"Molweni nonke. Enkosi kakhulu ngokuphuma ngokuhlwanje ukuza kundamkela ekhaya. Kuvakala kumnandi ukubuyela eTampa. Andikwazi nokuyibeka ngamazwi. Andikwazi kulinda ukuba ndibuye ndiyokudlala nabahlobo bam ndiyokuloba. Ndidlule kwezi veki zimbini ziphelileyo kuba ndiyazi ukuba benicinga ngam nonke, nindithandazela nindithumelela nemiyalezo nindixhase.
“Inye into ephambili endifuna ukuyithetha, eyokuba uza kulazi ibali lam kuba ndingumMelika. Kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba uyakukhumbula umzala wam, umPalestine oneminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu ogama linguMohammed Abu Khdeir. Ebesengumntwana onje ngam kwaye yonke lento yaqala kuba ebulewe. Ndiyamazi ukuba ebesoyika njengam. Ndandikwindawo entsha yaye ngequbuliso ndahlaselwa ngamapolisa awayezigqume ubuso. Yayiyeyona nto yoyikeka kakhulu eyakha yandehlela. Iintlungu zomzimba kwezo yure zokuqala zazirhabaxa ngokwenene. Kwaye ndineminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu kuphela kodwa andisoze ndicinge ngenkululeko ngendlela endandicinga ngayo [kwiiveki] ezimbini ezidlulileyo.
“Bendifuna ukunicela nonke ukuba nikhumbule umzala wam uMohammed kunye nabantwana abangamashumi amathathu anesithandathu abasweleke eGaza kwezi ntsuku zidlulileyo. Banamagama afana nawam. Ndiyathemba ukuba ubundlobongela buza kuyeka ngenxa yabo. Akukho mntwana, nokuba ungumPalestina okanye ungumSirayeli, ufanelwe kukufa ngolo hlobo.
“Ndivuya kakhulu ngokubuyela ekhaya kwaye ndiphile. Enkosi. Enkosi. Enkosi kakhulu. Ndiziva ndonwabile ngokwenene. Ndiziva ndimnandi.”
umthombo: WMNF.
