{"id":16162,"date":"2024-01-25T14:41:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/if-jesus-came-again-she-d-be-born-a-palestinian\/"},"modified":"2024-01-25T14:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:41:39","slug":"if-jesus-came-again-she-d-be-born-a-palestinian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/if-jesus-came-again-she-d-be-born-a-palestinian\/","title":{"rendered":"If Jesus came again she\u2019d be born a Palestinian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If Jesus came again she\u2019d be born a Palestinian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

by Janet Hatherley<\/em><\/p>\n

toddle amongst the grass roots
of her people.<\/p>\n

Like them her existence
would not be recognised<\/p>\n

by the western world.
Israel wants them either dead<\/p>\n

or gone.
White stars would rain on her<\/p>\n

from the night sky like fireworks
but these would be phosphorous.<\/p>\n

The heavy bombs built to drop
on armoured vehicles<\/p>\n

would fall
and the walls of her bedroom<\/p>\n

would crumble. She would lie
under the rubble of many homes<\/p>\n

for many days
or she would be found.<\/p>\n

On another night without anaesthetic
her legs would be amputated.<\/p>\n

She would face years of pain.
Finally, she would grow to be a leader<\/p>\n

for all the peoples\u2014
equality spilling from her hands, like seeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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