Voices From the Middle East:
Liat Margalit
Liat Margalit talks about graduation and her future.
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By Liat Margalit
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everyone else our age graduating from high school, we talk about
how everyone will go their separate ways. We don't know when we're
going to see each other. We're all going to the army soon, and the
emotions are mixed.
Some of my closest friends are going to be on the front-line, a
few by their own choice and a few because they have to.
A good friend of mine will enter a very elite army unit in a couple
months. It's a huge accomplishment. But even he has mixed feelings
about the job. He doesn't want Israel to be in the occupied territories,
but he knows he has no choice. I'm not an awfully emotional person,
but I keep thinking about him, a few months from now, in his uniform.
It makes me want to cry.
With bomb threats every day, we think about the worst, but everybody
is afraid to talk about it.
One thing is sure, we all know how absurd this war is. But it seems
like Israel has no one to turn to.
My friends and I really do want peace, we want our neighbors to
coexist with us. This statement may sound empty, but it's genuine.
— Liat Margalit is 17 years old and lives in Jerusalem.
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