Gaza doctor who lost three kids in IDF op tapped for Nobel Prize


Palestinian Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, whose three daughters were killed during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip earlier this year, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Army Radio reported on Monday.

The nomination was announced by Belgium's state secretary, who described al-Aish to the Arabic-language daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat as a "soldier of peace." The doctor has been awarded honorary Belgian citizenship "in recognition of his efforts in service of humanity," said the state secretary.

According to A-Sharq Al-Awsat, Minority Affairs Minister Professor Avishay Braverman has called Dr. Abu al-Aish to congratulate him, calling the nomination a victory for humanity.
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Abu al-Aish, a father of eight who was trained in Israel, became one of the symbols of the Gaza offensive after he was broadcast on television immediately after an Israeli shell killed three of his daughters and his niece.

In a report drenched with sobs, al-Aish said he hoped his three daughters would be the last victims of the fighting in Gaza, and that their deaths would help bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

"I want to know why my daughters were harmed. This should haunt (Israeli Ehud Prime Minister) Olmert his entire life," Abu al-Aish said on Israel's Channel 10, speaking through a cell phone in Hebrew as he has throughout the war.

He added that his daughters were "armed only with love."

The IDF shelled the al-Aish home after troops reported having been fired upon by snipers situated in the house adjacent to theirs, according to an IDF investigation.

The troops identified suspicious figures in the upper levels of the doctor's building, and deduced that they were serving as observers, directing the sniper fire from their vantage point.

The Israeli commander on he ground decided to fire tank shells at the building, hitting al-Aish's home and killing three of his daughters.

Abu al-Aish had denied that there were any militants in the building at the time of the shelling, but thanked those responsible for investigating the incident by saying that "we all make mistakes, and we don't repeat them."

"I have two options - the path of darkness or the path of light. The path of darkness is like choosing all the complications with diseases and depression, but the path of light is to focus on the future and my children. This strengthened my conviction to continue on the same path and not to give up," al-Aish said after the release of the investigation's conclusions.

The 55-year-old gynecologist trained in Israeli hospitals and speaks Hebrew.

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Comment by gill on April 7, 2009 at 10:23am
what happened to my post?
Comment by Aurora on April 7, 2009 at 10:19am
Peace and love for this doctor. Poor doctor whitout your childs... poor doctor..¿Hope?..¿life?..Love? Never more
Comment by Sami Saeed on April 7, 2009 at 9:56am
Yes, building a new future, or building a future for new generation needs more and more efforts... also building peace some where start with ensuring justice.. Abu AIsha is a sample that should be encourged...
Comment by Lynn Shedler on April 7, 2009 at 9:22am
This is such a tragidy!!! To lose 3 daughters for absolutely nothing! Like Maria said: "If this man can do it - we can also - be strong and UNITED!!!"
What a terrible lose of life....
Comment by faris hijazin on April 7, 2009 at 8:06am
dr.abu al aish is a nobil man he is in the light path this meanhe is a peace man.
i wish peace, life,love,hope to all the world.
Comment by Maris B. Mohr on April 7, 2009 at 7:48am
Dr Abu al-Aish is a personal and family friend whose family had a close relationship with our kibbutz. I was luck enough to get to know the man personally when I was hospitalized several years ago in the hospital where he worked then. We agreed then that the only solution to the ugliness between Gaza and Israel could only be found in commonalities and not differences. Now, after his terrible personal tragedy and the tragedy of the shelling of Israel by Islaamist extremists in Gaza for 8 years (which continues NOW after the recent war) and the Israeli response, Abu Aish (as his friends on the kibbutz have always called him and his father and grandfather before him) can finally bring his dream of COMMON SENSE - PEACE to the people of Israel and the Palestinian Authority and the rest of the world.

I'm sorry it took another war and the tragic loss of Abu Aish's daughters and niece to make his voice loud enough for the world to recognize. I cried with him as he spoke with Channel 10 reporters describing his loss. I honor him for his unique attitude of PEACE FOR ALL and his beautiful spirit. He deserves more than the Nobel Prize, but that's a good place to start.

In Peace & Love.
Comment by Jo Ann Hammond-Meiers on April 7, 2009 at 5:26am
Dear Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish,
Although we have never met, I love you Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish for you lead the way to love and peace as do your daughters even now. Your loss is so great, but your courage and love is even greater and lives on, leading others. Life is precious and peace is life. Thank you, Jo Ann
Comment by De Jongh Willy on April 7, 2009 at 4:07am
Yes we can!!!!!!
I think also with all the people ho have lost children and other family in this cruel war
I hope they find even so the path of light like this great man
In this week of easter it is my greatest wish to al of you and the entire world that we once
wil wake up in a world without war or fear!
In live and light
Willy
Comment by feather on April 7, 2009 at 2:27am
These acts of extreme bullyism on the part of Isrealie people make ME furious against Israelies and my family's life is not even threatened by them. So I can just imagine the greatness of this man's heart . I endorse any means to further expose him as a model of human possibilities of love and conciliation.
Comment by David Gould on April 7, 2009 at 2:04am
Translation from the Arabic of comment by Eyad abed alkareem alabadellah

Young people the dream of Palestine between migration and soil the precious love
Is the migration of the soul-searching .... Or escape from the painful reality?
Date: 6/4/2009 Time: 11:59

Gaza / (special - long) / Iyad Abdel-Karim Alebadlp / culture of migration is a widespread social phenomenon among the young generation in the Palestinian society, and extended to owners of factories, trades and businesses suffered from the ravages of the siege on Gaza over the past two years, it should be noted that it has become a pervasive social phenomenon after tighten the siege on Gaza and the accumulation of thousands of graduates and the high rate of unemployment, where graduates went to the attention of the European Communities in order that they might find their dream to work there.



Soul-searching

Bassam Masri, who returned to Gaza with his parents convinced him after the 'Singapore's East' in 1999 'Gaza', and built their dreams on this basis, the love of freedom, breathe the fresh air on the beautiful coast between the arms of the warm waves, graduated from Al Azhar University, four years ago and tried to get the jobs unlucky not joined the parade of graduates from universities to increase the high rate of unemployment, Bassam, speaking of the 'long' dream about the reason for emigration reasons why, when the burst of the search for a double and went to the post of culture through music, singing 'rap' Arab

Was one of the ambassadors of the national song of the outside world, 'and found himself through his talent for music that was popular imagination in the diaspora communities' as he put it after it is published on the internet.





Palestinian society is part of the large Arab community, and any intervention as new culture takes time Vemosiqy 'rap' does not fit with the customs and traditions of the community east of the eastern Btrb original.

Even though some have tried to impose through the song the national reservation maintain a large majority in the hearts of the people.



And the painful reality and the difficult circumstances

Sadi Abdul Rahman, who emigrated to Norway after the capture of Israeli soldier 'Gilad Shalit' where Israel began to impose restrictions and siege on Gaza, had never been seen before, there is a shortage of daily necessities in addition to the high standard of living amid a limited income, he traveled to escape from the reality of painful and very difficult conditions amid the Israeli invasions and threats of assassination, the symbols of resistance.





Ahmed Badran, a graduate Diploma in networks of Al-Azhar University in Gaza put the dream of migration between the eyes and the moment he wishes to be allowed to leave through the Rafah crossing to find his way to the world of the unknown, it did not say who will travel to the State, but its aim is to search for space flying without identification of the goal, he wishes to live in nation that believes in freedom of rights away from the live at the mercy of missiles, aircraft and the indiscriminate shelling and siege.





Migration either be a specific target or look for work in order to improve the income level of the material or the search for self in this sentence, the social worker started talking about the rare Alebadlp The phenomenon of migration of the 'long' to travel in order to search for knowledge, to improve the livelihood level material is not rejected by society because society is looking for development and non-restrictive standing up and standing need to search for what's new.



But there are social controls are not allowed to override them of society, such as the phenomenon of migration for migration only, with no thought given by the view rights before thinking about the same subject, in addition to the lack of community acceptance of the bad habits that are incompatible with the values, principles and ideas.





For our cause

'Gaza Aja to tell you our Almsandp many different but the reality of the situation of Gaza after 23 days of the war and left the gun ....' We caught Almaik With these words, Luay Mohammed Ahmed explained his point of view is different artist loves to sing for freedom, for which, the musical score twelve songs, Teghzal of them precious soil of Palestine, love for beautiful sea migration dream goal for the possession of the case 'Baspor' foreign which can travel between all countries simmered National songs the largest number of people to serve the Palestinian cause through the beautiful voice and his words reflect the high quality siege of Gaza, the aim of delivering the message directly to the ears of the people and work to lift the siege on Gaza.



Bdmap sadness inside, carrying within them the grief of parting that would make their way along the high mountains, Surur Sami spoke of his dream to carry the Palestinian flag on the stages of European countries, a gesture to mobilize world public opinion in favor of the Palestinian cause and the primary objective of the reported migration of the 'long' in spite of his passion the very soil of Palestine and the precious western air clean, but I had to for my brain, and We, young and promising nation must bear at least part of the burden of responsibility placed on us.





I would rather die under the treads of tanks in Gaza

The Rola Bekheit which migrated to Norway three years ago, I asked her through the 'Messenger' on whether the Commission would prefer to live under the immigration or Israeli gunfire in Gaza? They replied with confidence 'if Jerni Jananne between Gaza and in the diaspora to paradise I chose to die under the treads of tanks in the Gaza Strip' Rolla suffered the pain of migration and the changing cultures and Achtaguet the nostalgia and tenderness of the parents wished to return home before her yesterday, carries with it the flames of division and often to be done? stronger than the cannon fire, they love the warm bosom of the mother waiting for the moment that throws itself in the bosom of the Gaza Strip.



Bassam need or the widow living on her children in Gaza, its people and all her relatives in a nearby Arab country, I saw not see before in the Gaza Strip, bombing and destruction of war and almost burned and the ground was green with her time under the wings waiting for a come down from the sky it would be a mercy to all of them or that the institution learns of the news Itramy to halt the war.





Bassam and promised her children to travel or fear them, and equipped with all the securities pending the end of the general secondary examination, out of the nightmare of fear and terror to the exile of at least a danger to it, Vagharbp many meanings and concepts that we have outlined in the sense of nostalgia is one Eagerness, social and cultural change on the full individual, no matter how strange obtained concessions, may satisfy the wishes of some of the human sense of self-exile, I mean a sense of Bidun, or in other words, people without a country without an identity ..

Homesickness is the sense of alienation are combined, unity and away from family and friends, the model provided by the Rolla stems from a sense of the physiological and the need to mother and family and friends, a beautiful sense of feel is missing, everyone in the community of different cultures that have kept them in their mother tongue, and whatever is trying to Bzhnh to go away to work or friends, must remember that a good sense of the stimuli during natural vision, or her child or a father standing with his son walking in the street.



Our problem is confined to the crossing

Abu Rami Said one of the sewing factories, has enumerated more than 150 Maktp, and employs more 450 workers, a man of about five hundred in the responsibility of the family, because the factory closed two years ago and a half trying to get a permit to import or export of cloth after each time in the sewing surprised the closure of the crossings to pay workers a living of his children, and the fees and take some gold looking for the livelihood of their next meal is sufficient.

After thinking long decided to move the plant to Egypt, went and bought a plot of land and the completed papers and obtained a stay and set up the plant and the opening of Allaah be upon him, met 'long' in a real estate office and asked him: Do you promise to invest in Gaza, he replied, laughing again, I came to sell and Asfa Omlaki 'villa', and the territory the plant and when I asked him about the reason stated:

'Gaza over the place in the world where possible to benefit economically, but the political and economic situation was not stable'

Companies and factories require major crossings open and stable economy and peaceful life. As for his desire to return home, he said: If there is a radical solution to the issue and the independence of the crossings, which are symbols of the sovereign state will revert to established the largest factory in the Middle East from Gaza to be produced and exported to Arab and foreign countries.

Did not differ by Ahmed Ibrahim, who sold all his property and went to the United Arab Emirates to invest in the economic capital of the Middle East 'Dubai' after it was able to obtain the private phone number from one of his relatives.

Hafh and engaged in a dialogue so that we invest in the foreign country does not only serve the state in which they live and the people of that State and its tax return. So what were here for my silence and little Ibrahim Tzerv Damaa entered into his mouth words which I understood that he lives in the hope of returning to his homeland to be one of the first investors.

Latest thinking in terms of the transfer of Mahmoud lunch from Gaza to Egypt because of the circumstances of the siege and frequent closures and cost of basic materials and the high price of chicken, which exceeded the price per kilowatt, including the fish and the corresponding well known that the latter is always the most expensive meat in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud was not only the transfer of the restaurant and live temporarily in the State of Egypt, 'Egypt for the migration of the entire family are in fear of another war after an overturned the equation of the revolutionary people of Jakarta possesses no stones, only to the people has become a technique to make the missiles'

Mahmoud was not much different from his predecessors who barons, businessmen and company owners were forced to transfer their economic interests abroad, such as temporary or permanent, but most of them dream of a return pending a comprehensive and radical solution to the Palestinian issue includes a two-and coexistence between the two peoples, and trade in addition to the crossings of the rule of absolute tax benefit to the Palestinian people, rather than shared with the Israeli side.

In the fall people are putting up her papers to the second floor of the tower, raised by their curious so I went to go where the doorman asked me, referring to the architectural office and travel on the visa up to him and asked the owner of the number of requests he replied 'getting close to two hundred per month Visa application to the European Union' Shangil 'Lennon immigration, mostly of no return and go' and my question is about the spread of the phenomenon, he said: 'when we were opening up for students and businessmen, after the siege of Gaza, we started receiving sporadic cases require Visa to explain some of the European Union to work or study and others say quite frankly to the migration of the post-war Gaza, we are receiving daily requests for '.



Here we are in turn summed up the social worker Mr. Nader Alebadlp the most important causes of migration in the Palestinian society:

A - high unemployment, lack of employment opportunities.

B - Non-economic stability or sense of what we have built in the years of occupation in the devastated hours.

T - the lack of vital projects, which require enormous labor of many.

W - the search for self in the outside.

C - the fear and anxiety of war and destruction, in addition to the unknown future that awaits their children.

H - the need for people to live in security and stability to build a better future for their children.



I have tried to present this issue from the standpoint of a purely social to put before you for discussion, it is a social phenomenon is clear in the daily scene of the Palestinian society, hoping to God Almighty that I have managed to talk about it, the Palestinian community is a community and a symbol of the revolutionary struggle of liberation, and the vanguard of the Arab nation in the liberation of the soil of the homeland of the beautiful Dnasp occupation phase freedom scientific skills needed to ensure young people and their homeland, and work at it until the attainment of independence.

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