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Like Rachel Corrie This Grandma stood her ground

Shadia
Sept 28 2008

Rachel Corrie That beautiful Angel from the United States who stood her ground between an Israeli Army Bulldozer and a Palestine home with the family inside, with a megaphone in her hand she pleaded with the Israeli Solder Driving the bulldozer to spare the house from demolition and the family from death, but as history would record that historic stand between an ANGEL and EVIL, Evil on that day of March 16, 2003 had its way by Crushing the ANGEL to DEATH with 50 tons of STEEL,

Very few of mankind has even heard of the stand between the ANGEL and EVIL because the EVIL called ZIONISM owns, controles and Operates the worlds mass media,

They even have a chokehold on the country where Rachel was born and a citizen of, the Government of the United States, ''SHAME ON YOU LITTLE Mr, BUSH THIS MURDER OF an AMERICAN WAS ON YOUR WATCH''

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She stood firm defending her home, and, like an Olive tree, died standing

Maisa Abu Ghazala
Palestine News Network

Posted September 22, 2008

The daughter of Mariam Ayyad, 60, tells the story of her mother's last moments - she describes an argument that ensued when Israeli soldiers broke into her home in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, and repeatedly hit the 60-year old woman and threw her on the ground until she dropped dead in front of her children and grandchildren,

Mariam died on Saturday evening after an argument with Israeli soldiers and border policemen who invaded Abu Dis, The argument ended with the soldiers beating her and throwing her to the ground, killing her,

Her daughter, Hiba, 21, was standing next to her when she died, She could not express her feelings in words and with her eyes filled with tears she said, ''Yesterday my mother became a martyr, as she died at the hands of the occupiers, And it wasn't enough for them to kill her in cold blood, They also barred the ambulance from reaching our home''

''Dozens of Israeli soldiers came yesterday evening to our apartment building going from room to room looking for students to kidnapof the Al Quds University who live in the same residential building we live in'', Hiba stated, ''When the soldiers got to the floor where my brother lives with his wife and children, my mother told them that her daughter in law is alone at home with her Children, ''Please, for God's sake do not go in there, leave them alone, the Children will be terrified'', the mother begged them,

Hiba added that the soldiers did not care to what her mother said, and one of them threw her to the ground, Another soldier checked her vitals and said that she is still alive At that moment, I tried to rush to the street to ask the neighbors to call for an ambulance, and they did, But the Israeli solders blocked the ambulance reaching our apartment, later the soldier told me that she was dead,''

"I was shocked, really shocked, I could not believe this is happening.
Everything happened so fast, but now she is dead and there's no bringing her back,'', the daughter added, ''My mother died strong, as a martyr, but if the soldiers did not obstruct the ambulance, she would be alive now, we would have been able to save her life'',

In deep sorrow she added, ''my sister Fida', who lives in Jordan, could not say farewell to her, my mother was buried at 1 in the morning, because we did not let the soldiers take her body to Israel'',

Thousands of residents of Abu Dis, Al Sawahra and al Ezariyya (Bethany) participated in her funeral.


''We are currently in the holy month of Ramadan, so my mother spent her last days fasting and praying'', Hiba stated, saying she is glad for that fact and sure her mother is in heaven, But she added, in sorrow, '' How will our days, and our lives be without her ?''

She also said that the soldiers broke into their apartment building several times in recent months, conducting raids of the apartments in an attempt to kidnap University students who live there,

Mousa Daoud, , head of the Al Makkased Charitable Society Clinic in Abu Dis, said that the body of Mariam Ayyad was brought to the hospital in a Red Crescent Society ambulance, and that the autopsy revealed that she suffered a fracture in her lower skull which also lead to brain hemorrhage,

''She was already dead by the time she got here, there was nothing that we could do to save her life'', Daoud stated, ''Her skull was fractured by the solders,''

Fateh legislator, Jihad Abu Zeid, condemned the Israeli crime and said that the Israeli occupation is ongoing with its violations and crimes in direct violation of international laws and the basic principles of human rights,

''They committed this crime in Ramadan, this holy Muslim month, Against a grandmother whos only crime was to stand between the Israeli solders and her Children and grand Children, This ls the real face of the occupation ,

She also stated that the occupation is actively acting against any opportunity for peace in spite of the international efforts to achieve a peace deal,

She voiced an appeal to the international community and human rights groups to intervene and expose the Israeli crimes and oblige Israel to respect human rights and be committed to the international treaties and principles,

''They should oblige Israel to respect human rights, they should force Israel to stop its illegal assaults against our people''