Across the street from our home in Jerusalem a new apartment building is being constructed. Most of the workers are Arabs. Throughout the hot summer months I wondered how they could work all day long in the sweltering sun. Even more so, they worked with great energy and simcha. All through the day, their shouts and laughter filled the neighborhood.
Yesterday, I parked my car near the building site. A few strapping Arab workers were sitting in the shade during a break while they waited for a crane to lift new planks up to the roof. One of them was smoking a cigarette.
“When do you expect to finish the construction?” I asked.
“Maybe in another two months,” he answered. “Maybe more if there is a lot of rain.”
“Tell me,” I inquired. “Doesn’t it frustrate you to construct apartment buildings for Jews?” “I am not building for the Jews,” he replied. “I am building it for the Arabs who will live here one day.
“I am not building for the Jews,” he replied. “I am building it for the Arabs who will live here one day.”
His friends smiled and chuckled at his remark.
“Really? How is that going to happen?” I asked.
“It is simple,” he answered. “One day there will be a big war. Missiles will rain down on Israel from Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. It will be a big balagan. Thousands of Jews will be killed. Thousands will flee from the country. The Arabs will win the war. Once again the land will be ours.”
He finished his cigarette and threw the stub on the ground. Glancing up at the building, he decided he had time for another. READ MORE
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| Josh Toupos |
