Des enfants de la Palestine occupée...
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Des enfants de la Palestine occupée... |
AMAR EMEERA |
Amar Emeera was eating lunch in his home in the
West bank village of Juma'een near Nablus when armed settlers from a nearby settlement
threw a firebomb at his home. The house ignited and two brothers were killed. Though
Amar lived, he bore horrific scars that left him unable to function as a normal child.
"For five years Amar was unable to go to school or live a normal life,"
says PCRF board member Hiam Khairreddin. "After we brought him here for surgery,
he became more sure of himself and is now back home living as every 12 year old should."
Amar was brought to the U.S. in 1996 by the P.C.R.F. He was treated in San Diego by Dr. Michael Peters at the Mercy Hospital. Both donated their time and services to treat him as a charity case. He later had hand surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The San Diego Chapter of the PCRF did a great job in housing and caring for Amar. The whole Arab community in San Diego supported his care and made it possible for him to start to feel more sure of himself inside. When he went home in the summer of 1996, after three operations on his face and body and one on his hand, he was a new boy.
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Amar déjeunait dans sa maison, près de Naplouse, lorsque des colons israëliens armés y jetèrent une bombe incendiaire. La maison s'enflamma aussitôt, Amar a survécu, ses 2 frères furent tués, brûlés vifs. Il a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain, grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire. Ses horribles cicatrices en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Mansour Abu Sneineh was the first case brought to
the U.S. for free medical care by what was to become the Palestine Children's Relief
Fund. He had lost both legs, his right hand and right eye when a passing Israeli
patrol threw an anti-tank grenade at his family as they ate lunch in Hebron, the
West Bank, in November, 1989. Both he and his sister Sabah, 13, were taken to Akron,
Ohio in 1990 where doctors at the Crystal Clinic and Yanke Bionics treated them as
charity cases. Mansour got new legs and was soon again walking, while his older sister
had orthopedic surgery to re-lengthen her bones. During his stay in the U.S. funds
were raised for the their college education. "Our initial objective is to enable
these children to eventually be independent adults," explains PCRF vice-president
Sue Nasir. "In some cases where they children are permanently injured, such
as Mansour, we do our best to help them medically and socially for their future."FRANÇAIS
Mansour déjeunait dans sa maison, à Hébron, lorsque des soldats israëliens jetèrent une grenade anti-tank en direction de la maison familiale, en Novembre 1989. Lui et sa soeur furent gravement blessés. Il a perdu ses deux jambes, sa main droite, et son oeil droit. Il a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain, grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire. Ses horribles blessures en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Mohammed Abu Kwaik returned to his homeland in early
December, 1996 after over seven months and several operations to repair his burned
body. The eight-year-old boy from a Gaza housing project suffered third-degree burns
to his face, chest, arms and legs in an accident which also claimed the life of his
sister.
Mohammed was treated at the Shriners Hospital for Burned Children in Cincinnati, Ohio and was hosted by local resident Pamela Simon. "It was a great joy to have Mohammed for the time that he lived with me. He is very bright and very sweet," says Pamela. "He cooperated in all aspects of his care and everyone who met him loved him."
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Mohammed a eu un "accident" qui l'a brûlé sur une large partie du corps. Il a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain, grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire. Ses horribles cicatrices en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Mohammed Qasem | Steve Sosebee, founder of the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, reassures Mohammed Qasem just prior to surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to repair a head wound the 8-year-old suffered as an infant in a Palestinian refugee camp. |
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By weight, the titanium isn't much, but is could help assure Qasem lives a longer life back in his Palestinian homeland.
Qasem was an 8-month-old baby being carried in his mother's arms while she was on her way to market when a rock-throwing confrontation broke out between residents of their West Bank refugee camp and Israeli soldiers in 1990. A plastic bullet fired by a soldier smashed into Qasem's head, blowing a hole in his skull.
Skin and hair grew over the one- by two-inch gap in the bone, but could not disguise the effects of an irreparably injured brain: right-side paralysis affecting his arm, leg and speech.
During the 2 1/2-hour surgery Wednesday, doctors screwed the titanium mesh to Qasem’s skull over the bullet hole, then covered it with a layer of material that eventually should knit with healthy
FRANÇAIS
Qasem avait 8 mois (oui, vous avez bien lu!), il était dans les bras de sa mère, qui allait au marché. Lors d'une dispersion d'un groupe de jeunes lanceurs de pierres, un soldat israëlien a visé la tête du bébé dans les bras de la mère, avec une balle de plomb recouvert de plastique. Le crâne du bébé a éclaté sur plusieurs cm (voir ci-dessous). Il restera paralisé à vie (articulation et tout son côté droit). Il a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain, grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire. Ses chances de survivre en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Nizar El-Barky : 9-year-old Nizar was playing with
his sister at his home near the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza in 1990 when an
object that "looked like a toy" fell from a passing Israeli helicopter.
"When I picked it up, it exploded." The child lost his right leg, left
foot and right arm and was wasting away at a rehabilitation center in Bethlehem when
the P.C.R.F. was asked to help him. In 1991 he began treatment at the Shriners Hospital
for Crippled Children in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Yoshio Setoguchi, Director of the prosthetics
department there, began to build for Nizar new legs and an arm. Since then, Nizar
has received new limbs every two years, enabling him to walk again. Yet the real
story is not just his ability to get back on his feet, but the new chance for independence
through education. "Nizar came to the U.S. illiterate; he was unable to read
or write Arabic," explains his first host sponsor Christie LoCascio, who took
Nizar in during his first trip to Los Angeles. "Of course, he did not know any
English then either."
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Nizar, 9 ans, jouait avec sa soeur près de chez lui, dans le camp
Younès à Gaza, en 1990. Un hélicoptère israëlien
qui survolait le camp leur jeta un objet qui ressemblait à un jouet. Lorsqu'il
le prit, il explosa. L'enfant a perdu sa jambe droite, son pied gauche et sa main
droite.
Les braves soldats sionistes avaient rempli leur mission!
Nizar a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain,
grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire palestinienne. Ses horribles
blessures en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Nourhan Matar The little girl, whose 5th birthday is April 10, is a third generation of Palestinian refugees living in camps created after World War II when Israel was created. They heat and cook with kerosene heaters. Sosebee said he did not know the details of the accident, but Nourhan's twin sister escaped injuries. Nourhan also has three other sisters and two brothers.
She came to the United States without her family, but with other injured children. American Airlines provides free transportation. A 14-year-old boy, who lost both hands and one eye from a bomb, went to Philadelphia. Two girls went to Chicago, two others to New Jersey and Philadelphia. After examining Nourhan, Baroudi said he will start operating near her eyes, nose and mouth. He will need to see her once a week for sometimes. Eventually, he will also work on her scalp where several burned patches have no hair.
There are eight such camps in the Gaza Strip, 22 on the West Bank, 13 in Lebanon and a few others in other countries. The camps were created in 1948 when 700,000 Palestinians were evacuated due to the creation of Israel.
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Les blessures de Nourhan sont en relation directe avec les conditions de
vie précaires qui sont celles des réfugiés palestiniens depuis
la création d'Israël en 1948. Il a été victime d'un accident
domestique, qui a forcément plus de chance de survenir lorsqu'on vit, cuisine,
mange et dort à dix dans une pièce.
Il a été plus tard soigné dans un hopital américain,
grâce à P.C.R.F., une association humanitaire palestinienne. Ses horribles
cicatrices en furent sensiblement améliorés. Voir ci-dessous.
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Nadia has had little to smile about during her 13 years. A Palestinian living in a refugee camp in war-torn Lebanon, she has seen her share of violence and misery. On top of that, she suffers from a congenital spinal defect that has made her incontinent and threatened to leave her paralyzed.
An organization called the Palestine Children's Relief Fund flew her and her mother to San Antonio, where Dr. Robert Johnson, a spinal surgeon, agreed to correct her defect.
The ongoing disintegration of the peace process in Israel is particularly hard to accept, he said. "It is very disappointing. Because it means human beings are going to suffer. It's not just about who owns the land, who has the right to this house, or to this stone or this tree. It means the conflict is not going to be resolved diplomatically, and more children like this girl are going to be in need of our services."
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Nadia, 13 ans, a eu sa part de misère et de violence, dans un camp
des réfugiés palestiniens au Liban, sous l'éternelle artillerie
sioniste contre les civils. En plus elle avait une malformation congénitale.
Elle suit actuellement un traitement dans un hopital américain, grâce
à une organisation humanitaire.
Pour ces quelques "heureux" qui ont eu la chance d'avoir des soins adéquats, combien sont morts dans d'atroces souffrances sous le feu des "valeureux" sionistes???
