3. THE ANALYSIS OF THEME
3.1. Theme 3.1.1. Peace
Kuncahyono 2008:292 says, “Peace is the beauty of life. It is like the sunshine. Sunshine is a metaphorical expression that implies meaning of life in
brightness. Sunshine is a beginning of life to see everything clearly. Peace is smile of the children, mother’s love, father’s happiness, family togetherness.
Peace is human development, justice victory, truth victory. Peace is all about that and more than all is that.” Another statement comes from Izzeldin
Abuelaish that is written in his novel: Peace is humanity; peace is respect; peace is open dialogue. I don’t
think of peace as the absence of anything because that just puts it in a negative light. Let’s be positive about what peace is-rather than what it
is not. Abuelaish, 2011:232-233
Both Menachem Begin and Izzeldin Abuelaish mean that peace is all about happiness, freedom from fear of violence, and something that will make people
respect each other. The world will be in chaos when there is no hope for peace on earth. It can be reached when anyone is ready to honor the sense of humanity
in the right way. It is a pity when peace is supposed to be a handicap to raise the sense of equality for all.
Dershowitz 2005:01 says, “The Israelis and the Palestinians who have lived-and died-through too many seasons of warfare, hatred, destruction, and
recriminations.” The two states can not give in seize the land between them. They have seized the land among them by throwing too many stones and bombs,
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have killed too many dreams and dreamers, and raised a lot of hatred between the two states. That portrait also is told in I Shall Not Hate novel. Where is the
story about Abuelaish as a Palestinian physician and infertility expert who always hope the peacefulness come true between the two states-Israel and
Palestine. He creates peace through health care without distinction. As a Palestinian doctor, he does not only help Palestinians who need help in health
care, but also Israel patients. He believes that his duty to make sure every child has the same chance for health at birth, become bridging the gaps between Israel
and Palestine in peace. It can be seen in the quotation below:
Politics aside, I believe the best way to bring peace between our two peoples is through health care. For me, every patient is like one of my
relatives. I don’t make any distinction: Israeli, Palestinian, Arab- Israeli, new immigrant, Bedouin. My duty is to make sure every child
has the same chance for health at birth. Abuelaish, 2011:96-97
There is not only Abuelaish as a Palestinian who is dreaming to live in peace, but also many Palestinian and Israeli communities which are contributed
in creating the peace such as peace camps, hip-hop rappers, peace phone line, Palestinian midwives, basketball leagues for Arab-Israeli and Jewish teenagers,
and conferences all over the world have devoted to find a way to bring Palestinians and Israelis together. They have done many things in promoting
coexistence and tolerance between the two states. From what they have done, it makes Abuelaish does not alone in promoting the peace. He gets the energy and
motivation from the communities do. Even though peace can not be created between the two states nowadays, but the people in those states have striven
hard for the world peace.
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I am not alone in my belief in bridging the divide. There are peace camps and summer schools and “surfers for peace” and hip-hop
rappers beating out peace messages. There are endless school projects and Web sites devoted to peace, and there’s even a peace phone line.
There are examples of coexistence throughout Gaza and the West Bank and Israel. You can find midwives on both sides of the line
promoting peaceful coexistence. Abuelaish, 2011:135
The time has come for compromise, reconciliation, healing, and a permanent end to the violence. Likewise Abuelaish who has been peaceful with
himself because of the tragedy which has killed his three daughters and his niece. After what he has done for Israeli in helping many Israel patients to get
the best health care, he thinks that the tragedy is not fair for him and his family. But he tries not to hate and still become a person who always supports the
peace, even his daughters and his niece have to be the last sacrifice in bringing the two states live together. Besides that, his attitude is reflected in his
optimistic outlook on life: he seems devoid of any existential pessimism or hopelessness. He is forward-looking and full of hope, which is not easy in this
world and is particularly hard in his world. From what he has striven for peace, he never dwells on “what could have been done in the past,” but rather on what
can be done in the future. I lost three beautiful daughters and a wonderful, loving niece. I cannot
bring them back. But I have five more children to take care of. All my children are my hope for the future, my hope for change and a peaceful
world. What I can say is this: let my daughters be the last to die. Let this tragedy open the eyes of the world. Let us ask each other, “Where
are we going? What are we doing?” It’s time we sat down and talked to each other. As I have said many times since the tragedy, if I could
know that my daughters were the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis, then I would accept their loss.
Abuelaish, 2011:217
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In this case, peace is created by a sincere heart, honest, straight forward, without hatred, and forgiveness from one person named Abuelaish. He is not the
only one who creates the peace, but also many Israeli and Palestinian communities who are contributed in making the peace between Israel and
Palestine. Abuelaish loves to live in peace and always strive for peace in order that the two states can live together and respect each other particularly the Israel
Jewish and Arab Muslims.
3.2. Sub Themes 3.2.1. Forgiveness