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I wake up to announcements of bombings.  Arab villages too – where I have friends, and now the round of phone calls I have to make is growing.  Teibe!  I can’t believe it!

By my count Hamas – now Isis to me – has clearly used up half their weapons from Iran.  The shut-down at least makes this stock a finite one.

Now to get properly dressed and ready for a new day.

 

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23 “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[c] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25  genesis 18

I cannot bear the sense of satisfaction I get from seeing an explosion in Gaza.  I hate myself as much as I hate the terrorists who slaughtered my friend’s daughter and son-in-law while he was on the phone with them.  The rapes, decapitations, incinerations, are beyond forgiveness, but I have been with people from Gaza, and I know there are rightous people there.  

I have become salt.

 

 

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They left flags of Isis along with the decapitated bodies of our children.  It was a message to us that they mean business – to slaughter all of us.  And now some of them are being treated in our hospitals now.  

I can understand why someone would join Isis – after all the flag says “There is no god  but Allah and Mohammed is His prophet” which is the prayer of Islam.  But they do not represent Islam.  Islam does not slaughter babies.  

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imagine this – after decapitating a family, the terrorist goes through their pockets, steals their jewelry, money and credit cards for a shopping spree, grabs the play station for the kids, etc. etc.  God send Elijah to Ahab and has him say:

אחאב הולך לקחת את הכרם, אולם שם מחכה לו אליהו הנביא, השואל אותו “הרצחת וגם ירשת” ואומר לו: “במקום אשר לקקו הכלבים את דם נבות, ילוקו הכלבים את דמך גם אתה.”
: “Have you killed, and also taken possession?” and, “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will also lick up your blood

 

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My mother managed through the wars by always looking forward.  And when things were particularly difficult, don’t think at all about what happened, only if it helps you to understand what will happen.  This always helps me in times of war.

So I will not dwell on decapitation of babies in the south, but the need to fortify the defences in the north.  Thank goodness my invalid friend in the northern border has been moved to a safe place.  She was saying she will die in her living room, the one with a piece of rocket from the gulf war on her sideboard, and I was tortured by that image.  

One of my grandsons is volunteering to organize packages to soldiers in the south, one is a soldier,  and my daughter is treating people for trauma.  But I am doing little except writing, comforting friends, and following the news.

My blue-eyed cardiologist met me this morning because he’s going on reserve duty tomorrow, and although he really concentrated on my heart, I could see the concern in those beautiful eyes.  

My mother always said you should keep the people who need to concentrate on defence full of love and power.

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If you write me to ask if i’m okay, and I answer, it means I’m okay at the moment.  Any one here might not be okay a moment from now.  Rockets are falling indiscriminately, there are still ISIS type guys wandering around the country, and as much as we try to keep things normal, there are dangers all around.  So okay doesn’t mean much. 

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When I see the way individuals are organizing together to complete the work the government has failed to handle, I have renewed hope for this country.  Identifying the dead, contacting families, making sure the army has provisions, keeping a semblance of order and social warmth.
Today, for instance, we got flu and pneumonia shots by a cheery nurse who made the experience so simple and painless, I could find nothing to complain about.  But when we came home, we got a notice that due to the security situation our appointment had been cancelled.   

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