Image: Fuad Alymani.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to international lawyers and activists.
I know how painful it is to feel
like your career is worthless
and that what you fight for is just a myth.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to the United Nations,
which announces resolutions
it can’t enforce,
like the right to resist occupation,
making it look like a beast with erectile dysfunction.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to human rights organizations.
It’s embarrassing, I know,
when all your efforts are in vain.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to terrorist groups.
Nobody can wrestle its hand down.
It’s been terrorizing people
for more than 75 years now.
It’s the oldest expert; you’re just babies.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to every vegetarian.
I understand it’s your worst nightmare
to see the blood and ripped flesh of animals,
especially ‘human animals.’

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to God.
Now you’re not only angry,
brandishing guns in both hands,
but also a genocide denier
and killer of children.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to those who
lived on its land
when it was created.
Both peoples had God, history and a holy book.
But the Israelis were civilized;
you were not.
And the one who conquered the land won.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to Palestinians.
Reports confirm Golda was drunk
when she said she was Palestinian before 1948,
and there was no such thing as Palestine.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to Palestinian medics.
You’re the angels of mercy.
But it doesn’t protect any type of angels.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to every American.
Working two jobs must be hard.
and it’s consuming your tax money
for its own bloody gain.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to every European.
It walks all over your governments
and finds it humorous.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to antiquity.
It takes pleasure in ruining you.
Get used to it.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to the truth.
It betrays you repeatedly.
To Israel, the truth is a story
that it shapes at will.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to civilization.
It always says it walks in your shoes.
But it really just wants to conquer more land.

On behalf of Israel, I apologize to history.
It abuses you so much.
It pretends that it’s the only one
who has a legacy on this land
and that’s reason enough to colonize.

On behalf of Israel,
I apologize to the ozone layer.
We know we are widening your holes.
But it’s no bigger than the empty void
that is our collective conscience.