, whether religious, national or ethnic.