(SF novel) East of Nakba (21)

 

(Japanese Version)

(Arabic Version)

 

(contents)

 

Part I. Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iran (18)

 

Chapter 6 Three little birds(3) ; “Abdullah” (1/3)

"Abdullah," the third man of three pilots, is a son of a locally-born Bedouin which was nomad of Arab. The family had been living in the Palestine since the Ottoman Empire era. After World War I, the Palestine was reigned under British trusteeship. Major part of the Palestine territory was assigned to Jews according to the Balfour Declaration, and the West Bank and Gaza Strip were assigned to the Arabs. But Israel occupied two regions after the Six-Day War in 1967 resulting in a large number of Palestinian Arab refugees. Abdullah’s family stayed in the same place where was in Israeli territory. They were indigenous inhabitants. They were called Mizurafim together with the Arabs migrated from other Islamic countries like Ethiopia.

 

Mizurafim was treated as a second-class citizen, and was actually looked down than Russian Jews.  Their status became worse after Islamic extremist carried out suicide bombings in Israel. Ashkenaze warried about Mizurafim who could be identified as Arab. Some of the young colleague of Abdullah desperately threw themselves into extremism organizations. But Abdullah decdided to live as an Israeli citizen. He tried to be a good citizen. It was to join the army and defend the country. He dedicated himself to Israel not to Arab nor religion.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)