SILENCE

Where are all the people, rightly

upset about the Bamiyan Buddhas

(I was one), now

when Israel has destroyed

Gaza's entire cultural heritage

from the Iron Age onwards?

Hellenistic port destroyed?

Silence. Medieval mosque

destroyed? Silence.

Two hundred mosques

destroyed? Silence.

Mamluk castle? Silence.

Palace where Napoleon

stayed? Silence. Museums,

libraries, universities? Silence.

The destruction these Israeli

brethren of the Taliban wrought

gets quite different treatment.

15.03.2024

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