Israel - Shame On You

Saturday 26th July 2025 1:04 pm

I don't care for your blinkered view
Israel shame on you
Starvation I see and I am blue
Israel shame on you
Your apathy sucks this much is true
Israel shame on you

From the river to the sea
A two state solution is necessary
The IDF is running amok
President Trump doesn't give a fuck
Palestine as state has a right to exist
Two tier starmer Trumps arse he kissed

Our leaders sitting on the fence
Time to step up it makes sense
Britain has a lot to answer for
In 1948 we created this mess and more
The pop stars are very quiet now
No Gaza Aid on the horizon wow

I would like to see the hostages free
I am not taking sides believe me
Women and children slaughtered is what I see
That is the unfolding tragedy
You will be sorely judged by history
The innocent suffer that is no victory

In the holy land ethnic cleansing anew
Israel shame on you
Jesus looks down at what you do
Israel shame on you
Your corrupt leader is Netanyahu
Israel shame on you

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Tom Doolan

Sun 27th Jul 2025 13:43

Hi Hélène "I second that" - We have many forthright, passionate and resolute poets here on WOL. Let's hope that free speech continues to prevail. 🙂

Hélène

Sun 27th Jul 2025 12:54

I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all WOL poets who write poetry and comments addressing the horrific suffering in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, etc. (including Uilleam, Stephen G., Tom D., Rolph, JD, David M., Larisa, etc). We feel so helpless; the writings are as desperate prayers from across the globe.

Tom Doolan

Sun 27th Jul 2025 11:40

Many thanks Uilleam for your comments. It is ironic that the once oppressed became the oppressor.🙁
Thanks for likes: Hélène, Nigel Astell & Stephen G 👍

Tom Doolan

Sun 27th Jul 2025 11:35

Many thanks Rolph for your feedback and reflective comments. History unfortunately has a habit of repeating itself sadly. 😐

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 27th Jul 2025 09:20

Thank you, Tom.
Your anger is evident and justified.
The British colonial mindset has helped give birth to a monster. At least three terrorist gangs acted as midwives at Israel's birth, when British soldiers and Palestinian civilians were murdered. The Nakba (Holocaust) of the Palestinian people commenced then, and did not start on October 7th, as the propagandists would have us believe.

Keep on writing and protesting, Tom; for most of us, it's all we can do.

Rolph David

Sun 27th Jul 2025 07:59

Good morning Tom,
Your poem is raw, impassioned, and clearly written from a place of deep moral outrage. I absolutely respect that you don’t mince words — you hold power to account and speak up for those suffering, especially the voiceless civilians trapped in endless cycles of violence. Yesterday, I also wrote a poem about this war going on in Israel.

That said, your final stanza — “You will be sorely judged by history / The innocent suffer that is no victory” — makes me pause. I struggle with the idea that history will deliver justice, especially when it rarely has. The Holocaust was judged — mourned, memorialised — and yet here we are, witnessing a state born out of genocide now accused of echoing its own trauma through oppression.

It’s painful to watch the oppressed become the oppressor — and heartbreaking to see ancient suffering used as a shield for modern cruelty. I don’t believe history will judge fairly or loudly enough. It didn’t save Rwanda, Bosnia, Syria, or Gaza. Justice — if it exists — will have to be demanded now, not hoped for later.

Thank you for your voice. Poetry like this matters — even when it stings.

Take care, have a nice Sunday,
regards,
Rolph

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Israel - Shame On You

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