Manifesto 1.0 by Gaza Youth Breaks Out.

Fuck Israel. Fuck Hammas. Fuck Fatah. Fuck UN. Fuck UNWRA. Fuck USA!  We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation,  the violations of human rights and the indifference of the  international community! We want to scream and break this wall of  silence, injustice and indifference like the Israeli F16’s breaking the  wall of sound; scream with all the power in our souls in order to  release this immense frustration that consumes us because of this  fucking situation we live in; we are like lice between two nails living a  nightmare inside a nightmare, no room for hope, no space for freedom.  We are sick of being caught in this political struggle; sick of coal  dark nights with airplanes circling above our homes; sick of innocent  farmers getting shot in the buffer zone because they are taking care of  their lands; sick of bearded guys walking around with their guns abusing  their power, beating up or incarcerating young people demonstrating for  what they believe in; sick of the wall of shame that separates us from  the rest of our country and keeps us imprisoned in a stamp-sized piece  of land; sick of being portrayed as terrorists, homemade fanatics with  explosives in our pockets and evil in our eyes; sick of the indifference  we meet from the international community, the so-called experts in  expressing concerns and drafting resolutions but cowards in enforcing  anything they agree on; we are sick and tired of living a shitty life,  being kept in jail by Israel, beaten up by Hamas and completely ignored  by the rest of the world. There is a revolution growing inside of us, an immense  dissatisfaction and frustration that will destroy us unless we find a  way of canalizing this energy into something that can challenge the  status quo and give us some kind of hope. The final drop that made our  hearts tremble with frustration and hopelessness happened 30rd November,  when Hamas’ officers came to Sharek Youth Forum, a leading youth  organization (www.sharek.ps)  with their guns, lies and aggressiveness, throwing everybody outside,  incarcerating some and prohibiting Sharek from working. A few days  later, demonstrators in front of Sharek were beaten and some  incarcerated. We are really living a nightmare inside a nightmare. It is  difficult to find words for the pressure we are under. We barely  survived the Operation Cast Lead, where Israel very effectively bombed  the shit out of us, destroying thousands of homes and even more lives  and dreams. They did not get rid of Hamas, as they intended, but they  sure scared us forever and distributed post traumatic stress syndrome to  everybody, as there was nowhere to run. We are youth with heavy hearts. We carry in ourselves a heaviness so  immense that it makes it difficult to us to enjoy the sunset. How to  enjoy it when dark clouds paint the horizon and bleak memories run past  our eyes every time we close them? We smile in order to hide the pain.  We laugh in order to forget the war. We hope in order not to commit  suicide here and now. During the war we got the unmistakable feeling  that Israel wanted to erase us from the face of the earth. During the  last years Hamas has been doing all they can to control our thoughts,  behaviour and aspirations. We are a generation of young people used to  face missiles, carrying what seems to be a impossible mission of living a  normal and healthy life, and only barely tolerated by a massive  organization that has spread in our society as a malicious cancer  disease, causing mayhem and effectively killing all living cells,  thoughts and dreams on its way as well as paralyzing people with its  terror regime. Not to mention the prison we live in, a prison sustained  by a so-called democratic country. History is repeating itself in its most cruel way and nobody seems to  care. We are scared. Here in Gaza we are scared of being incarcerated,  interrogated, hit, tortured, bombed, killed. We are afraid of living,  because every single step we take has to be considered and well-thought,  there are limitations everywhere, we cannot move as we want, say what  we want, do what we want, sometimes we even cant think what we want  because the occupation has occupied our brains and hearts so terrible  that it hurts and it makes us want to shed endless tears of frustration  and rage! We do not want to hate, we do not want to feel all of this feelings,  we do not want to be victims anymore. ENOUGH! Enough pain, enough tears,  enough suffering, enough control, limitations, unjust justifications,  terror, torture, excuses, bombings, sleepless nights, dead civilians,  black memories, bleak future, heart aching present, disturbed politics,  fanatic politicians, religious bullshit, enough incarceration! WE SAY  STOP! This is not the future we want! We want three things. We want to be free. We want to be able to live a  normal life. We want peace. Is that too much to ask? We are a peace  movement consistent of young people in Gaza and supporters elsewhere  that will not rest until the truth about Gaza is known by everybody in  this whole world and in such a degree that no more silent consent or  loud indifference will be accepted. This is the Gazan youth’s manifesto for change! We will start by destroying the occupation that surrounds ourselves,  we will break free from this mental incarceration and regain our dignity  and self respect. We will carry our heads high even though we will face  resistance. We will work day and night in order to change these  miserable conditions we are living under. We will build dreams where we  meet walls. We only hope that you – yes, you reading this statement right now! –  can support us. In order to find out how, please write on our wall or  contact us directly: [email protected] We want to be free, we want to live, we want peace. FREE GAZA YOUTH!