Bassam's vine

More than 20 years have passed, and the memory is still hard to forget. When the tanks of the occupation and its special teams invaded the streets of Ramallah, they left martyrs, wounded, and destruction in the city's alleys. The whistling of bullets and monitoring planes are chasing the bodies of the remaining fighters defending the city, and after the treacherous control by virtue of brute force, some fighters searched for shelter and a safe place, as the enemy did not leave a place except to sow death and destruction.

Two resistance fighters are trying to hide from the pursuit of Hulagu's soldiers, the new era "Sharon". Shivering from cold, fatigue, and hunger, from morning till evening they were in the center of the country, resisting the savage incursion. There was no one left in the streets after the city was occupied, and there was no way out except for Ain Musbah and its valley, which separates it from the center of the country by hundreds of meters. From Ramallah Al-Tahta to Al-Muttal, towards the old houses in Ain Musbah, the two fighters arrive completely as the occupation soldiers and vehicles tighten the cordon on the place. Shooting, successive explosions. Military vehicles pass by wherever they stop. Soldiers shout when they storm homes in search of wanted persons. The two fighters are hanging out in an alley, and next to them are hundreds of soldiers, ready to shoot everything that moves. humans. Trees. animals.

Karma is sitting on her balcony, watching in amazement at this scene. She gives a signal with her hand to one of the fighters. Don't move. The soldiers are right above the wall. The fighter's eyes were tired. What do we do? Karma said wait a bit. I will let you into my house, and if they come, we are all students at Birzeit. The fighter said, "We have a weapon." Kerma returned to bury him under the tree. Hours of anxiety and pressure, until the density of the occupation army in the place decreased. Karma examined a safe way to the Muqata'a, and succeeded in securing their way until they arrived, and she returned smiling.

Karma lives in a small apartment, located on the ground floor. In front of it is a garden of flowers and trees, distinguished by a valley, and a narrow path. Karma may wonder about the fate of the woman she saved due to her inherited courage from a father who struggled in exile, and after returning to the occupied homeland. It is confirmed that she does not know that one of the fighters is married and has two children. He was arrested near her home after months, spent nearly two decades in captivity, and went out to find his children at Karma, the former Birzeit University. It is certain that Karma also does not know that the second fighter got married while he was being chased, and had two children like his companion, then he was also arrested, and he has been a prisoner for two decades, and during his arrest his children grew up, as the daughter is studying in a college, and the youngest is in the third grade at Al-Ahed School. To life with a smuggled sperm, he became an ambassador of freedom. A few years later, he will be released and returned to his patient wife and children.

How difficult were those years. It contains the memory of death, the pain, the hope, the anxious expectation, and the determination to work for tomorrow. Despite the hardships and circumstances of exception, love remains victorious over obstacles.

What happened to Karma now?! Did you know that Courage of a Moment granted life to several individuals? In my country, between hour and hour, things change.